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How long does it take to get a new manager?

If you’re a football fan using Twitter and you follow fans of your club you may occasionally get frustrated at the opinions of others with regard to players, the manager, the tactics being used or even the best pub to have a pre-match cider in. However, the last two weeks has seen interaction like never before if you’re a Bristol City fan.   Heart-breaking defeat against Reading and abject capitulation at Blackpool inside five days caused a huge groundswell of calls for Keith Millen to be sacked.   The natural impatience of the modern-day fan meant that when news wasn’t forthcoming by the Sunday morning, many were getting frustrated.   By Monday morning the announcement was made and thoughts naturally turned to who the new man might be.   What has followed has been fascinating and intriguing. The way many fans would see a club go about appointing a new manager is incredible, with a whole number of criteria (some are listed at the bottom) apparently more importa...