NEWPORT County are not rushing to make a managerial appointment, insisting they will take as much time as necessary to get it right.

It is has been more than three weeks since John Cornforth was shown the Spytty Park exit door but the selection process is now at an advanced stage with an appointment due by the end of the week.

But supporters are anxiously waiting for a new man to take over and kick-start what has been a wretched season so far.

"Some people have questioned why it has taken this length of time to appoint an manager but we are not overly worried about it," said County director Colin Everett.

"We know that after having two managers go in 12 months that it is vitally important that we to get it right this time.

"We have attracted a lot of interest from potential managers and the list of people who were interested and who we have approached is pretty extensive.

"We are lucky that we have a tremendous safety net in Glyn Jones, who is an experienced coach and is more then capable of holding the fort.

"Things are at an advanced stage at the moment but we have two weeks before our next match and want to make sure that everything is right."

The club won't comment on who has been interviewed for the job but admit that the first phase of talks have been held with potential bosses with second interviews going ahead this week.

Former Barry Town boss Gary Barnett and Bridgend manager Nicky Tucker are believed to be in the running as well as Mark Aizlewood, Steve White, Peter Beadle and Allan Lewer but many County fans have been asking why the wheels were not put into motion before Cornforth was sacked.

"Some people have questioned the board for not approaching a new manager before John was sacked or why we didn't have a plan B, but that is something we were not prepared to do," Everett said.

"We got to work as soon as John left but we felt it would have been inappropriate to do it before then and to be honest it has taken a couple of weeks because we never thought about it until after John went.

"Whether or not that was the right thing to do in football terms it doesn't matter, because we are not the kind of people who would go plotting behind a manager's back while he is in the job.

"We are not a Machiavellian kind of club and I hope that people can respect that we want to work in an ethical manner. The board wanted to give John our complete support, which I think we did, and we hoped that he would turn things round but ultimately that wasn't the case."