Well done to Parish for giving back the first half of his performance bonus. Could he kindly explain which objectives he achieved in order to retain the second half.

I am not sure his objectives are all that challenging to be fair.

I think you had already made an arse of yourself by starting the thread, mate.

Surviving for 12 seasons in the Premier League is no mean fete which shouldn't be sniffed at. You've said yourself it's a good thing, which would contradict your reason for protesting about the mismanagement of the club.

As I say, there are many bigger clubs than us who haven't achieved our level of success. I also don't think we regularly flirt with relegation, we're staunch midtableists.

To say we have no ambition is grossly unfair to Parish given how far he's taken us. We'd all love to get to Europe but we don't qualify for that based on how long we've been in the Premier League. For a smaller club like us with a dilapidated stadium and smallish fan base, we'll struggle to attract big names, nor can we afford their salaries. The reality is we need to be pragmatic to stay in the division. Parish has tried rolling the dice with De Boer and Vieira and I'm sure he'll try again.

Personally, I don't think it's necessary to splash the cash this transfer window. Seasons over. Better off saving the money and letting Roy's future replacement spend it. Treat this season as an opportunity to get Ozoh and Franca up to speed.

I get the frustration and from a selfish point of view would enjoy a stint in the Championship to reignite my love, but that's not to the benefit of the club.

This is the time when the club need to communicate in an open and authentically empathetic fashion. So far, all we have is Roy trotting out his personal (misguided) platitudes on why we failed to turn up yet again, whilst not taking any personal responsibility for the pathetic performance on the pitch - like it's the referee's fault we lost! It looks like management and ownership has lost its way and at least the communications team should have some balls and tell Parish and Hodgson to stop blathering and be brave and deal with the brutal facts!

This is the time when the club need to communicate in an open and authentically empathetic fashion. So far, all we have is Roy trotting out his personal (misguided) platitudes on why we failed to turn up yet again, whilst not taking any personal responsibility for the pathetic performance on the pitch - like it's the referee's fault we lost! It looks like management and ownership has lost its way and at least the communications team should have some balls and tell Parish and Hodgson to stop blathering and be brave and deal with the brutal facts!