I'm not sure it matters when Mannion's back, at least as far as the first team is concerned, we're not likely to play him.
We could do with bringing Mark Oxley back. We've never really recovered as a club since he left, I know I haven't. None of us have. He was the backbone, pun intended, of the team and would have been skipper if he'd stayed and built on him impressive number of appearances for The Hull Tigers. I miss him.
If he walks away, that will be the icing on the cake. still the goalkeeping coach can take over as caretaker manager.