I'm 100% behind Collier. However if the board can attract someone of a similar standing  i'd be behind him too.
Not that I was ever not behind Winter or Rudge, I just didn't really believe.

As I understand it those who made the shortlist last time were....

Mark Collier

Phil Bater

Lee Cook

Steve Winter

Of course given that they were turned down last time they may not be interested or want more money. Guess what it'll boil down to money, both wages and playing budget.

Kezman wrote:

Correct Johnjo that was my first post. I am responding to the title of winter sacked after all it did make the BBC sport website!!
For the record i am a Collier fan. No shame in that....I mean lets look at the facts here.... Excellent CV, he has kept teams up with hardly any budget and even got teams promoted with small budgets, stats dont lie! The guy is a good manager and will bring in Tom Jones one of the best local coaches around.

I would like to pick up on your point of Collier being a safe choice....... Yes your right and thats exactly what he will do for Chippenham.. keep them safe!

I hope the club do the right thing. Look forward to seeing you all Saturday!

stop it mark.
 

I'm sure I saw Mark sitting in front of me when we beat Frome away (first Hitler video) - clear that he was interested then and I'm sure the club was too.

I don't think it was wrong of the board to give Steve Winter a try - after all we were doing OK-ish then (better than now) and it was widely reported that the players were keen to let him have a go at the job. I'd assume a cheaper option for us if it had worked out, which you cannot dismiss. I hope the terms of his contract don't give any comeback, as on holiday or not, they had to do something after the 9-0 loss on the back of other poor results. If as reported he was on a 40th birthday holiday - I'd imagine that was booked well in advance (possibly even before he took the job) and timing coincides with school half-term dates which is probably relevant. So should be no complaints about his lack of commitment by being on holiday, nor that he lost his post whilst away -  just good media stories for a reporter.

I hope Mark can turn things around so that we are not just looking at clinging on for survival - not expecting miracles, just a bit more self-belief and confidence, plus a few new faces if we can find them.