You're right, it does smack of a panic move. It smacks of somebody thinking the fans would be calling for PVs head after the Brighton loss and trying to appease them, rather than thinking logically.

True but Roy was safe.

I would not mind Paddy & Derry for the remainder of the season. And that they will look past Ayew and Schlupp when putting up the team.
Play kind of 4-4-2 thus strengthening the midfield.

Presumably SP put SD on gardening leave because he already had doubts about how long PV was going to be in charge.

Judging by the number of posts on here calling for PV's head both before and after Brighton, Parish was correct in his perception of what a large number of fans were feeling.

But that doesn't make the sacking right. I can't get out of my mind Kompany's take on the whole affair: "Vieira was over-achieving", given the terrible run of fixtures we'd come through. I wonder whether Parish will start to suffer "seller's remorse" if a suitable replacement can't be found.

I don’t think that was a rumour.

It sounds a little old school, almost Warnockesque but when performances are awful it needs to be called.

I guess Derry being down the coaching pecking order meant it wasn’t his place to be berating the players, and it does indicate it perhaps wasn’t Patrick’s way.

Given the situation we’re in I’m pleased he’s at least an option in the coaching department given that it’s looking like there isn’t another manager about to take the reins. In the modern game there are a lot of back room positions to fill, and even if he is coming in temporarily to bridge the gap that has to be a good thing.