I think avoiding defeat.

They clearly feel he still has something to offer or he would have left after WBA, certainly after Swansea.

The board are also conscious of the financial outlay but that can only be a primary concern if they don't actually feel we are being relegated.

Personally the team has relegation with a whimper all over it at the moment and I'd be concerned that each week this goes on the harder it will be for a new manager to fully turn it around.

Letting in goals for days, not scoring, no goal in first half, one goal against basically ends us, no one is confident, lack of leaders beyond the captain who has been well out of form himself.

The last point is annoying as for a few seasons we had loads.