Yes, Mr President

[Percy McCarthy]

To be honest I can't think of anyone better suited for such a role than Dave Woodhall.

I am not sure he would go for the title but Club Ambassador wouldn't be too objectionable, I wouldn't have thought.

I know you guys like to pull his leg but I can't think of anyone who has been as diplomatic about the club's transition than Dave, while still retaining his integrity, by walking the fine line between proper concern and knee-jerk overreaction.

He doesn't talk in irritating PR-speak and as a proper fan his appointment would be a step nearer to getting the fans properly involved in the club.

So I would vote for Dave because every other candidate fails on at least one of the measures l have listed above.

Whether he would want it or not is another matter.

What a nice tribute, and well-deserved too.

[peter w]

Oooooh look at Percy and his boyfriend.

[Virgil Caine]

Can someone please vote for Chris Nicholl - it's breaking my heart seeing him in that line up like the last kid to be picked for a game of footie like the slightly over-weight asthmatic that was at everyone's school that ended up being goalie.

[peter w]

Done.

[Percy McCarthy]

Oooooh look at Percy and his boyfriend.

I'm not gay and neither is my boyfriend.

[Virgil Caine]

Thanks Peter W - you are a good man.

[maidstonevillain]

Merv. King is, in my view, the obvious choice.

But I love the Poet Laureate idea. What about a few poems to musuc, with Nige on fiddle.

[Mazrim]

How abut a bizarre human hydra genetic freak with heads of Mervyn King, Prince William, Tom Hanks, Mrs Doyle, Martin Laursen, Gary Shaw and Nigel Kennedy?

[TRO]

Tom Hanks or Prince William

[Diablo]

I am pushed to think of anyone worse than Mervyn King - besides obviously David Cameron (who has actually gone on record saying he doesn't like football - before he had to change his image and appeal to the common man). Mervyn King has already ripped the country off, and us once already, with the whole banking scandal. I can't believe people would think it would be a good idea for him to then be club president of the club we love.  Have people lost their minds?! My only consolation is that the votes are split between Sir Brian and Sir Graham and there are more votes for them combined. Jeez - shaky head thing.

[pauliewalnuts]

Oooooh look at Percy and his boyfriend.

Ha ha ha, for some reason (not because it was Percy), that made me laugh.

School playground humour is ace.

[pauliewalnuts]

I am pushed to think of anyone worse than Mervyn King - besides obviously David Cameron (who has actually gone on record saying he doesn't like football - before he had to change his image and appeal to the common man). Mervyn King has already ripped the country off, and us once already, with the whole banking scandal. I can't believe people would think it would be a good idea for him to then be club president of the club we love.  Have people lost their minds?! My only consolation is that the votes are split between Sir Brian and Sir Graham and there are more votes for them combined. Jeez - shaky head thing.

How has Mervyn King ripped the country off?

Love Sirs Brian and Graham as I do, there's also a very valid point someone made on a previous page that a former football manager in the post would always be seen as a possible threat to the incumbent manager.

I think that's enough of a risk to rule out former managers, in fact.

[Diablo]

I am pushed to think of anyone worse than Mervyn King - besides obviously David Cameron (who has actually gone on record saying he doesn't like football - before he had to change his image and appeal to the common man). Mervyn King has already ripped the country off, and us once already, with the whole banking scandal. I can't believe people would think it would be a good idea for him to then be club president of the club we love.  Have people lost their minds?! My only consolation is that the votes are split between Sir Brian and Sir Graham and there are more votes for them combined. Jeez - shaky head thing.

How has Mervyn King ripped the country off?

Love Sirs Brian and Graham as I do, there's also a very valid point someone made on a previous page that a former football manager in the post would always be seen as a possible threat to the incumbent manager.

I think that's enough of a risk to rule out former managers, in fact.

Mervyn King was instrumental in ripping us off to the tune of at least £1 Trillion pounds of our money in the banking collapse and subsequent bail out/scam. He then supported the Tory Lib coalitions drastic cuts in public services - affecting millions of vulnerable people. Quite a legacy.

I do take on board what you are saying about former football managers being a threat but I don't think Sir Brian or Sir Graham are going to /or would want to take up the reigns of management again (well I'm pretty sure not Sir Graham). Better to have someone who knows the club inside out, loves it and a football person (in my opinion).

[Dante Lavelli]

Mervyn King was instrumental in ripping us off to the tune of at least £1 Trillion pounds of our money in the banking collapse and subsequent bail out/scam. He then supported the Tory Lib coalitions drastic cuts in public services - affecting millions of vulnerable people. Quite a legacy.

Going way off topic and beyond my area of expertise but can you be more specific?  I'm not sure what powers the BoE have other than manipulating interest rates.

[Des Little]

To be honest I can't think of anyone better suited for such a role than Dave Woodhall.

I am not sure he would go for the title but Club Ambassador wouldn't be too objectionable, I wouldn't have thought.

I know you guys like to pull his leg but I can't think of anyone who has been as diplomatic about the club's transition than Dave, while still retaining his integrity, by walking the fine line between proper concern and knee-jerk overreaction.

He doesn't talk in irritating PR-speak and as a proper fan his appointment would be a step nearer to getting the fans properly involved in the club.

So I would vote for Dave because every other candidate fails on at least one of the measures l have listed above.

Whether he would want it or not is another matter.

What a nice tribute, and well-deserved too.

Woodhall out!