The vast majority of fans seem to be wanting Roy out and its obvious fans are split on Rafa. For me, Rafa is one of the best managers in the game, his record in Europe is not in question but it seems many believe we would never have won the league with him. I reckon he was learning from his mistakes in the league but after we should have won it 2009, in 2010 we went backwards and enough was enough for a lot of supporters. Personally, I'd have given him another year at least, it would have been great to see what he could have done with the upper hierarchy within the club fully behind him.
For the Rafa haters though, I presume you now want someone with a proven track record in English Football and not just Europe or another top European league? It CANNOT be another manager who has only done well with average clubs, it MUST surely be a manager who has challenged for the title....and WON! A manager who is only interested in winning, who has taken on Ferguson and come out on top at the end of the season. Since the Premier League started 18 seasons ago, only 4 managers have achieved that, 3 of them are already at top clubs and unlikely to risk their reputation on coming to us....the other one openly wants the job.
My question is, are there any Rafa haters who don't want Kenny to replace Roy? If not, why not? And please don't say because of the possibility of him losing his hero status, he won't, and if he's not worried about that, neither should we be.
For me, its Roy out and either Rafa back or Kenny in, noone else is qualified enough or loves and understands the club enough.