This in spades. If he is unimaginably successful he will be here at most 5/6 years tops, it isn't long in the grand scheme of things. But we need someone to be here at least 3 years and steady the ship. If that doesn't happen we are going to get someone else who doesn't like Townsend or whoever, that season will be a write off - the next one will be the 'transition' season and so on.
Like him/hate him it doesn't matter, we need to have a few stable years, incrementally get better so when someone else comes in we are in good shape to carry on the upwards trajectory.
Lots of good points there mate.
But I still think the stability argument is dependent on him actually being good and achieving some progress and development of the team, otherwise the period of ‘stability’ is just postponing the time until we get the person who will take us forward. The longer mediocre ‘stability’ goes on the more difficult he next improved phase is to make reality.
But it is obvious that the recent instability at manager level has been very negative for the club.
He may, miraculously, get much better out of these players broadly speaking than the previous two guys. He may do a brilliant trade involving James and/or one other. The biggest factors will be the quality of players he signs, the quality of players he brings through, then his acumen at using them.
Let’s hope we see ‘good’ stability rather than more years of going nowhere.
