Yes, Thomas, i should have phrased it better.

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Potter’s style is very similar to PV’s, all talk and no trousers. If I am not mistaking did we not finish above Brighton every year he was there?

I think to us all Roy and his team are like a comfort blanket making us all feel safe. However as with young children they grow out of them and move on. As much as I would not mind Roy staying I can’t help but think we should be moving on. We have put our feet in the water with FDB and stepped back we did the same with PV and stepped back. This must now be the time to make the leap forward and for Parish to throw away his blanket and let the club move on in developing its playing style and ambition. My guess as to who it should be is not conclusive but Potter would surely not be a disaster.COYP

My preference would be Steve Cooper who has performed with great aplomb at both Swansea and Nottm Forest and had success with the England U17 team.

He has a deal until 2025 so unless Forest want rid we'd have to buy him out of his contract (even if he wanted to join us). The way he sets his teams up is probably quite suited to our squad, but is he worth paying significant compensation for?

If you were a manager looking for a new role I would think we would be a pretty enticing project. We're a stable club with three current England internationals, plenty of exciting young players, a great youth setup and plenty of potential. If Roy doesn't get the job I expect there'll be plenty of interest. Also there's the prospect of doing the double over Brighton when they sell their best players and struggle to juggle Europe and the PL

Rodgers was always my top choice with Potter second. However, given that Rodgers was on 8m a year previously, we couldn't and shouldn't pay that.

Potter would be the ideal long term solution, in my eyes. He would be a slow starter as it takes his teams a while to get used to his style but I reckon in time he'd take us higher than we've been before.

He's also young and good with youth players which is going to be huge for us in the coming seasons.

Negative is that his sides don't always score loads but then our strikers don't score for anybody so that won't change anything.

All for getting him in.

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