Karl Robinson leaves role as MK Dons manager

Sacking season seems to have come early this year.

I understand Hurst is favourite for the job

Get Karl Robinson in !!

Hurst now the third longest serving manager currently managing in England.

Karl would be a great choice, but can't see it.

He is a real gent and has good experience.

I wouldn't touch anyone with links to MK Dons including the players.

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

Karl would be a great choice, but can't see it.

He is a real gent and has good experience.

  But he's a scouser, the post-match interviews would do my head in.

With any luck Nicky Law will get the job there.  

Several people on the Shrewsbury forum were saying yesterday that it had been leaked that Karl Robinson would be signing as their manager on Monday.

Quoted from golfer

Several people on the Shrewsbury forum were saying yesterday that it had been leaked that Karl Robinson would be signing as their manager on Monday.

That would make sense.

The club should call a press conference for 10pm tonight, then issue a statement saying that Franchise have made no approach for Paul Hurst.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

That would make sense.

Would be hilarious if it was him all along and those at the club were telling the truth about no contact. Lots of people with egg on face.

Shrewsbury it is then for Karl?

Quoted from ginnywings

Would be hilarious if it was him all along and those at the club were telling the truth about no contact. Lots of people with egg on face.

Quite possible that all the Hurst talk has been a smokescreen isn't it? That's football and the media. Two plus two equals anything but four. We shall see tomorrow.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

That would make sense.

That's the first time I have seen anybody reply to a golfer post with such positivity.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

Quite possible that all the Hurst talk has been a smokescreen isn't it? That's football and the media. Two plus two equals anything but four. We shall see tomorrow.

It would make be even more angry!!
If their has been no contact/talks then why haven't the club said so? Silence is defeating although I guess it has quashed the talk about the boardroom fall out

Quoted from ginnywings

Would be hilarious if it was him all along and those at the club were telling the truth about no contact. Lots of people with egg on face.

Quite the coincidence I said this word for word yesterday !

Quoted from Cloudy

It would make be even more angry!!
If their has been no contact/talks then why haven't the club said so? Silence is defeating although I guess it has quashed the talk about the boardroom fall out

Which bit of Mr Fenty saying no approach has been made, didn't you understand

Quoted from 120790

Which bit of Mr Fenty saying no approach has been made, didn't you understand

And how many managerial appointments have happened after other chairmen/majority shareholder/senior directors have said something similar?

Quoted from MuddyWaters

And how many managerial appointments have happened after other chairmen/majority shareholder/senior directors have said something similar?

No official approach = illegal approach = £££

Mr Fenty isn't daft

Quoted from 120790

Which bit of Mr Fenty saying no approach has been made, didn't you understand

With Fenty its not just a case of 'understanding' which I admit in his case is often a problem but it's also a case of believing

Quoted from 120790

Which bit of Mr Fenty saying no approach has been made, didn't you understand

No problem with the words, or the lack of them. It's the credibility that's the problem.

Quoted from 120790

Which bit of Mr Fenty saying no approach has been made, didn't you understand

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

No problem with the words, or the lack of them. It's the credibility that's the problem.

Well it would sure as hell go some way to improving his stats in that vital area..

Quoted from 120790

Which bit of Mr Fenty saying no approach has been made, didn't you understand

When all's said and done JF is a politician.....who's to say the answer he gave was actually in response to the question he was being asked?

It would surprise me if he was asked, "Has an approach been made?" and he replied directly, rather than talking around the issue with  "No approach has been made"

Another thing is who exactly would the approach have been made to?

The club's chief exec? The board? JF himself? Who really knows?

Quoted from Mariner Ronnie

Quite the coincidence I said this word for word yesterday !

I'm a known plagiarist.  

England job still open  

Does that ring true Dapperz? Not to me it doesn't. If Hurst doesn't want to go, all he has to say is no thanks.

Let's face it - he's gone.

Yeh he's gone apparently txt the players this afternoon

One or two reports about the mullens aswell being suspended from the board   again hearsay but coming from different angles ???

I've heard something similar dapperz but more that they've been frozen out rather than suspended.

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

One or two reports about the mullens aswell being suspended from the board   again hearsay but coming from different angles ???

