And equally, I understand the point you're making it. It is a difficult one. That said though, making a decision over sacking a manager is only half of the equation. You also need to make a decision over the replacement (and, as Everton are finding with Silva, then manage to secure that replacement). That, we might not have done yet. Would we have sacked Adkins a week or more earlier, had things been secured with Poch behind the scenes earlier? I don't have a problem with a caretaker being put in charge. The issue is that the December fixture list is so inflated, as usual, that that is a lot of work for a caretaker to take on.
This is one thing I've been thinking about. Could well be that he overrules Les and steps in to make a decision. One thing for certain is if (when imo) we're in the bottom 3 at the end of the year his arse will certainly be twitching at the prospect of his £180m investment almost halving.