How about Cahill, Roy has another season and Cahill steps in after that

Very good shout- may have been the clubs thinking, although they dont seem think that far ahead.

The trouble is, we are mid table Premier League club which is an attractive proposition for most Managers out there. We are big enough at the moment to attract a fairly big name and that currently unknown big name would not want to work as an understudy to Roy for the rest of the season - he'd want to be the main man.

Your theory could work with a new young Manager learning his trade, but why would we take such a risk when we could tie down someone with more experience?

If this is Roy's last season, I am sure he will let his intentions known to Parish in good time to line up some replacement candidates.

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I’d love Mourinho. That’d be excellent but I don’t think he’s a Parrish appointment. Certainly with the fans behind him I reckon he could rediscover his love for the game. But the money.........