Not sure about the suspended bit but there has certainly been a fall out

Quoted from Cloudy

Not sure about the suspended bit but there has certainly been a fall out

IF Hurst has gone...i say if.....and with Mr Mullen declaring on TV  last season PH was the greatest manager on earth ever in the history of the game ever of all time ( or similar words that indicated he was a fan of Hurst)... then.... IF there has been a fall out..i say IF....there has been a fall out in the oak panelled corridors of power a BP ...then perhaps that could be why.

Quoted from Cloudy

It would make be even more angry!!
If their has been no contact/talks then why haven't the club said so? Silence is defeating although I guess it has quashed the talk about the boardroom fall out

The club has said no approach has been made. They can't say any more than that.

Quoted from LH

I've heard something similar dapperz but more that they've been frozen out rather than suspended.

Quoting what I read pal I have no confirmation of this what so ever could be total bollox

Me too. You do hear some balderdash on those terraces at BP but occasionally some truth!

Quoted from KingstonMariner

The club has said no approach has been made. They can't say any more than that.

IF that is he case then ok but clearly there is something going on?  Nobody gets to 10/1 ON in any market unless there is , in this case, the minimum of talks don't you agree.

Even if the club said 'we are aware of the media speculation ( Fenty is always reading these pages) and Shrewsbury have spoken to GTFC directly/indirectly and are working hard to resolve  the situation. An update will be given by 5pm on Monday'

I am surprised that you, given your criticism of the board/club in the past, seem to be suggesting you agree that Shrewsbury haven't made any approach for PH and there is nothing happening??

Let's be fair; if they say there is no approach then thats good enough for me that there was no approach. At the time of making the statement anyway.

I mean we'd interviewed Hurst and Scott well before we approached Boston.... Not beyond Hurst to be doing the same thing he did there!

Quoted from Mikey_345

Let's be fair; if they say there is no approach then thats good enough for me that there was no approach. At the time of making the statement anyway.

I mean we'd interviewed Hurst and Scott well before we approached Boston.... Not beyond Hurst to be doing the same thing he did there!

But did the Boston chairman deny Towns approach at the time? As I remember he was livid at the whole situation. It's looking pretty clear that Hurst was approached, now it's all down to whether it was official or not.
Fenty claims he had no official approach, and has added nothing more, he needs to get this bit right.

I've always believed in the principle that you can't over communicate. JF should have been shouting twice a day, "no approach, we have not given permission" or "we've given him permission to talk". One statement from JF and that ridiculous  nonsense from Chris Doig is appalling.
I don't understand why they can't provide clarity.

Quoted from buckstown

I've always believed in the principle that you can't over communicate. JF should have been shouting twice a day, "no approach, we have not given permission" or "we've given him permission to talk". One statement from JF and that ridiculous  nonsense from Chris Doig is appalling.
I don't understand why they can't provide clarity.

Agree, I am very surprised that some posters think the club have handled this situation well and that there is nothing to report.
The club once again treat fans as complete idiots! ( which ion my case may be true!   )

Quoted from Cloudy

Agree, I am very surprised that some posters think the club have handled this situation well and that there is nothing to report.
The club once again treat fans as complete idiots! ( which ion my case may be true!   )

The only surprise to me is that people are surprised at how the club have handled this.

The only caveat to that might be that JF is lining his ducks up in a row to ensure that the club get what they are entitled to if there has been an illegal approach, although, from what I understand from a friend within the game, it may be that Hurst's agent approached Shrewsbury. The other issue that might be important in this is the situation of the 'rolling' contract. It's all conjecture at present, but the board may be regretting not re-negotiating the duration of the contract which might have put off potential suitors.

Whatever the outcome, we can only hope the board place massive importance in recruiting a manager who can build on what PH has done rather than penny pinch and risk taking us backwards again.

If GTFC have received no official approach which is what they say how/why should they comment and what are they supposed to say?

Quoted from 1mickylyons

If GTFC have received no official approach which is what they say how/why should they comment and what are they supposed to say?

Probably fenty being extremely cautious regarding the legality of FA rules etc still chuckling what the Shrewsbury CEO said about negotiations being unbelievably difficult at least it sounds like we got a couple of quid.  

