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Oh how Big Sam must be laughing!

3 games in and no goals scored, 6 conceded, out of the FA Cup and Special K must already be feeling the pressure. That won’t have been helped by the bizarre number of appointments to the board in the last 48 hours. The most surprising of all of course being little Dennis Wise - particularly as a few weeks ago he was “Leeds through and through”.

Exactly what Wise’s role will be is still a little unclear - unless the board are saying that Keegan is an OK coach and will be able to motivate the team but has no idea of the transfer market. Who will have the final say I wonder, if Keegan wants a particular player and Wise doesn’t agree, or vice versa. Keegan could end up with a squad of players he doesn’t like or don’t fit within his team as he sees it. A bit like the Schevchenko and Mourinho situation at Chelski. It’s an expensive way of buying bench warmers if you are not careful.

Keegan’s reaction has also been strange. First of all he said he had no knowledge of the appointment at Monday’s press conference, saying “I am reluctant to tell you all I know as I don’t know anything”. Then last night after another thrashing at the hands of Arsenal this became “I knew about the appointment before I took the job I just didn’t know it would be Dennis”. Of course he went on to give the usual platitudes about Wise’s credentials, but I for one was left with the distinct feeling that he was far from happy. Perhaps he thought the Director of Football would be somebody who wasn’t quite so “hands on” and he would still call the shots. Or perhaps he had no idea it was going to happen.

Either way it will make interesting watching - I give it till the summer to blow up but then I’ve been wrong before. The fact is that Ashley has made a rod for his own back by appointing the peoples favourite. It will be difficult to get rid of Keegan, and if he makes it known that he has been forced out in anyway, then the fans will turn against the board pretty quickly.