Yes lets get some rich Arab in and have us as a toy! We will be waving our freely provided flags with a dictatorship logo at the bottom and be happy. Uhhhmmm, no thanks, I don't want to go down but really it is not the end of the world.

When Goldberg tried to splash the cash, we signed a load of mersonaries and almost ended up going out of business. Clubs like Cardiff, QPR, and Blackburn have had big foreign investors and ended up in the same position. More often than not teams who take this route end up worse off than they started. Benteke should be a lesson for us all in that regard, we have to sign players that want to play for the club. Throwing money around doesn't always work.

I give you six words that I suspect will mean very little to you, but will put the rant above in perspective for anyone who remembers the time before the current 5 years in the Premiership.

Trevor Francis
Alex Kolinko
Ade Akinbiyi

Now that is turgid crap, trying to make sure you maintain mid-table Championship status.

Edited by robdave2k (27 Feb 2018 7.53pm)

Parish has been lucky to get us this far if I'm honest. We have only stayed up because of sacking managers and bringing in fire fighters nearly every year. Dougie was brought into handle the football side of things but he's done nothing so far other than sign two u23 players who won't get into the first team. The blame for the window should go on dougie but at the end of the day it's Parish who hires all these crap managers and brought back a guy who left us for money when we sat at the top of the championship.

most chairmen are toxic. Parish is an Eagle. And a good one at that.

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

Well, simply put, that's silly. It is not supported by the evidence.

Main points in his favor: He purchased the club in 2010; the team got promoted in 2013; we have been to one cup final (only our second proper cup final ever); we have achieved the longest consecutive period in the top flight in the club's 113 years of history; the club has had four of its highest ever league finishes; the club owns its own ground (again); they have improved the facilities (although there is a way to go); they have plans in place to expand the ground (also a ways to go); we have one of our best ever first 11, with only the 1990-91 side clearly better (albeit most of the current lot seem to be semi-permanently injured).

Main points against: consecutive poor transfer windows; over-promises when he should keep quiet; imbalanced squad (albeit one horrifically ravaged by injuries); troubles with FFP (presumably because of some of the dross still on the books); we have struggled to hold onto managers (although that has not always been his fault); hmmm, that's about it.

So, we have had four of our best six (or seven) finishes in the league ever, only our second ever proper cup final, and we have been in the top division for a longer consecutive spell than in our entire history and yet, you claim, he is totally inept.

That is simply put, bizarre.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.