That could be right. He should have done the same as Pulis, and fat Sam, And not got his hands dirty. As these pages show he won’t get to much in the way of thanks, even if he should keep us up for another year or not.

There are 4.5 million reasons why he'll stay as long as possible.

I have now sufficient funds to last me the rest of my life. Provided I don't buy anything.

I would hope they would pay off his contract which expires in June.

Unless, of course, we are more skint than we imagine.

The only time one notices him is when he is flagged for offside which is often.

I wonder if we got in Lamps and terry or Gerrard Rooney ect . would Steve sign em up as player managers .

Your last para sums up the situation in a very accurate and informative way. Roy is doing the best he can with the players he has available, which was largely players put together by other Manage and it's clear the current age profile and quality is just not there for the standards in this league. I think Parish has let him down in terms of investment in the first team squad over several seasons now. The situation has been further exacerbated by the renewal of contracts for both Benteke and Wickham which were as I understand were handled by Parish himself. Our DOF who is responsible for identifying players seems incapable of doing that job and frankly although it is probably time for Roy to retire who on this earth would want a job at this club under the current ownership!