Hello, Dave Jones

Well said indeed, echoes my thoughts entirely. Whilst the treatment of Gary did not sit well with me and I indeed wish all the best for him in future (and perhaps to see him once again at Hillsborough in some capacity) as an Owl I can do nothing but support the players and manager entrusted with delivering for us fans. Welcome Dave and the best of luck for a cracking start to your Owls career. UTO!

NicNac... that's just about spot on!! The Milan master plan is a little flawed if you ask me as progression within a club is rarely bought it is earnt and Megson was on the right path and with stability and investment he'd have done it. You could say that a 3 and half year contract hints towards stability but we all know that just means if Milan gets frustrated he'll be wasting more money on a pay-off rather than investing in on the pitch talent. (miwinter I don't think we've seen the last of Gary either, I think given the oppurtunity one day he'll be back to finish the job he started!)

I must admit that Jones would not have been my first choice - Lee Clark got my vote, however, Jones has been appointed so its time to get behind him and his management style. I am still pretty miffed off at the sacking of GM, came as a bit if surprise to me, but one thing I will not miss about GM is his tactics and lack of ideas when things werent going to plan. Hopefully Jones can bring some more attractive and effective football, and guide us into the championship! UTO

Mandaric as taken a huge gamble anything less than promotion this season and supporters will quite rightly turn against MM and DJ that said we now have to get behind them and give them our full support can't blame DJ for taking the job but we can blame MM for sacking Megson.......

Well said baldowl I haven't written off the chance of automatic either it aint over till the maths says it is!! lol I think that the next week is maybe the most critical yet this season. (In a season of critical phases) Three games 1 away 2 at home, a new manager and the unsettled period after a Derby win... The push starts again, so lets get behind the lads and get them over the line!!! TCIO

I for one can't wait to see what he's got in his locker...

Ok this is a new era, not a welcome one but hey ho. At the end of the day, we have to get behind the boys, lets not forget its the squad that Meggo put together, and if we do, sorry, when we get that 2nd spot, its because of the team that Megson built. Letting the dust settle a bit, as mentioned before, its not DJ fault that he is here, he just wants to be at a MASSIVE club. Welcome DJ, you have a lot to live upto and expectations are high, lets hope you have the bo**cks to deliver, cos our bunch arent very forgiving, but we are loyal to the cause. IMMIT is frail at present, but will probably heal with time. MM you have to realise, this club is ours, its in our blood, you may have been think of us, but thats not the way to conduct business. 3 points tomorrow boys, we are behind you. WE ARE WEDNESDAY, YESTERDAY, TODAY and TOMORROW, what ever hurdles are put in our way. WTID UTO

warnock is a good manager

I can't help feeling that MM and GM were in a bad place. Whether it was voiced or not, GM must a felt that with a bit more cash forthcoming, results and our position would have been better - and they would both know that. MM couldn't really complain, but he probably did. It's going to be a struggle - Good Luck DJ and the lads. If it works out, MM and DJ will get most of the less considered credit. Some will wonder if we would have made it anyway - but we would never know. If we don't get there, GM, I fear, will be the scapegoat for not having achieved more in the time he was allowed. MM has definitely shaken things up - we can only hope the pieces land neatly.

Welcome Dave. All the best to you and our beloved club...

I again echo the thoughts of others on here and think we need to get behind the team and the manager. At the end of the day, Meggo is a Wednesdayite and surely although angry and gutted, he would want the (his) team to succeed. We all feel for Gary and wish things were different, but they are not and that is that. MM has certainly put all his eggs in one basket so let's hope Dave Jones makes a good basket cause I for one don't like scrambled eggs. What the..... am I talking about? I think this week has sent me slightly delirious. onwards and upwards. In Milan we... Errr... Tr.... Tru.... Trust?!? I think? UTO WTID.

Sorry to see Megson go but we must move on.As DJ said in his interview its not his fault GM got sacked if he had'nt taken the job somebody else would but speaking to MM last week before the Utd game seems a bit underhanded.But we must move on and get behind the team and that also means the new management aswell.p.s Gonner miss the ginger Mourinho chant unless DJ starts using henna.

Good luck Gary and thank you for everything you have done to move this club forward. To give you an idea of how far that is meant it feels fickle to wish good luck to the new replacement, David. Yet of course experience of life and loss tells me I will feel different soon enough. Ho hum. So better be pragmatic and start now and with gusto. Good luck David. May you bring fortune, success and guile to this team.

It could be a masterstroke by MM and our form apart from the derby was poor of late. The change of manager has everyone on their toes now and gives those players like Ryan Lowe, Mike Jones, Julian Bennett plus others a real lift.

Were those three Megson signings? I'd bet this bowl of Cornflakes Bostock wasn't. Think Uchechi & Kasnic compared to (say) ALF & Mellor. There's history here of players being brought in over Megson's head. We've also been given a peep into the shady world of football transfers; influence of agents, % of sell-on profits. All of a sudden it seems clearer why the club might prefer to chase up the Lines, the M. Jones & the freebies in preference to valuable prospects such as Marshall & Roberts (who the fans would hope were here to stay). Sorry guys, I can't share your optimism, or trust in what is happening right now. I can't believe a single word I hear or read. Maybe I'm allergic to wool, especially when it's being pulled over my eyes. Football seasons are events. Entities in their own right. They have a beginning and an end. A pattern. They're often a rollercoaster, they excite us and sometimes they crash badly. Some seasons need rescuing. This one has been ruined. Would we have drawn yesterday if we'd had a passionate Wednesdayite calling the shots from the touchline? Only if you think there was no momentum to be gained from last Sunday's morale boosting victory. Okay, we'd lost three league games prior to that but no-one can deny the fact there were mitigating circumstances behind each one of them. MM cites the previous ten results whilst ducking any responsibility himself. Promotion was a realistic aim then and it's still a possibilty now. But should it be achieved come May you'll just have to count me out of the celebrations. By the way, I hope we don't meet the pigs in the play-offs as the real ace in our pack will be sat at home kicking his heels.

