Jaap Stam

It'll be interesting to see how he gets on at Reading.

Some former United players have been reasonably successful as managers and others not so much - yes, that means you Mr Solksjaer.

Assuming Stam has been looking for a Championship club to manage for a while, I wonder if he applied for the Cardiff job and was he one of those interviewed perhaps?

Not sure how I would have felt if he were appointed our manager - probably a bit worried that he would turn out to be another Ole to be honest.

Big gamble by Reading but then I suppose you could argue that if we really are serious about promotion, appointing Trollope is quite a big gamble by us.

Interesting season ahead.

It'll be interesting to see how he gets on at Reading.

Some former United players have been reasonably successful as managers and others not so much - yes, that means you Mr Solksjaer.

Assuming Stam has been looking for a Championship club to manage for a while, I wonder if he applied for the Cardiff job and was he one of those interviewed perhaps?

Not sure how I would have felt if he were appointed our manager - probably a bit worried that he would turn out to be another Ole to be honest.

Big gamble by Reading but then I suppose you could argue that if we really are serious about promotion, appointing Trollope is quite a big gamble by us.

Interesting season ahead.

I'm pretty sure most clubs are waking up to the fact that joining the managerial roundabout can be a very expensive thing. Steve McClaren for example probably asks for a substantial salary measured in the millions of pounds and gets a huge pay off everytime he fails.

I think more clubs are taking the route we are by employing younger managers with something to prove but on reasonable salaries. I personally agree with that strategy and hopefully it will pay off