The King deserves another year...

Kenny asks for one more year!

It appears a Carling cup victory and an FA Cup runners up medal could not mask a poor league season as Kenny's visit to Boston ended with him been shown the door.

Clearly Mr. Henry famously associated with using the "Moneyball" concept to win the World Series is not one for sentiments and did not even offer KD a place "upstairs". A team that won the Champions league as recently as 2005 should not be facing a third straight season watching it on the telly.

I can't argue with the timing and I'm sure this was not a rushed decision. KD had a lot against him; finishing 8th, the handling of the Suarez issue and how not to spend 100m on British players. Few will argue that his half-season cameo last season promised much more this season than was delivered but here's the caveat, will one more year have been any worse?

Here's how I see it, the club announce a loss for last season. The reasons for this potentially include finishing outside the Champions League places and paying off Hodgson. So why repeat the cycle? Add in a transfer deficit for our band of post-hitting players and we are staring at a larger loss. If on the other hand KD had been given another year, he may have found a way to turn the team from wannabees to performers. Also he would have only had one year left on his contract which would command a lower payoff if he needed to be let go.

So now we are faced with a scenario where a new manager comes in and inherits Kenny's (and Roy's aka Joe Cole) players. There is also a precedence of the last two managers (reputable names in the game) receiving the boot for not delivering the goods. A very intimidating environment you must agree. From the owners perspective money would need to be made available to show backing for the new boss whereas they could have otherwise told Kenny  to sell before buying.

There is of course the possibility that saving face and restoring the club's image were the prominent reasons to let KD go. If that is the case then his position was untenable and goodwill is something you can't put a price on. Oh well! It's that time of the year again to look forward to Summer transfers and in our case a new manager and all the hope (read disappointment) that brings. Could it be the return of Senor Rafa or the gamble on "Bobby" Martinez? I'm at a loss to pick out suitable candidates and this is one year earlier than Pep will be available. Yes, my secret is out. Now you know why I wanted one more year for KD :-)