Quote Originally Posted by outwoodclaret View Post
Alan Pace has either played a very shrewd hand or (as some have suggested) been very lucky. I tend to the former view. He tied VK to a long contract and resisted a lot of pressure not to sack VK during a very disappointing Premier League campaign. We will now get a very welcome amount of compensation in the bank from Bayern instead of having to fork out compensation from sacking VK. The question now is who will step into the Turf Moor hot seat and make no mistake this is a critical appointment and comes with a lot of pressure. Some are convinced that Burnley will retain enough quality players after relegation to walk the Championship. Footballing matters are rarely so straightforward as Manchester United demonstrated yesterday at Wembley. Today Southampton and Leeds will find out which of them must remain in the Championship for at least another season though both sets of fans would probably have expected at the start of the season to be returning to the PL at the first time of asking.
Could not agree more Outwood.Get the appointment right and we could bounce back if he can get the Kompany players on board.Get it wrong and we are mid-table.