DeanoAustin
Jimmy McCormick
Levy might have a blind spot for Jose, but he's not blind to results and he's not blind to how we are playing. Unfortunately however I don't think anything will happen before the end of the season. It's going to be a long, hard few months of watching.
Maybe if we bomb out of the EL having cut ourselves more adrift of Top 4 something might change sooner - but then if CL is out of sight, Levy might as well take a bit more time to get a new manager in, unless he goes for a caretaker role.
Another element might be if Kane starts to make serious noises about wanting out. He's the poster boy for the club and I don't think Levy will want to let him go just yet.
But on the whole, unless Jose throws his toys out of the pram, I think we're stuck with him until the summer. I'd love to be wrong.
Sadly, I agree with every word of this. In my mind, Jose is a busted flush and he should go now before he causes any more havoc. This will not get better - we're going to see more brick between now and the end of the season and more disillusionment from players.
However, it's not hard to make a case for Jose to stay. He's only had a covid interrupted 15 months, we're within spitting distance of top 4, we're in a cup final, we're in two other cups. And that's a pretty strong argument if you're the man who appointed Jose and you're convinced that he still is what he was 10-15 years ago.
This will continue badly and end badly but we're stuck with it for a while yet.