The Outlaws have Won! Bye,Bye Brian!

Eureka, about time!

Ding Dong Laws has gone. Lets celebrate. Managers I would like are in employment and unlikely to come to Burnley. I think we will go for someone cheap again, another pound shopm manager

The betting odds are Phil Brown, as low as evens now

Eddie Howe looks a good bet if we want to see attractive football played at the Turf. He is similar to Coyle by all accounts but hopefully with a smaller head!!

Heck,Preston North End sack manager Darren Ferguson today as well. taxi for Laws down the M65?

I cannot say I take pleasure or rejoice in the sacking of anybody who tried his best for Burnley FC and do not rejoice as some of you do. I was on the Turf yesterday and saw that shocking performance, for the good of the club I admit after yesterday he had to go. The ones on this site who respect Kilby knew he would do what had to be done if it came to it and he has proved to do the right thing for Burnley fc.

yeah some may rejoice in the fact the man has gone but I wont ! whentheball moves is very right...... be careful what you wish for!!..... I hope sheclaret is wrong because another cheep billy no name will get us know where, which brings me right to the important point it was this boards who brought Laws with a unanimous decision, its the same board that wouldn't go the extra mile for Coyle when he needed the funds for the second half of the Prem campaign ...... is Kilby really such a hero? I think not! he's far to cautious... O' Drisscoll was absolutely right about Burnley's facilities they are very poor almost 1970's stuff... which is exactly what they are Burnley Fans have some bigger questions to ask themselfs rather than baying for the heads of under performing Managers the bigger question is ...does this Board have the balls to employ the correct talent and back it with some real resource fact is Coyle would have still been here if Kilby coughed up some of the cash !

Reid came across badly at interview I think when we appointed OC, so don't think that'll happen. And, he's done nothing since...

Could Grezza do a job as player-manager till end of season? Not sure but maybe we should not rush into this and get the man we really want and be prepared to pay for him in the Summer?

Jesus hope its not Phil Brown, i'd like to see Eddie Howe given a chance or Chris Hughton but whoever comes they have not got much time to look at the squad before the transfer window opens.

Daft as it sounds whoever comes in has a difficult job - we are solvent and a game in hand away from the play off positions but this was not good enough for the fans and eventually the Board. No qualms with BL's departure altho there seems to be a "what now" feeling around the place. Hopefully BK has a clear strategy in mind.......

Laws was the wrong appointment in the first place.Whoever you appoint make sure it`s not Megson.Phil Sunbed Brown is ok but I don`t think Hughton would be interested,he`s reportedly looking to return to the South.Anyway good luck.

Well Laws has gone, I'm afraid he had to after Tuesdays game. It was the worst performance I've seen in a long time. I would like to say thank you to Brian, it was a thankless task replacing Coyle and he did what he thought was best. Timing is an impotant thing in life, in this case I think the timing was wrong. Anyway onto the future, hopefull we can get the right replacment. Brown is favourite, I would say he is a man motivator and that is what seems to be missing from the club. He isn't as bad as some people seem to think, got Hull promoted kept them up it just went wrong at the end. You see I'm not sure about Hughton, he did well at Newcastle but they had the best championship squad probably ever! What I would say is that we need to be realistic. Which manager wants to come? We will see..

Agree Rickers about SOD, he didn't want to come when we were in the Prem, why now? Also the board were rumoured to not like him as they thought he was arrogant. Lets be realistic with the mangers we can get.

Missed the Scunny game with a possible stress fracture of the foot, and missed today's action off the pitch with a headcold! Had a chance to catch up now... As Bishop Berkeley said when he and his fellow bishops were banished from the revolutionary parliament by Cromwell and his cronies: "When the dog is kicked out of the house, where then shall we lay the stink?" Or, in current language, 'if it wasn't the dog who f*rted, who was it?' That said, I certainly don't think Brian Laws is or was a dog, and think that those on here who say that they knew it was never going to work with him are perhaps overstating their ability to see the future in the emotion of the moment. Hey ho. :-) I will continue to enjoy memories such as beating Coyle in the Carling, winning 4-2 over Spurs, getting the PL away win that eluded bighead, and banishing our Boxing Day Blues and beating the Oakwell hoodoo in the process. All that said and done, Brian clearly didn't do enough with the squad psychological debris created by Coyle. I wonder whether he would have done better to have removed a few 'big names' in the summer to refresh the squad, rather than molley-coddling us fans by doing what we begged for and keeping almost all our favourites. I wish him well, have no idea who will come in his place or what they should do when they get there, and think that the eve of the January window is an awful time to change a manger. I wonder what stories will come out in due time about which players said what to Fletch or Board members, maybe about Brian, maybe about not wanting to stay. Any significance in Elliott being subbed? Probably not, but we may hear stories that none of us predicted. We may also need to be on stand by for some bad news, which could have tipped Kilby's hand. Who's in charge tomorow morning?

hollinsclaret Do you really believe Coyle would have still been here if Kilby coughed up some of the cash ! I think not.

Those of you asking for Burnley to 'splash the cash' for a 'big name' manager are misguided. I respect Kilby and I genuinely think he saw something in Laws that didn't eventuate - he tried to get him as manager before but Wednesday wouldn't let him go! In Burnley's history the big name managers have been a complete disaster and our best times have been with either ex-Burnley players, steeped in the club or energetic unknowns like Coyle. From the names mentioned I would definitely not want Hughton - nice guy but didn't have to do much with Newcastle with their squad and facilities. I would want to see how he does with a small club like Burnley first. Brown might be okay but reminds me too much of Bond - too flamboyant for Burnley. I'd definitely be happy with Howe or someone similar - someone who has done well with a smaller club. I still think Cotterill did a fantastic job for Burnley so someone like him would be my preference. I would also like to thank Brian for his efforts - he didn't deliberately stuff it up just to 'enjoy' abuse from supporters and it can't be nice losing your job at Christmas. Good luck to him in the future. It is now time for the players to take some responsibility for their poor performances and lift their game.

GC totally agree we need a manager who is proud to manage our beloveded club and get the players believing in themselves again. If you cut him open he has to bleed the Claret and Blue of Burnley......or is that asking for to much

..and he took one called Steve Davis who supposedly had nothing but Claret-coloured blood in his veins! Wonder what he is thinking now