Wycombe Wanderers to take time over picking Gary Waddock's replacement
5:53pm Wednesday 26th September 2012 in Latest Sport By Andy Carswell
Ivor Beeks says Wycombe Wanderers will take their time to appoint Gary Waddock's replacement
IVOR Beeks says the Wycombe Wanderers board will take their time to appoint a successor to Gary Waddock.
The board of directors unanimously agreed to fire Waddock after three years in charge following a run of form which has seen them pick up just one point from six matches.
Player-coach Gareth Ainsworth has been put in charge for the next month in a bid to halt an alarming slide to just outside the League Two relegation zone.
And Beeks said a new man may not be in place until the end of Ainsworth's temporary tenure - assuming of course he is not handed the reins on a permanent basis.
The Wanderers joint chairman told the Bucks Free Press: "We'll take our time to pick a new manager and to get the right man in place.
"We don't have a board meeting for another week or so. We'll hold a process of interviews after that.
"Gareth Ainsworth has been appointed for a month just to see if he can take it up and give us a bit extra enthusiasm on the pitch. He would see himself as a contender [for the full time job] but we haven't played a game with him in charge."
Beeks said the club had received "at least 40 applications" for the job, with his co-chairman Don Woodward describing some of them as "high calibre".
The CVs have been rolling in to Adams Park despite Blues not formally advertising the manager's vacancy.
Beeks said: "There has never been a need to advertise for a manager at Wycombe Wanderers. We are regarded as a club which has had very good managers and is a good breeding ground for managers."
Former player Keith Scott has said he is interested in the job and Beeks said: "I haven't seen his application come in but he's always been a contender for the job. He would be amongst the applicants we'd look at in the fullness of time and we could ask him in for interview."
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