Originally Posted by
mainstandmoan
That's just a 50-50 punt. Both until the summer is the best guess.
The facts are simple. Derek has a contract until May 2022. Thereafter automatically onto a rolling 12 month contract. So come the summer, whenever we get rid, its going to cost the club £800K to get rid of him, and half that again for all his backroom team. Its all about cost saving meantime, that's why he is still there, to save 4/5 months of a pay off.
The stay of execution issued this week is purely a PR exercise to try and muster some support and pull everyone together. The only way he goes before the summer if it becomes apparent that the wheels have come off completely, and European spots are fading away.
Derek is a master of excuses with the board, this weeks excuse already issued with Hornby having a bug, and Kamberi still not having a work permit, and having the best part of a stone to shift. His control of certain board members is causing serious issues in the dressing room and in the building.