Apologies if this has been posted before but for those who don’t follow Hardy on twitter he says he’s had a chat with Bowyer and they exchanged messages, Bowyer is happy to be out of football at the moment.

So we can forget about him. Next!

Interesting. Harry Kewell still favourite on SkyBet which is odd to say we refused to pay 400,000 for him. Chettle still in line. Dream appointment for me which Peterborough United's owner also pointed out on twitter is Darren Ferguson.

Harry Kewell is not the man, neither was Gary Bowyer for me.

Alan Hardy should have done his homework before sacking Kevin Nolan, this could have been a lot easier. Chasing someone else's manager for £400k sounds good, until you find out it's the Crawley Town boss and that he's achieved absolutely nothing.

I would rather the £400k be spent strengthening in January, even if we only have half of it willing to be paid.

I would read this more as he's not interested in the Notts job rather than he's happy to be out of football.

he was the only one heavily linked that i felt would have been okay, i was not thrilled by him but he was better than the majority linked.

back to the drawing board ah.

I didn't want him to become the next Notts manager TBH.

He's worked with budgets and been available to build, he couldn't do this with the loan system and I just think he's the type of person people overlook the more important aspects. He's not very well liked and again, I feel the players would have to respect him and feel comfortable - especially if the club is to move forward.

Gary Bowyer would find himself quickly by himself if he did take charge and fans wanting him would soon realise why I don't rate him. 

That I’m over the moon about 

I'm about as interested in the replacement of Kevin Nolan at this stage as Richard Duffy has shown in playing all season.

I think Gary Bowyer could have done okay for Notts.

Since he has removed himself from the question, this is now a no go and it would show how things have changed. The club can sign main targets for cash but they are unable to talk a unemployed manager into considering becoming the next boss.

Convincing Gary Bowyer to discuss terms must be easier than arranging compensation for Harry Kewell?

I guess if he's not interested, the club has to move on.

Well we have signed Kewell so there go no pony persueing him if he don’t want to know

1 hour ago, Magic magpie said:

Well we have signed Kewell so there go no pony persueing him if he don’t want to know

Poor decision if you asked me.

One rookie manager for another, Kevin Nolan's record and experience stands out head and shoulders above that of Harry Kewell.

7 hours ago, upthepies said:

Poor decision if you asked me.

One rookie manager for another, Kevin Nolan's record and experience stands out head and shoulders above that of Harry Kewell.

Im in total agreement mate Kevin needed more time .. as for the exspirence factor well that’s a exspensive one 

12 hours ago, Magic magpie said:

Im in total agreement mate Kevin needed more time .. as for the exspirence factor well that’s a exspensive one 

Since 01 January....

Played 28 league games

Won 8 Drew 8 Lost 12

32 points from a possible 84 available.

I would have given Kn more time but the only thing that really surprised me about the situation was how easily our owner & many fans were taken in by this mythical queue of talented managers who are desperate to take over at Notts ! The Bowyer situation highlights that approaching managers & getting them to come are two separate things & with every manager that we prematurely sack the problem gets bigger. It seems that whoever is in charge "bigs it up" about the quality of manager that we are going for but we then end up with a rookie or serial failure, I honestly hope that Kewell succeeds but cannot help but feel that yet again we have gone on a "wing & a prayer" probably through little choice, I don't suppose that AH can really come out with "we have approached 6 experienced managers but the all turned us down so we have offered the job to Mr Kewell"