Quote Originally Posted by MacAdder View Post
It would depend on who that manager was.
Absolutely. And who has any confidence that Tan, Dalman and Choo know enough about football to choose a suitable replacement?

I've been looking at the managers who've won promotion from the championship over the last 3 seasons and where they came from:

Norwich - Farke - Borussia Dortmund reserves
Watford - Xisco - Dinamo Tblisi
Brentford - Frank - Brentford assistant manager
Leeds - Bielsa - Lille
West Brom - Bilic - El Ittihad (Saudi Arabia)
Fulham - Parker - Fulham assistant coach
Norwich - Farke - Borussia Dortmund reserves
Sheff Utd - Wilder - Northampton Town
Villa - Smith - Brentford

Very little previous experience of managing in the championship there, or at all for some of them. I'm sure there are good managers out there in the lower divisions and abroad, but how would our board know without a DOF, and would that be too much of a gamble?

Wilder and Xisco (as of today) are both currently available.