We have an ambitious young manager, who last night put himself firmly in the frame for the Everton job - making it pretty clear that he wouldn't turn it down if offered. Fine - off you go, thanks for the last two years. The way we feel about him is irrelevant - he's just looking to get on and views this as 'business'.
We are trying to build for the future, we should not be looking over our shoulder every time a 'better' job becomes available. How can we prepare for the Premieship under these circumstances. Plus, if he is up for grabs for these sort of jobs (which he clearly is) let's look at the Premiership as it stands. The Jacks are likely to finish seven points above relegation, so any team below this (and possibly the Jacks, as seven points is not much) could struggle from one season to another. On this basis, and recent sackings - jobs which could come up before the end of January: Fulham Villa, Sunderland, Newcastle, Norwich, West Ham, Stoke. Which of these would he be prepared to take? Who knows - they are more established Premiership clubs than we are.
What is the point of him still being here?
Get the £3 million compensation, and find a manager who will stay for at least 18 months, as I don't think Malky will. The simple words 'I won't go to Everton' would make me think differently, but let's face it he'll go if he can. Let's just be realistic and treat it as business too. We need to move on, partly so that we don't enter next season with a feeling of uncertainty over our manager's future, team building and recruitment.
We are trying to build for the future, we should not be looking over our shoulder every time a 'better' job becomes available. How can we prepare for the Premieship under these circumstances. Plus, if he is up for grabs for these sort of jobs (which he clearly is) let's look at the Premiership as it stands. The Jacks are likely to finish seven points above relegation, so any team below this (and possibly the Jacks, as seven points is not much) could struggle from one season to another. On this basis, and recent sackings - jobs which could come up before the end of January: Fulham Villa, Sunderland, Newcastle, Norwich, West Ham, Stoke. Which of these would he be prepared to take? Who knows - they are more established Premiership clubs than we are.
What is the point of him still being here?
Get the £3 million compensation, and find a manager who will stay for at least 18 months, as I don't think Malky will. The simple words 'I won't go to Everton' would make me think differently, but let's face it he'll go if he can. Let's just be realistic and treat it as business too. We need to move on, partly so that we don't enter next season with a feeling of uncertainty over our manager's future, team building and recruitment.
), what's to say he won't stay with us the year after because, essentially, there will be very few teams above us that would want him, and he wouldn't want to go to a "worse" team. 