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[Sarf London Alty]

Been in charge at ‘Heed for 4 years & has his stamp all over that club. I see they’ve promoted from within with Rob Elliot for continuity (and doubtless to save a few ££, though presumably they must have got a few quid off MK Dons). I strongly suspect they’ll fall back a bit now, wonder if Williamson will be back in Jan for the odd player too.

[AltyNotFaulty]

Been in charge at ‘Heed for 4 years & has his stamp all over that club. I see they’ve promoted from within with Rob Elliot for continuity (and doubtless to save a few ££, though presumably they must have got a few quid off MK Dons). I strongly suspect they’ll fall back a bit now, wonder if Williamson will be back in Jan for the odd player too.

Hopefully none of our lot after he saw our team pull his apart!!!

[MarpleAlty]

Been in charge at ‘Heed for 4 years & has his stamp all over that club. I see they’ve promoted from within with Rob Elliot for continuity (and doubtless to save a few ££, though presumably they must have got a few quid off MK Dons). I strongly suspect they’ll fall back a bit now, wonder if Williamson will be back in Jan for the odd player too.

Based on the fact that most people think they'll naturally fall back, I actually wouldn't be surprised if they continue to go strong - they're a well-run club (compared to days gone by) and it also wouldn't surprise me if they had a robust continuity plan in place in the same way I hope we will.

I wouldn't be surprised to see them run with the caretakers, and not necessarily for cost-cutting reasons either - but then again, I could be wrong (as I often am!)

[Saughall Robin]

I would have thought that the 'caretaker' had already been lined up as a probable replacement being ex-Toon like Williamson and trained to operate in the same way. But time will tell.

[MarpleAlty]

He must like working in grim places.

Averaging attendances of 6,000 in a 30,000 all-seater stadium must feel so bloody desolate.

As you say, he must enjoy the experience.

[Saughall Robin]

I'd have thought he saw it as somewhere he could make an impact in the short to medium term to continue to build his reputation with an eye to moving up in the future. (Middlesbrough, Sunderland perhaps?)

[One Foot in the Grave]

He must like working in grim places.

Averaging attendances of 6,000 in a 30,000 all-seater stadium must feel so bloody desolate.

As you say, he must enjoy the experience.

So the stadium is 20% full - which is twice as good as Gateshead which holds nearly 12,000 but regularly sees gates struggle to top 1,000.

[MarpleAlty]

I'd have thought he saw it as somewhere he could make an impact in the short to medium term to continue to build his reputation with an eye to moving up in the future. (Middlesbrough, Sunderland perhaps?)

You're absolutely right, by the way - putting my tongue-in-cheek comments aside, he'll see them as a level down from where we know they can operate, and if he does what he did for Gateshead he'll be in the position to step further up the pyramid again. So yeah, snarky comments aside he's probably chosen shrewdly. Some of his Gateshead players will be able to do a job for them too.

They're 6 points off the playoffs - 7 from automatic - so it's not like their season's over.