[Uncle Peter]

The big picture is that it's a long way back from the brink of administration and after a lengthy period of turmoil some decorum, stability and continuity is required. Nobody said that turning the fortunes of the club around while implementing a model of financial sustainability was going to be easy. Mistakes were made but none that can't be corrected with the correct attitude and mentality on and off the pitch.

Roy Hodgson was seen by some (including his buddies in the media) as the person to have steadied the ship but he was unfortunately for him, in teh wrong place at the wrong time. The fact that he was more adept at putting his foot in his mouth than managing matters on the pitch won him no support. This was ultimately the straw that broke the camel's back and he had to go. Yet more instability and with his (and Purslow's) indescretions in the transfer market this was more unneccessary damage for the current hierarchy to sort out: Offloading the likes of Joe Cole, Poulsen and Konchesky.