The only reason to give him an extension would be to stop others sniffing around him. If we're at the point we can't even keep our manager then I'd be quite shocked indeed.
Otherwise the end of this season is the right time to discuss extending his contract.
For those saying he's doing a fantastic job really does make me cringe. Fantastic is winning things, fantastic is massive improvement in the league, fantastic is every signing hitting the ground running and making an enormous impact, fantastic is turning games around with tactical substitutions, Brendan is not doing fantastic but he is steadily improving.
His transfers appear to be 50% good 50% bad at an early stage assessment, that on a long run average is considered good.
His substitutions are generally pretty poor, needs to improve on this aspect.
His youth development has not proven to be anything of note as yet, despite many words to the contrary, we haven't had one of the young lads come in and really make a mark.
His past performance in the league was average when compared to recent years.
His performances in the cups is diabolical.
His media handling is excellent.
His soundbites are poor.
His start to this league campaign judged on performances is questionable.
His start to the league on results is outstanding though and that beats any argument regarding performances.
That is not fantastic, let's see how we get on through until christmas, let's see how the January transfer window goes and let's see how we finish this league campaign before we start extending contracts of someone who has yet to prove anything significant other than the reduction of the wage bill. Then, when we're sitting in 4th or above, or we have the F.A. Cup in the trophy cabinet can we think about extending his contract.
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