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Of course it’s a free country and if one feels the need to protest then go ahead. Quite a few clubs have or have had unhappy fans at one stage or another look at Man U Everton, Newcastle recently and I don’t think complaining helps that much if at all and quite possibly hold the club back. I know people might argue back saying Newcastle are great now but the fans have decided to fully back their team now and they have not exactly broken the bank in spending etc. even Arsenal have worked out if you actually support your team positively it helps.
Perhaps our great atmosphere could never last as we would want more from the team over time but surely it’s music to our rivals if the tension is boiling over from our own fans. We can’t question SP he’s red and blue but it’s never going to be a straight forward journey in the pren. I feel if we don’t survive this season ( I think we will just about for the record) then us fans will need to take some of the blame also as we haven’t been great as in previous bad times.

If comments by Ed Aarons are true - and he is usually fairly reliable Parish is concerned that if he sacks Roy there will not be another decent manager available to step in.

This has to be a concern as we have had issues for a while so why are there not plans B and maybe C.

Also why does he feel that with the number of half decent managers either out of work or from the lower divisions, none would come to us? Why are we such an unattractive option?

If we carry on flogging players like Olise and Eze to death then we destroy their value to us and any future resale value. All makes no sense

Then look at it this way. If you were Harris, Blitzer or Textor, would you be happy with Parish's performance as a salaried employee ( CEO ) ? I think we can guess as to Textor's answer...

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Once you start drilling into fans feelings it exposes the anomaly of Premier league football.
The Premier, well supported by Sky tv, has become one of the biggest money leagues globally in football. It's why it has attracted so many USA and Arabian investors, the really big money.
The top 10/12 clubs have risen to that position purely through huge financial investment.
As fans in this system when passions are bruised by poor results it is unsurprising to see passionate fans protesting.
All we can hope is that our owners respond. We are clearly stumbling now and unfortunately our ownership/ financial structure is looking pretty wobbly.
It is not a comfortable league for this reason for the less wealthy clubs. e.g. the bottom half .
Personally I can see change afoot moving towards a super league. The idea does not seem to have gone away. I also have grave doubts about such a vehicle.
But it is what it is and while this system prevails then protesting is inevitable

Surely it can be no secret in the industry what it is like to work for Steve Parish and CPFC? No wonder there aren't many candidates stepping forward. It actually explains how we've had to suffer over five seasons of Roy Hodgson.

Our current predicament is down to Parish and Parish alone. Whilst on the surface Roy does seem to be set in his ways, Parish knew that and you can't blame Roy for not selecting players that he considers are not up to the job and clearly, as he sees them daily in training we have to accept his superior knowledge and experience about football team management. Parish asked Roy to come back because after trying last summer to find a replacement it was quite obvious that the same situation prevailed then as it is still today. I suspect that is because no decent manager is going to put his reputation on the line with the way Parish wanted them to run the first team, coupled with the limited resources available to strengthen. All decent potential managers, prior to interview will do an in depth team analysis of the existing squad prior to interview,they will then have a good idea of what is needed in order to have a half decent team that can perform in the EPL. They can also see from outside that we have at board level no harmony. Parish is estranged from the rest of the board and today in the press (Guardian) Parish is alleged to have said, he cannot find a replacement for Roy, this seems to confirm the above. Whilst it's great having an academy, statistic show that only 0.5% will ever be good enough for elite football so you have to have a blend with the academy of good team investment and scouting all over the world to identify talent in a way that other clubs seem to do more successfully than CP. We have several major positions that still need filling, starting with a dominant defender who can deal with high balls in to the box, Mitchell needs replacing as his positional awareness and defending on the back post is awful and we need a striker who chases everything and is good in the 6 yard box and able to attack the ball. Some of the transfer decision made by Parish and Freedman in the summer window you have to question, For example, the spend on Henderson, Holding and Franca last summer. That money would have been better invested in other positions as none them seem to offer anything to the team at present. No wonder we are where we are and it sickens me to see other equivalent teams being better run than our own because of a stubborn Parish who will not change or move on!