I don't think they could do any better than him. Not just because he impresses me so much

But because - and this is why I can't see him touching that job with a bargepole - what decent (or merely half-decent) manager would go anywhere near a club which:

1. Considers itself 'big', has big expectations to match, but no money to spend on delivering those expectations;

2. Is in a relegation battle with a sub-standard squad - but because it's a 'big' club, you won't get much credit if you keep them up; and crucially

3. Is looking for a new owner. New owner finally comes in and you're almost certainly fired; new owner doesn't come in and the club remains in limbo, going nowhere, spending nothing and completely rudderless.

They're a basket case of a football club. And as a 'big' club without the means to deliver anything much and which hasn't behaved like a 'big' club in years now, they're as hard to manage as any I can think of in England. Maybe even THE hardest.

Posted By: thebigfeller, Feb 12, 04:10:26