Reading that statement I guess he may have wanted to redeem himself after the England sacking plus, while I hope not, there may have been health issues that have helped him make his decision.

Red & Blue since 73'

Talk about difficult for Parish.

Late into the transfer business and now we are stuck with a manager vacancy just while other teams are eyeing our best players.

Fingers crossed he pulls us out of the fire again.

I think it's time for Popovic.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

We need to prepare for this in the future. Get the squad depth right and then try and emulate Southampton, who always have players in mind and managers in line for when things change.

"Brighton are talking about how they're coming for us. And it's like, we've been waiting in the Premier League for you for ages." Wilfried Zaha, 2017.

For all we know, this may have happened already.

I hope the OP feels like a right C*NT following Sam's statement.

I think this is highly likely. Let's finally judge when we see how much we spend this Summer, who we sign and where we are in the table next May. If we struggle again or go down I think all but the willingly blind will finally see.