Speaking for myself, even I don´t think he can get us out of this mess now, but there are so many other reasons why we are in this state, players, board, recruitment team and policies, coaches, that I just don´t see any new manager having the wished for effect, Neil is only just a fraction of the problem.
The owners have every right to sell, or not to sell, to whoever they wish. They also have a right to run the business as they see fit. Incompetent they may be in many people´s eyes, but while bums keep sitting firmly on seats in the stadium, there is no incentive for them to change their plan of approach. As people are not slow to point out, it´s a business these days, not a sport anymore, and while it keeps making money, why change anything?