MAybe the club thought it prudent to give him a break before the Euros once we were safe

We also gave De Boer a whole pre season to prepare a team to be competitive and look organised by the first game and without p1ssing off half the squad at the same time! He failed on so many levels just like he did at Inter and in his recent stint in USA.

I doubt Parish enjoyed paying him and his staff off after 4 games but he did so which suggests he must’ve realised things were seriously wrong!

Ah! Like gardening duty! I see. That is a mutual agreement. Which I already stated. It seems though that they sacked him and filled his position immediately, so he holds the cards. He can look for, and accept, another job. In fact, he could sign a pre-employment contract whilst awaiting the agreed time to elapse, and announce it before the time elapsed. As you rightly state, he should look for alternative work. Therefore fulfilling the contract in full. He would only be in breach of the mutually agreed condition if he started a new job prior to the agreed date.

Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers

I'm not that expensive!

Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers

Agreed. The De Boer sacking was about far more than the four results, and if Parish learned anything from the episode it was surely that if you have the luxury of a little time (i.e it's not mid season) and a few options then for Christs sake interview prospective managers in great detail.

When De Boer told Ward, Delaney and Kelly they weren't good enough before they had even played a match, when he played Luka at right centre back, and insisted on starting the Premier league season with a system that anyone present at the pre season games could tell was a disaster waiting to happen, Parish and Freedman asked him how he planned to improve things. All I could think was 'Didn't you ask him these questions before you employed him?'.

Surely the best bet now is to interview as many of the apparent shortlist as possible, ask each one detailed questions about how they'd do the job, who they'd retain, how they'd want the transfer budget spent, what they'd do with Zaha etc, and give the job to the person who provides the best answers and most convincing strategy. Like in real life.

Edited by TheBigToePunt (30 May 2021 9.50pm)

Thank you. Maybe Mapletree will listen to you.

I absolutely agree with the emboldened text.

Edited by Tim Gypsy Hill '64 (30 May 2021 10.15pm)

Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers