Removing the question of whether he'd be a good appointment, I think if we lose to Brentford then we'll find out if Cooper really is Parish's first choice to be the next manager as I think it would be the logical time to make a change (with no PL games for 3 weeks after that). If he isn't (or doesn't fancy the job) then whether Roy stays may once again come down to whether there is an alternative. Parish's MO is to appoint an experienced fire fighter in times of trouble. We have seemingly used all of those plus it would be weird to replace Roy with another old bloke. I certainly don't see him sacking Roy to take a gamble on a manager with no PL experience, or say putting Paddy in charge on an interim basis.

Don’t forget ‘Arry , King of the Jungle

Old, Ungifted and White

To be honest Willo, I wouldn't fancy any of them as manager. We already have in place the only manager who could be deemed a relegation 'saver'. Pulis I imagine we would never want and he wouldn't come back. Allardyce possibly similar and failed last 2 times. Bruce and McCarthy are busted flushes whose days in the Premier League are behind them.

I suspect we will appoint another manager who will fail spectacularly as he tries to introduce a different way to play at the wrong time of the season.

The Board mucked up spectacularly in the summer transfer window, the overall depth of the squad is weaker. That seriously needs to be addressed and needs a couple of players in by mid January. SP and the board won't though.

Our squad depth isn't good enough. End of. Roy may have made mistakes but unless we invest in January, I can't see any manager coming in and making a massive difference with what we have.

Last year Leicester sacked Rodgers and got even worse, the same with Leeds.

How can anyone be surprised with what we’ve seen from Roy this season? Didn’t we all expect this type of football from his team? He is an irritatingly cautious manager and has been this way throughout his career.

He is a very decent man , but it is deeply frustrating (and at times depressing) to see such talented young players constrained by the defensive approach to every game. When you look at the likes of Bournemouth/Wolves/Brighton you can see the respective managers have improved individual players through good coaching and providing opportunities for game time - which has developed them.

Roy will only provide opportunities when pushed into it through injury- Chris Richards/Ozoh are examples of this. (I think they have both been very good).
I have written off the January window on the basis that anyone new arriving at the club won’t be used anyway - unless 2-0 down with 10 minutes to go! The only crumb of comfort is that I do actually believe Luton, Burnley and Sheffield U Will finish below us…..but it may be by as comfortable as thought a few weeks ago.

I don’t see us making the change with Roy until the end of the season unfortunately - which will be a shame for the younger players - and a growing number of increasingly disillusioned fans.

We are slipping into the abyss and the relegation trapdoor is staring us in the face.

Perhaps there is a manager out there whom Steve Parish rates and who is available and he might be tempted to appoint this person as soon as possible before he is employed by a rival club.The 'Transfer Window' is about to open and Mr Hodgson will not be at the club next season.

i think there are two simple metrics on which we can determine whether to sack a manager.

Win %

viera: 29.73
Hodgson: 32.26 from 31 games

if we lose to brentford, everton, arsenal and shefield wednesday then Hodgson's win percentage will fall below vierra's

Points per game
Viera :1.229
Hodgson:1.258

current points won is 39
accordingly we have vierra equivalent point attaintment equivalents.
Brentford:39.35
everton : 40.58
Arsenal : 41.81
Sheff wed:43.04

current points won is 39. I'd want to examine after sheffield wednesday, but Hodgson's record this season( never mind the bournemouth performance) isn't encouraging.