What are we thanking him for? For being the Terry Connor, Ricky Sbragia, Brian Kidd for us?
Lovely feller, but let's not get carried away: he hasn't saved us from certain relegation, he hasn't won us a cup, but he has overseen some of the most embarrassing and humiliating performances and results in recent memory. And that is saying something with our record.
Take over a struggling side: First thing I need to do is alienate our only form player Vlasic, and NEVER EVER start him, regardless.
Need a win in Lyon? Sound let's play an attacking midfielder with no pace (who I usually play inexplicably on the wing) as a LONE striker. That will win us the game.
Let's send two utter disrespectful d!ckheads home from training, and then bring them straight back into the team because I need to be everyone's mate, laughing, joking and arm round the shoulder of everyone.
Let's bomb out players who haven't completed TWO premier league games, like Klaassen and Sandro, lads lacking in confidence, needing nurturing coming to a new league.
Let's go to Southampton who have scored 9 all season and gift them four goals, and pose no attacking threat, all while still playing phonies like Schneiderlin and Mirallas.
Let's keep playing Calvert Lewin, a lad who has about as good a goal ratio as Tony Hibbert up front. Leon Osman's record is probably better, without even looking. But keep playing him, because I need to be seen as a paragon of youth development.
And above all: mention the fans, mention the club, mention the chairman. Praise how good the fans are you disrespected with your midfielder up front away to Lyon in a must win game, and show how shocked you are when absolutely feeble managers like Pellegrino outthink and outclass you.
Let's get our pants pulled down by a mid table Italian side, who haven't won a SINGLE game in two months, put a kid on for his debut, out of position, mid rape, and condemn us to our worst result in Our proud European history.
Let's be a top BLUE, who gets us.
Thank you so much. Thanks for getting an incredibly lucky chance at the best job in the world.
Come at me.