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Ex-Staff Des Buckingham
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Eric Blair
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
What makes you say that Steve? You think he just needs a longer break?
Or his financial package will be cut if he finds employment so soon?
Probably this. I'd think 6 months which is about up this time next month so he'll be ready now to commit to a job and take it formally next month. The season is over so they can wait a month and it will give him time to get all his ducks in a row - staff etc. I think he will get this job.
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
Behave yourself.
I imagine being sacked by your boyhood club might make you want to give it a bit of a wide berth for a little, not to mention how him being at a game might be perceived.
It's not difficult to imagine a world in which him going to game might be perceived as attempting to undermine the new manager, etc, by those who like to stir things up.
I doubt he'd want to have any kind of accusation like that levelled at him, or distract from what is happening at the club now.
Yeah, I think we know enough about him to know he wouldn't want to cause a stir or take the focus away from the team/management/fans this season.
Royalstandard74
Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
He has applied or been approached for the job if the bookies odds are an indication.
WokinghamYellow
Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
The only indication you can take from the odds is that some people have bet on Des getting the job
Royalstandard74
Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
Because Des has such a name that people will put money on him without any ITK evidence, I get ya.
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
He is out of work and has a promotion out of league 1 on his CV at his first attempt.
A lot of football fans and people who follow lower league football will have heard of Des.
Royalstandard74
Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
I see what you’re saying, but what’s the old saying “no smoke without fire’ 2/1 aren’t nailed on odds, but unless a name comes steaming straight in, the Des name may have legs.
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
The fact no one is odds on yet says that it is still very much an open market and guess work at this stage. Once a club start talking to people is when we will really see movement.
Royalstandard74
Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
True, I really want Des to get this job, maybe that’s why I’m looking at it as favourably for him.
I think that’s a great job for Des if he’s in the hat - a step up from what I thought he’d get if I’m brutally honest as I expected it to be L1 next for him but not necessarily one of the big hitters in there. They’re a bit ropey in the boardroom but it’s a cracking club with great support that needs his sort of warmth for a bit.
Willing him to get it, I think it’s a level he needs to revisit and would do well there. Hope they’ve got some good wingers lined up!
Willing him to get it, I think it’s a level he needs to revisit and would do well there. Hope they’ve got some good wingers lined up!
West Oxon U’s
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
- Year of First Game
- 1975
Buckingham goes to Cardiff and on day one comes and takes Sibley and Phillips off us in exchange for Selech and O’DOwda 
#agentbuckingham
#agentbuckingham
MJB
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
“I wasn’t able to play Stuart Findlay during my time at Oxford, but I was well aware of his qualities as a ball-playing centre back and I’m delighted to bring him to Cardiff on a four year deal.”Buckingham goes to Cardiff and on day one comes and takes Sibley and Phillips off us in exchange for Selech and O’DOwda
#agentbuckingham
The year is 2046, Stuart Findlay signs on loan with Kilmarnock.
Stranger
Level: Chris Maguire
(79 Apps, 22 Gls)
Kidlington FC said "We're sorry to see Stuart leave, but it was clear that he was struggling with the step up from Scottish football to the Hellenic League third division south"
