Dyche sacked

I don’t think he is I think he regards loyalty above everything he’s a decent bloke so not sure why you think hed go.
He walked out of Oxford to join rivals Northampton. Then walked out of Northampton to join Sheffield United. You can be a decent bloke and also be ambitious. Burnley are in a better position next season regardless of which division they're in.

I'm hoping that it's just people knowing that Burnley were rumoured to want him earlier in the season and putting 2 + 2 together. But I wouldn't be surprised if there was something in it.
 
Can't see anything in the Wilder odds, get things right here and its a far better job than Burnley, more ambitious owner and bigger fanbase.
 
Your mind seems to be made up then.

Personally I respect our manager enough to have faith.
My mind isn't made up, I literally said people could be putting 2 + 2 together. I just don't see the benefit of having blind faith in anything, especially not people.

If Wilder wants a quick route back to the Premier League then of course he'd go to Burnley. He'd have a chance to keep them up and the money to rebuild the squad if he failed. Alternatively, if he has bought into the long term project here at Middlesbrough then there's no reason he'd leave - especially not this early into the job.

I hope that he stays, I can just see why he might not.
 
This has really annoyed me as the last we need is any outside distractions as we go into the run in.

We are live on tv next so we need Chris to come on tv and rule this out now today and kill this festering rumour before it does any damage.
 
My mind isn't made up, I literally said people could be putting 2 + 2 together. I just don't see the benefit of having blind faith in anything, especially not people.

If Wilder wants a quick route back to the Premier League then of course he'd go to Burnley. He'd have a chance to keep them up and the money to rebuild the squad if he failed. Alternatively, if he has bought into the long term project here at Middlesbrough then there's no reason he'd leave - especially not this early into the job.

I hope that he stays, I can just see why he might not.

If Wilder calls Gibson after the game today and says he wants to go to Burnley do you think Gibson is going to say "OK Chris off you go to Burnley, good luck"?

Is he sh!te! If Wilder wants to go there now and drop us in the lurch then we'd make it as difficult as possible to leave, the reality then is he probably wouldn't get to take over until next season when he'd have to balance the wage bill while in the same division as us. I don't see how a Championship Burnley with bad owners are a much bigger attraction than a Championship Boro with a good owner.

The only way Wilder is leaving now is if there's a clause in his contract that allows him to leave if a Premier league team comes in for him, and if we've agreed to that then we're completely stupid.
 
This has really annoyed me as the last we need is any outside distractions as we go into the run in.

We are live on tv next so we need Chris to come on tv and rule this out now today and kill this festering rumour before it does any damage.

Unless he's asked about it, I'd sooner he didn't respond to speculation about bookies odds.

It has absolutely no relevance.
 
He walked out of Oxford to join rivals Northampton. Then walked out of Northampton to join Sheffield United. You can be a decent bloke and also be ambitious. Burnley are in a better position next season regardless of which division they're in.

I'm hoping that it's just people knowing that Burnley were rumoured to want him earlier in the season and putting 2 + 2 together. But I wouldn't be surprised if there was something in it.
Twisting the facts a bit there I think.

He managed Halifax Town for 6 years and stayed there until they went under
He 'walked out' on Oxford after being there for 6 years
He stayed at Northampton for 2 and a half years despite working for a couple of months without pay
He then took the opportunity to join his boyhood club Sheff Utd and was there for 5 years

None of that suggests a lack of loyalty to me.
 
Yeah, it's very strange.

They've got Ben Mee as part of the coaching staff for the match, so there's clearly not an immediate replacement ready.
I heard that Dyche fell out with Chris Wood before he left and Wood was popular in the dressing room. There's possibly a perception he had lost the dressing room.
 
If Wilder calls Gibson after the game today and says he wants to go to Burnley do you think Gibson is going to say "OK Chris off you go to Burnley, good luck"?

He might. There would be compensation, so more revenue, and choice of managers in the summer. Clear the decks of a raft of useless deadwood and the chance to build something for a good young manager.
 
He might. There would be compensation, so more revenue, and choice of managers in the summer. Clear the decks of a raft of useless deadwood and the chance to build something for a good young manager.

Wilder is the first good manager we've had since Karanka, with our poor record of appointments why would you risk getting rid of Wilder. The idea is mental.
 
Wilder is the first good manager we've had since Karanka, with our poor record of appointments why would you risk getting rid of Wilder. The idea is mental.
I didn't advocate getting rid of Wilder but nobody is irreplaceable, and Steve Gibson might consider for a while, even if he does turn it down. Is there any evidence that Burnley are interested or is just speculation?
 
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