Any manager bar Southgate will be an improvement over Hodgson but it's clearly looks to be McCarthy and do not think that is much of an improvement.

He was interim manager and is always next to Roy at matches, non of these points make it crystal clear but at the very least his hat will be in the ring.

Roy didn't save us last season. We were in 12th place when Vieira departed. Roy totally coincidentally and with perfect timing then took over when all the hard work had been done by PV and his team against higher placed opposition, and the remaining fixtures were conveniently against lower placed teams. What happened backstage to secure the departure of PV we'll never know the full story, but it is now known that Parish was in contact with Roy well before PV eventually departed.

I’m not sure if we’ll get him, but I’m with you on him not lasting the season, you just get the feeling their owner is itching to bring in a big name marquee type manager.

WHAT KIKE LEAVING OUR BEST PLAYER OUT AND LEAVING THE OTHER PLAYERS SO UNFIT AND BEWILDERED THEY HAD TO GO T0 THE CHAIRMAN,

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

PV supporters will argue that he would have got the results to keep us up had he stayed. However it seems that he was in a bad place mentally when he was sacked.

Furthermore, his use of (or failure to correctly use) Eze was criminal as Hodgson showed when he came in and gave Eze a bit of support and encouragement.

Of course, we'll never know what would have happened had Vieira stayed but what we DO know is that once Hodgson came in, fears of getting dragged into the relegation battle quickly disappeared.