QUOTE(IpohGuyz @ Feb 14 2016, 03:14 PM)
board want to continue tradition that we are not a sacking club, even though it's obviously not working... that's the ego
News leaking that we asked Ancelotti in NOVEMBER about his availability at season end. Our horror run started in December.
News leaking that we didn't try hard for Guardiola because he was already planning to go to City anyway.
Now news leaking about Mourinho negotiations.
You think a "not sacking club" does that? It's more like a Real Madrid playbook move.
Even when under Moyes we were losing home and away to rivals and random teams, we were not being linked to other managers THIS much. It was more about Moyes and risk of the sack, or players being unhappy with him. It looks like someone in the club is doing "briefings" to indicate our window shopping plan to get a new manager at season end.
This does not strike me as ego, it sounds more like bad process / incompetence... which is even more scary.