Silly Season - manager style

Why on earth did Mike Lee go and tell Radio 5 Live that Zola and Donadoni impressed during their interviews? What was the purpose? It couldn't solely be to keep the journos happy, the fans discussing and keeping everybody off the Curbs trace.

Was it to show everybody that we do have serious candidates, and we won't have to use our precious worrying time on the club ending up with Sammy Lee?

Was it to tell the candidates that we're not desperate, we won't have to accept their demands - we have options?

But then why did he rate Collins the way he did? "John Collins is very strong and will be an excellent manager in due course. He truly impressed but is maybe not quite right at the moment".
Not in the race - I hope

Collins must have been totally rubbish or just plain rude at the interview and the board wouldn't consider him in a thousand years, since now it would be a bit embarrassing to go back with an offer to him now, wouldn't it?

The interviews continue, Laudrup today, Bilic on Thursday or something, and we're certainly also keeping some back ups warm and courting some dream candidates too during this period, if this board works anything like the companies I've worked for.
However I doubt that we will have "...a manager in place in time for the West Brom. match next Saturday, or if not in the stands, and in place for the Newcastle game the following week" as Lee was hoping - Mike Lee that is.
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