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

Probably fenty being extremely cautious regarding the legality of FA rules etc still chuckling what the Shrewsbury CEO said about negotiations being unbelievably difficult at least it sounds like we got a couple of quid.  

GTFC fully deserve compensating I just hope it`s a fair amount we always seem to get ripped off.

Quoted from 1mickylyons

GTFC fully deserve compensating I just hope it`s a fair amount we always seem to get ripped off.

We had been told previously that Hurst had a 6 month rolling contract.

On that basis I cannot see what there is to negotiate, they pay us 6 months money, end of?

Quoted from Cloudy

We had been told previously that Hurst had a 6 month rolling contract.

On that basis I cannot see what there is to negotiate, they pay us 6 months money, end of?

That being the case cloudy shall we ask JF for a complimentary custard cream apiece or what?

Depends when it rolls over, I expect. Probably just a few months to pay.

Seems a bit of a rum do, all in all. Why all the faff and drama, I wonder? Was it all really done behind closed doors, with no official approach at all? Live by the sword, die by the sword, I suppose.

Anyway, I'd imagine Hurst will do OK at Shrewsbury (providing he has actually gone there!) - wouldn't surprise me if he managed to get them out of trouble as they are only 6 points back with more than two thirds of the season to play.

I just hope that we manage to get somebody competent in to replace him. Somebody with the contacts to get that extra striker in which we seem to be lacking each season would be useful! Also, somebody who realises that pace and running in central midfield is a useful asset and not something seemingly to be avoided...

Quoted from Cloudy

We had been told previously that Hurst had a 6 month rolling contract.

On that basis I cannot see what there is to negotiate, they pay us 6 months money, end of?

They were extremely vulnerable in that they desperately needed a manager within days so yes pay off the rolling contract and I think some amount of compensation as well , probs akro akro back on loan til the end of the season  

Quoted from Cloudy

IF that is he case then ok but clearly there is something going on?  Nobody gets to 10/1 ON in any market unless there is , in this case, the minimum of talks don't you agree.

Even if the club said 'we are aware of the media speculation ( Fenty is always reading these pages) and Shrewsbury have spoken to GTFC directly/indirectly and are working hard to resolve  the situation. An update will be given by 5pm on Monday'

I am surprised that you, given your criticism of the board/club in the past, seem to be suggesting you agree that Shrewsbury haven't made any approach for PH and there is nothing happening??

I criticise and praise where I think it's due. The statement 'no contact has been made' may have been true at the time the statement was made, though obviously there was one afterwards and then the lack of comments thereafter may be criticised.  If the club didn't offer and update to say they had received an approach later on, they might be queering the pitch in case PH didn't move.

I wasn't suggesting Shrewsbury hadn't been in contact with PH and that nothing was happening.

On reflection, for once I think it's probably best for the club to have a policy of not commenting on any possible appointments and departures of specific staff unless and until it happens.

The Shrews chairman seems to intimate that this has been going on for many days, if not weeks

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I guess Deputy Doig only came into the conversation quite late, but it's hard to believe (for me anyway) he didn't have a few days to mull it over as well.....

Quoted from GrimRob

The Shrews chairman seems to intimate that this has been going on for many days, if not weeks

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I guess Deputy Doig only came into the conversation quite late, but it's hard to believe (for me anyway) he didn't have a few days to mull it over as well.....

Good personality
Honest

My personal opinion, the way Hurst left Town and jumped ship after convincing all these new players to join him on his journey I hope it all goes pear shaped at Shrewsbury.

I hope it goes pear shaped at least until the end of January.

Nothing personal. I just want our current squad to consider whether a move to a team rooted to the bottom of League 1 with three months of the season left is a good one.

MK Dons got over 200 applicants for the new manager, according to  Talksport.  Clearly more options for them.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

MK Dons got over 200 applicants for the new manager, according to  Talksport.  Clearly more options for them.

Half of those were probably AFC Wimbledon "agents"  

Well done Shrews on appointing Mr A.Voyd-Tondeur and I. Naenuttin.

I think the Shropshire Star and BBC Shropshire will soon find out what they're like when the going gets tough and they have those difficult questions.