i wouldn't be getting too worried about what the daily mail have to say on the matter just yet!
i very much doubt we will have made any enquiries or even narrowed down who any potential replacement would be. that's not to say there won't be some form of contingency in place - names will have been considered throughout hughton's reign just as they were during lambert's tenure - you never know when you might need to turn to someone else for whatever reason.
i personally don't want malky to return, although i do think he will at some point in the future because he is so well liked in the area.
however:
1) i don't think he is any better than hughton, in fact, i don't think he is as good yet - he might end up better but for the time being i think he is behind hughton, especially in the transfer market
2) his recent 'spat' with the cardiff owner has shown malky to be a little weak. he should not allow his favoured and trusted right-hand man to be thrust out of the door without his consent
3) his cardiff side just rolled up at carrow road and 'parked the bus'. precisely the same reason many want hughton out. had we gone to a side in the bottom three, away from home and made no attempt to win the game the manager would have been crucified - why is this different? simply because he's a norwich legend? double standards from a lot of fans imo, especially as hughton has been adapting our game away from that this season, towards a more progressive style
4) he is one of my all-time norwich heroes. i don't think i could bare seeing him struggle and lets face it, most managers end up failing in the end. i have no personal affection for the current manager. if he fails it will not break my heart but if malky fails? yeah, it would. i'd hate to see him getting the kind of abuse hughton currently is