I’m not talking about Kenwright being around the place, I’m talking precisely about our spending our fortune on dud players, leaving us financially hamstrung.
Forget a manager coming in and having us challenging for Europe or even top half on a pittance like we did in the noughties, them days are gone in the premier league.
I feel like I’ve drifted a bit from my point now, but it was about stability. I’d rather us stick and see if the manager can turn it around until his position becomes untenable, I don’t believe we’re at that point just yet. Ideally another managerial change is the last thing we need to be going through again.
I think if there were 2-3 nailed on sides for relegation and/or we had a good points cushion like our good start last season I would probably agree.
However... we're 1 point off the bottom 3, Wolves and Villa have both appointed new credible managers, Saints and Bournemouth will likely get new manager bounces when they get new appointments in and Notts Forest seem to have some life in them recently meaning there are no clear cut sides for relegation this season.
Its also a vicious cycle - everyones saying Lampard needs a boss slotter or two in January - who's coming in to a team stuck in a relegation battle? Surely we need a
Moyes Type appointment to overachieve and have us in a position where we could attract better players ?
On top of that if we give Lampard another 5-10 games and we continue to slide - what good manager would be willing to take the job on? Difference between appointing a new manager now with 6 weeks to drill the team during the WC + have the Jan window to bring in their own players than take over in Feb/March.
I had no real belief of relegation last season but I do think we'll go down this year if the owner/DOF get lulled into a false sense of security with the fanbase smitten with Lampard and leave it too late.
