I don’t really like him but he was dealt an almost unplayable hand by the club’s owners who have overseen the points deductions for failed business plans. The situation is not much better in the Premier League. There are owners there in the supposed footballing elite who either don’t have a plan or don’t know how to deliver it if they do have one. I know American owners are not everyone’s cup of tea but Alan Pace seems to be steering us to a happy place.