Until the next manager of Hereford United is appointed there will be lots of names mentioned with lots of reasons why that particular individual should be appointed.
One name put forward this morning is Peter Jackson.
In an article on 'the Seventy Two' site, Mike Holden suggests the Bulls need someone 'who will provide a constant source of merriment for the players, for the media, for the fans, even for the tea lady.'
His gives his reasons for this view.
When a club is so intrinsically linked with one man as Hereford is with Graham Turner, it often takes a larger-than-life character to come in and drive it forward in the immediate aftermath of his departure.
He was simply part of the furniture at Edgar Street, involved in literally everything that happened behind the scenes so his departure inevitably leaves a substantial void that needs filling.
More to the point, what Hereford are faced with right now is a crisis of identity. The point being that Graham Turner was their identity, now they don’t have one. And like an ex-girlfriend that moves on quicker than you ever anticipated, it will only add weigh heavier on their hearts that Turner himself has discovered a new lease of life, planting the seeds of a new promotion challenge with an old flame up the A49.
Essentially, what they need is somebody to play a similar role to the one Ian Holloway has played since he walked into Blackpool a year ago, a man who can help the club to forget that Graham Turner ever existed.
It’s only a stab in the dark at this point, an instinctive response without any consideration for a long list of possible alternatives, but that man might just be Peter Jackson.
The self-styled ‘Yorkshire Mourinho’ might fancy himself a bit too much, he might sometimes promise the earth and fail to deliver, but at least he has what it takes to sweep Hereford off their feet and get them smiling again.
The full article can be read at: http://theseventytwo.com/2010/10/05/jacko-can-sweep-bulls-off-their-feet/