Absolutely delighted he's come out with this, perfect timing as well, right when people were starting to ease off Short after his embarrassing 'statement'.
In a perfect world, you keep these things behind closed doors, but we are far, far from perfect, we need immediate action and Dick knows it. I honestly think it will have took a lot for him to come out and be so honest, after being so diplomatic all summer, but at the end of the day theres a week of the window left, he doesn't need any of this, and if we aren't going to bother, why should he?
This is bang on as well. Short got an easy ride with both Di Canio and Poyet and their sackings because they both had other issues that may well have justified their dismissal. These managed to mask the bigger picture that they both spotted easily enough; the playing staff are far from good enough to compete for a full season. In Di Canio's questionable mental state, and Poyet's ego, Short was able to deflect pressure off him. He cant do that with Advocaat; he has had over a dozen jobs and seen more in football than Ellis can dream of. He's come here, kept us up and been literally begged to come back because we either a) thought he was the right man to progress us or b) didn't have the nous to sound out a replacement. Either way, he's here and he simply doesn't have to put up with it, at the end of the day if he takes us down, most will know it wasn't his fault, his reputation is going to suffer minimally. Like people say, he doesn't have to be here, nothing left to prove like the previous two who were upcoming managers; he's here for his own enjoyment really.
