Northernyellow
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The fact that Manning got a 3x salary when he decided to run away misses the point completely. If he was a coach or player etc. then good luck to him and off you go. But he wasn’t. He was the manager. He’d presumably told everyone he was in it for the long term, recruited players, hired staff, fired staff- all on the basis that he was in it for the long haul. And then he disappeared at the first opportunity. He left pd off players and coaching staff behind, all of whom he had lied to. That’s what annoys so many people, including me. If he’d got us in the playoffs and then left in the summer, no problem at all. I know football is a business unlike most others, but job hoppers rarely work out in the long term. Look at Michael Appleton. I said at the time that I wondered if Manning was as brilliant as he thought he was. And guess what? It looks like he might not be. I’m still not sure that Buckingham will work out, but if he doesn’t, I’d rather have Pep Clotet back rather than Manning. Well, not quite- but it’s a close call.