Fair enough, but surely in that case Parrish should give Moody a clear budget and leave him alone to get on with his job. Why is Parrish even commenting on transfers in the media, or involved in any way? As you've just said, it's not his skill set. And please don't give me the line that "he's the owner. He can do what he wants." That's a business model for failure...not success.

When I ran a department of a corporation, I didn't expect my CEO to answer questions about the performance of that department, nor did he have any inclination to do so. If I did well, I got a pat on the back. If I did poorly, I was fired. But at board meetings (and media interviews), I answered for my work. Parrish -- if this is indeed why Moody has been brought in -- would do well to limit his comments to the realm of financial performance and annual reports which are the domain of the CEO. Not transfer activity, for which he's recruited someone to do the job.

From where I sit you have three people not on the same page at all. Parrish has brought Moody in as you explain above, but he's undermining him with his constant media comments about purse strings and wage structures. Moody probably has his ideas about what to do but it's important to remember that he's standing on his own two feet for the first time, no longer working for a friend in an environment in which he feels secure (Malky, Cardiff) and furthermore having to report to a massive ego (Parrish) and satisfy someone with a world of experience (Pulis). In truth, Moody is young and inexperienced. He's really only done the job for a couple of years. And Pulis probably thinks he knows better than both (and he's right; he does) and is frustrated that he's got not one fool but two between him and the squad he wants.

Sounds like what our American friends call a clusterf*&k to me. All I can say is that while no manager's history in the transfer market is perfect and Pulis has certainly made his mistakes, when it comes to making the moves needed to keep us up, I know damn well who I'd prefer in the driver's seat and it's not Parrish or Moody.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

You know what? The thing that would prevent this is that Malky is at Norwich by that point. But if not, would not surprise me one bit. Good guess. If Malky IS at Norwich, would not surprise me if Moody joined him there as between Parrish's ego and Pulis' experience, there doesn't seem to be much need for him here.

I wonder if Moody was hired in the belief that we'd recruit a Petrescu/Karanka-type younger foreign manager in which case he might have had a clearer role, but when we ended up with a vastly experienced English manager, he became a little surplus to requirements?

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

This above, just underline what I have stated in my previous post.

Think that Parish is being depicted as the re-incarnation of Jordan. Young businessman with flowing blonde locks and always willing to be in the public eye.

As Braunie pointed out, there are superficial similarities but also profound differences. Parrish is a highly competent businessman. Jordan was never that; at best, he was once a lucky one. However, there is no denying that what the two of them have in common is a huge ego (and flowing blond locks.) But that's where any similarity ends.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

You didn't raise any. As I said, you are only interested in promoting your conspiracy theories and you still didn't spell Parish's name correctly, you're either ignorant or you're trying to goad someone, it isn't me btw.