Agreed. Looking at the above PT comment along with what OLM has shared with us, the people in the know seem to be more annoyed about it than anyone else and the whole thing of the Allams offering to come and do this interview when Adam and Nick obviously can't respond. They think there is no one like OLM and PT who can tell us the real facts and we are all just listening to the media rumours which they can deny when they like.
I was pretty annoyed at Nick during the losing run but never thought he should be sacked and the way we finished the season and the football we've been playing, combined with the players Barmby wanted to sign and taking into account the conditions he was working under, I was pretty excited for next season. Regardless of Barmby's roots, I just thought he was doing a good job.
As for the Allams, I don't really get your point. Of course we didn't put £50m in because we don't have it, I'm sure there are people on here who would buy City if they could because we are the real fans who really do care for the club. The Allam's done care about City any more than any other sport they are interested in. You can't just suddenly become passionate in this short space of time for something they never previously cared about. I don't think the fans annoyed at the owners are overreacting, but even if we were it doesn't matter, we are just posters on a messageboard, we aren't in complete control over the football club. The Allams are in control and as such their actions have epic consequences to the future of this club.
Mick McCarthy? Why would he come? I don't think he'd see us as a big enough club to work for even if we didn't have the kind of owners no manager wants to work for who will sack you if you simply say the wrong thing in an interview so tame that no one had a problem with it at the time and in fact, we still aren't sure which interview it was that pissed them off so much! Since we do have those owners I don't think we'll get anyone particularly highly sought after.
Very, very unlikely.
Yes but as we all know, the wage bill is high due to likes of Ghilas, Oli and McShane who aren't good enough to make the team. So the size of the wage bill doesn't anything like reflect the quality of the squad. NB was expected to gain promotion with a squad that we all agreed was very thin and he failed due to an obvious lack of cover players in a hectic March. The most obvious way to avoid that is by adding players in January.