The Owners

[Craig_H]

They didnt have to bow to fans will, they just had to see what a **** manager he was and ditch him earlier, to give us a chance of doing something this season.

Neil will love you analogies

[sean_lfc]

They didnt have to bow to fans will, they just had to see what a **** manager he was and ditch him earlier, to give us a chance of doing something this season.

Neil will love you analogies

If he loves the analogies, wait til he sees the dog!

[BigChief]

Damned that they did. Damned if they hadn't.

[Craig_H]

No Chief. Just damned that they took so long over it. 4th place would have been very achieveable if they'd done it in November.

[Daniel 7]

It would have looked completely knee jerk if they had done it any earlier. I think they were mindful of playing out the long term card, and if we had been a bit further up the league we would have seen something more akin to the Ranieri situation - allowed to see out the season doing the best he could, but ultimately, not the new owners' man, so never going to stay in the job.

[Craig_H]

Dont think it would've been kneejerk at all. They were new owners, never appointed Hodgson in the 1st place, plenty of justification for bringing in their own man.

Either way, the posturing has most likely cost us any chance of a top 4 spot.

[Daniel 7]

I agree with you, but I think they were wanting to avoid the press perception of kneejerk owners. Also I think they wanted some time to be able to integrate and introduce their philosophy - they just didn't realise how profoundly unsuited and ****e Woy was.

[alunevans]

It would have looked completely knee jerk if they had done it any earlier.

To whom? And why does it matter how it looks?

Besides, it would have looked like new owners coming in and getting their own man in.

But anyhow, Kenny's here now so I guess it's all academic.

[RedReet]

To whom? And why does it matter how it looks?

Besides, it would have looked like new owners coming in and getting their own man in.

But anyhow, Kenny's here now so I guess it's all academic.

They don't have their own man yet though, that was the problem.

[Daniel 7]

To whom? And why does it matter how it looks?

Besides, it would have looked like new owners coming in and getting their own man in.

But anyhow, Kenny's here now so I guess it's all academic.

To the fans. They didn't know everyone was anti Roy off the bat did they? They've taken a decent amount of time and they have acted accordingly.

[Kronenburg1892]

I think the timing is perfect, even though there'll be **** all Melwood time to hone an approach to this match. But the formation I expect to see tomorrow will have come from what the players have had drilled into them from the previous manager. Then PLUS the positiveness. **** yeah, bullet proof.

What I feared for Kenny not having time to stamp any game plan I believe will have come temporarily from elsewhere. And that is my guesswork, nothing else.