I'd take a perverse delight in Warnock being Leeds boss, I'd love to have him annoying the shit out of everyone else, moaning about decisions that went agaisnt us in a game.

They don't call him Colin for nothing

Bates said some time ago words to the effect that Poyet would never manage Leeds. No love lost between them. Warnock is a good championship manager but a useless premiership manager. At QPR he did have a fair bit of money to spend last season. Leeds need a quick impact manager who should be offered a large bonus for getting us promoted and then a proper longer term appointment made in the summer depending on which division we are in. I would rather have a manager who is ambitious and, for whom, failure would hurt. Someone who has demonstrated succes at working with limited playing resoources. Keith Hill and Dougie Freedman are in that kind of mould. For example, Hill has done a fantastic job at getting the best out of Vas Te. The problem with appointing a manager who has their future behind them is that failure might just mean an opportunity for them to tend the roses. Venables and Reid were examples of people with reputations who were mediocre managers at the time Leeds appointed them. Final point about Grayson. His explanation for the defeat was that Zigic was an experienced player and our back four were just young lads learning the game just shows how clueless he was. It isn't the age that is important it is the quality of the players and their organisation and motivation from the manager and coaching staff. The defenders didn't have a clue and managed to make Zigic look like Benzema. It was ahocking performance from the manager and deserved the sack.

Bates and co. will never pay the wages for a really good manager. This is not good news. Bargain basement for players, bargain basement for management! Division 1 looming!