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Why Is Lennon Still In Post? Here Are The Possible Explanations.

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The Board Has Decided He’s Staying

The absolute bottom of the barrel, the worst available option, the choice that would reverberate through the fan base like the detonation of a thermonuclear bomb.

It would spark protests, demos, the editorials would be vicious and the fury of the fans would be virtually unrestrained.

If it happens before season tickets have been bought they can forget it.

If it happens after they’ve been flogged in any decent numbers, the anger would be off the charts.

You think through all the permutations and consequences of a decision like that and you cannot even fathom it. Surely, you tell yourself, they couldn’t possibly be this reckless, this stupid, this oblivious to how nearly universally hated the idea would be?

And then you remember the diabolically crass way in which Lennon was appointed and that decision announced to us; I have lost count of the number of people who felt the air go out of the Treble Treble celebrations the minute they heard the news.

The truth is, few wanted Lennon in the first place.

Virtually nobody wants him now.

There is no football argument, no moral argument and no commercial and business argument in favour of letting him stay a minute longer.

But here he is, and in my view it’s by far the most likely outcome of whatever process is going on.

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