Yeah I expect weak attendances at first. If we are near the top of the league I reckon we'll get 15-16k by the end of the season and 10-11k midweek. Otherwise 8k if we aren't. Who's up for Port Vale? Been years since we played up there, let's get 2k+ travelling to that one No, it is Stoke. No it's ...

He apparently plays a high press, so like how Barnsley used to play

Yeah I expect weak attendances at first. If we are near the top of the league I reckon we'll get 15-16k by the end of the season and 10-11k midweek. Otherwise 8k if we aren't. Who's up for Port Vale? Been years since we played up there, let's get 2k+ travelling to that one. Cheltenham midweek could ...

If we weren't such a mess I'd fancy us to win our first 5 league fixtures on paper.

Port Vale away first up!

Shame I'm on holiday when we play Exeter away, that'd have been a good one by train to do. Happy Oxford isn't Boxing Day or midweek!

I predict:

First game: Wigan (H)
Second game: Bolton (A)
Boxing Day: Exeter (A)
Last game: Shrewsbury (A)

Truth is this is a massive gamble. I'll give a balanced view: Positives: 1) Young and worked with kids 2) Worked in numerous countries 3) Different Negatives: 1) Bad management record 2) Doesn't know league one 3) Has never done a club rebuild 4) Likely to be unfavoured by a new owner I think the 4 ...

I doubt Selles is any worse than any other of the serious contenders. The only thing that's making people say he's bad is his stint at Southampton, stuck in temporary charge of a side that always looked to be going down, where the players probably didn't care. To me he's an unknown quantity, but on...

I would love to know what criteria Pang and Dai use to decide if a manager is fit to be first team manager. As this feels like another panic appointment.

Does anyone know how long he spent at Southampton as an assistant? Maybe they have some decent youngsters we can get on loan for next season. It is what it is and he’s not ever been near my shortlist or long list but fair play to him for accepting such a sh*t job. My expectations are very low for n...

I'll never be Selles in unless we're near the top of league one

Clyde1998 I'd rather we got Ian in, tbh.

I'd trust Ian more as manager than anyone we've appointed since Bowen

Hound Scraping around for info - seems to have been an assistant a lot - looks like 400+ games as an assistant manager

Plays 4-2-3-1

That’s about as much as I can find of any interest

4-2-3-1.

Jesus Carroll will thrive in that formation... Expect lots of 0-0 draws at home this season.

paddy20 What do we think? No great pedigree

Garbage appointment. I'm there to be proven wrong but I doubt he will prove me wrong.

The club just doesn't learn. This is the most unpopular manager appointment I can remember for so long.

No doubt he will fail like all the other recent managers. In the recent 1871 Coppell interview podcast, his main piece of advice for aspiring managers was pick the right club as at many you have no chance. That probably sums up his Soton spell and now this appointment - RIP his managerial career in...

Former Southampton manager Rubén Sellés has agreed to take charge of Reading to oversee their attempt to return to the Championship following relegation last season. The Spaniard, 40, has been in talks this week over becoming the successor to Paul Ince, who was sacked in April with Noel Hunt seeing...

It's sad but not really a surprise to see all our out of contract players go elsewhere. Staying here next season won't do their careers much good.

I was told on here yesterday that making a pun using a Chinese name was 'casual racism' . . . . . . Surely even calling him "Chinese" is casual racism, or even actually mentioning him at all. I live in China, and the ease with which "China" can get offended it ridiculous. They g...

Dai is too stubborn to do that