Tell you what: I wouldn't want to be in Mr Parish's hand made shoes having to make the decision.

If Roy's tenure ends as successfully as it started and we all leap about in joyful ecstacy, the prospect of replacing him with a bloke with iffy credentials, is going to be bloomin' hard to justify. Whoever it is.

I just wish Roy felt able to go public on his future then at least we could make a more balanced assessment. As it stands my preference is to maintain the status-quo and gradually bring Paddy up to speed. If the wheels start to come off by Christmas it still gives us time (having done some background work) to appoint a successor.

So, come on Roy, are you in or are you out?

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

We all know it's going to be Pards so we can just look forward to more 4-3s, either way - toss a coin.

Red and Blue Army!

I spoke to some learned gentleman who witnessed the 'BT Sport' coverage of the W.Ham encounter.Interviewed before the game with David Moyes, evidently Mr Hodgson expressed the view that he was 75 years old and was unsure how long he could continue.
I have not witnessed this coverage.

I don't think there are going to be any more projects like Vieira or De Boer or even Potter for a bit.

So if Roy and Ray want it and the Board have half a brain it's theirs IMO as they are the best available for our stature.

No point in reading anything into TV interviews or age.

As has been highlighted on an another thread there's not much point in listening to the pundits either because most of them are as thick as sh1t.

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw another gamble with a contingency plan in place again soon.

TBF the option for the board is either do everything to avoid relegation and get the likes of Hodgson, BFS etc in to forever stay still, at best, or take a gamble here and there to try for more, which is always what fans will pine for.

The intelligence behind the gamble will always be questioned when it does not pay off of course however who knows and can predict all? I am guessing it is a bit of a case of trying to strike oil each time we take a risk but c'est la vie, fuels any moaning and b!tching we as fans want to get out of our system, which is probably healthy, and again is perhaps better than sitting agonisingly still forever with only disaster as an alternative.

Another option would be to invest in the team and have a manager capable and willing to oversee that period being the predominant driver in 'moving us forward'. I don't see that as likely any time soon however.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Absolutely. Everything is a gamble in a business like this.

As the least Parish has to have the conversations.

A year ago, there is no way that we'd ever be able to attract Potter or Rogers. Now maybe we would. Have a chat, be honest about finance and see if they are up for it.

At least for those guys, there aren't any obviously prem jobs as cant see either of them getting Spurs or Chelsea. All of the mid table teams seam pretty happy.