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And no comments about ITKs!

Good luck Taff - a good fella and great defender, sadly plagued by injuries.

As long as the squad keep performing as they did at Mansfield I see no problem with Grace seeing it through to March. If the performances start to drop off then obviously think again.

The squad clearly like Grace and respect Vokes. Another interim could totally derail the season.

Having said that, I wouldn’t mind a couple of months of St Martin!!!

if we need a short-term option would the club think about getting in an expert at short-term success, perhaps a Cricket Coach who is used to bonding a team for an overseas tour? Thinking outside the box could be the key to Promotion

Why has he "chosen" to leave and join a club in the division above?

Matt Holland is the manager but Matt Holland is not the manager.

Thanks for everything Ryan, just a shame you spent so many months injured.

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I understand the No.10 will retire at the end of the season and go on to be a taxi driver.

Surely in this situation you'd keep Sam Grace in position for the remainder of the season?

No reason to believe he can't do a good job. He will have a good relationship with most players I imagine and a decent sense of the tactics, training etc employed by his predecessor. It feels like an entirely reasonable mid season continuity plan to me.

It also comes with lots of of fringe benefits. A chance for SG to demonstrate his credentials as a first team coach, which may be useful in the future in a similar situation where we lose a manager mid season. We might even consider priming him to take the role permanently at some point.

It also creates opportunities for other coaches and staff to gain similar experience by taking an expanded role within the development squad on a temporary basis. Again, potentially useful for the progression and succession planning within the development side/academy.

The new permanent manager would then join in the summer with a proper pre-season to prepare etc. And they wouldn't come in with the immediate pressure of taking over a team in the top 2, which I'd argue is a difficult job in some of ways. Miss the automatics and supporters feel you've under delivered, get promoted and you get little credit as people assume the groundwork was already set out for you.

Turn it in now fella.

When somebody said Ryan was off to Hong Kong I said Phooey.

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Wealdstone manager Matt Taylor has left to fill the vacancy at Solihull Moors. The Stones have resigned free scoring Alex Reid from Oldham, on loan again.