Exactly. I'm all for giving managers time within reason and often results don't tell the whole story. But in this instance, when it's so very clear where the problem is, I can't believe that nothing has been done. Do we think his position is even under discussion at the top?
The consensus opinion appears to be we've closed an entire stand and moved over a thousand season ticket holders in order to sell an extra two thousand match day tickets. Not a theory I buy into, but if it's right, how could a business that is prepared to alienate large sections of their fanbase in a desperate bid to make just a few thousand quid afford to terminate the contract of an employee which would cost them many times that?
How much it will cost to replace him will have been discussed, it's just a case of waiting till the scales tip in that favour.
I suppose the financial consequences of relegation would make the cost of removing the manager pale in comparison. £6m is the difference in central distribution for championship and league one.
The club had a loan facility in place a couple of years back with a floating charge across all assets. This was satisfied so the club currently has no debt, oh and £750k went out to pay the previous 100% owner. If there is not any money in the pot then the issues on the field are tiny in comparison with the future of our club.
Yep, they'll weigh up the percentages before doing anything, take the pop bottles back to the corner shop, shake the piggy bank and see how many green shield stamps they've got. Then and only then will they even consider sacking him
Our only hope is that the biggest investment is the players and I thought they looked totally dejected towards the end of the game last night.