Okay, here goes. I'll try and keep it as brief as poss, haha. MY dream (which for about five blissful months I actually thought had a chance of becoming reality) was for MM's timely intervention to herald a new era of stability and continuity, and I thought in Gary Megson he'd appointed the ideal manager to achieve our aims, ie. promotion through the divisions leading to our long-awaited return to the Prem. Right now, I feel like a complete and utter pillock to be so naive. Radon called it right months ago (Sept?) although I preferred to think differently at the time: MM's business is to buy cheap and sell on at a profit. He snapped us up for a song and will make a sizeable profit if he bails out once we reach the Championship (to lead us into the Prem would require big bucks. What d' you think, folks?) Now GM, being the Wednesdayite he is, set about the task with the kind of commitment few managers today could hope to match but he was working with one hand tied behind his back. He identified one target after another and the club failed to deliver. I admit I'm speculating here, but I doubt half the players who have arrived since August were on his wish list. Back then, I'd applauded the club's stance against meeting outrageous wage demands but I was probably missing the point. Things were looking good in Dec., transfer window coming up, remember Meggo's 'the club must move heaven and earth' quote. Suddenly MM was in court and his CEO was holding the reins. I can imagine Meggo chasing him down for a daily game of 'Where's my ****ing winger?', to be told one day: 'Got him. Absolute snip too.' Just not the one he wanted. MM meanwhile gets to hear all about his manager's ingratitude and has a word with 'Arry. 'Yer, I can help you there. Got one, lovely boy. Club paid good money, just needs a rocket up his a***.' In the meantime, check the stats and compare the goals per game ratio when Ben 10 was in the team, and not. GM soldiers on but says he needs to find a player within the club who's capable of stepping in. A period of chopping and changing, erratic performances, but despite that (Blackpool aside - my one grievance) those defeats were hardly deserved. Chezzy? An injury to JJ, our one shining light (cough!) and MM decides to offer his views on the team's decline. Perhaps GM said 'and if that clown you sent up here hadn't given away a soft penalty...' Well. you see what I'm getting at. Thing is, even if Meggo's departure was due to an irreparable breakdown in the relationship between owner and manager then those were not the reasons given (although MM's apparent refusal to publicly thank Meggo for his efforts and offer best wishes for the future speaks volumes). So what can we believe? Nothing that suggests the latest manager will get the full backing of the club when the last one clearly didn't. And not that MM is going to be here for the long run. Yes he saved us. Yes we should be grateful. I am! But he bought the pram and the right to sit in it. Not all the toys were included though, and perhaps that's something he ought to consider before he starts chucking them around.

Interesting read OurMaurice, some very valid points although speculative. I currently sit on the fence with regard to MM and his plans for OUR beloved club. The problem is football is not what it used to be, it's business more than sport. Will Dave Jones get something out of Meggos players, who knows? Will MM show his commitment and ambition to The new manager, err dunno? Was sacking Meggo with 13 games remaining a master stroke, pah clueless? Lots of questions and no answers, only time will tell. As a lifelong Wednesdayite, all I seem to have is time. Maybe next year is a commonly use term in my house.... For now I sit upon my fence and back the team, manager and chairman. I only hope they repay my faith with promotion and strengthening

Like all Wednesdayites I see us as a massive team but sadly in my view, one that fails to deliver on a reoccurring basis. I attended my first game at Hillsborough in 1963. So like many of you, very little surprises me at S6. Thankfully though, another difficult week in the colourful history of SWFC has passed. The sacking, timing and obvious lack of tact in Megson 's removal. Was hardly a classy move on the owners part. Mandaric has made it quite clear that he is not in a popularity contest and wants to shake things up to see if promotion can indeed be achieved. He obviously no longer thought that Megson was capable finishing the job. I agree with what many have said that the type of backing that Megson received was hardly extravagant or fully supportive. When Mandaric first came here. I expected big changes but he has been quite conservative,considering his history. Whilst at Leicester he sacked Ian Holloway and Martin Allen in quick succession. He then appointed Nigel Pearson and got the promotion that he demanded. That is his way. Since the Huddersfield game, in the league and prior to yesterday. It had been 5 wins, 5 defeats and 2 draws. A growing desperation was setting in, even though the pride and passion displayed by Gary Megson was admirable. Football is a results business. That simple truth is a constant reality. The harsher truth is that we could not get out of this mess,on our own. So we turned to Mr Mandaric. In all honesty, is there a Wednesdayite out there who thought that from now on it was going to be plain sailing? Good luck to Dave Jones. His tenure is as long as he delivers enough winning results. Starting with Tuesdays game, Wednesday now need to start the mother of all cup runs and everyone is a winner. If only it was that simple? Up the Owls!

Sorry Balli, our usual editor Nick was away and I dropped the ball on this one! No doubt there'll be something up later today.

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Hello Again Dave Jones

3 points tomorrow and we may will see the start of something good. This article gives a balanced view about our new manager. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/football-league-blog/2012/mar/05/dave-jones-sheffield-wednesday