Let's Snow!!!

Well the levels of despair with the time of good will approaching could not have got worse (could they?). Then we go and take a humbling by an average Championship side who have had their own turbulent times.

Then the news came in that seemed as though it was Christmas morning and I was back as a five year old boy getting a bmx. Absolutely brilliant!!!

I looked out of the window and snow is falling, all around me, children playing, having... stop the songs, not yet anyway!!

Now, this is not for getting rid of the might of Alan Pardew as I do not genuinely wish him ill but his reign was untenable. Wow! that the club acted so quickly and congratulations on not culling other back room staff yet.

We are in an impossible position at present but the change of management may bring a different fortune. We are undoubtly in an unlucky spell. Unusual goals and brilliant defensive work by the opposition led to a different outcome to another game on saturday. I was looking for a 3-1 win and if we had been given a free kick just seconds before Jose Semedo's foul that led to United's second goal then the current situation may not have arrived. This is the thin line of football.

Things that summed up the weekend were all to apparent when we were stuffed and Pardew decided to make a straight swap up front. This was finally the last unbelievable straw for many fans.

I live for this club and as with many other fans have experienced the relatively few highs and suffered all the lows. Everyone deserves the best the club can offer. Whoever we may appoint as the next manager (and don't expect that to be immediately), we have to rebuild. I wouldn't want to write a season off but unless we can miraculously turn the season around with an unprecedented number of wins then realistically we are preparing for next year.

Hopefully the QPR game can bring some light for the club but consistency is now important. That is what cost us at the start of the season (along with a lack of defenders) and now we need to form a nucleus of a team. I hope we revert to using 4-4-2 in most matches as the 4-5-1/ 4-3-3 does not seem to use our players to their best abilities. However, lets pick an eleven that get given a few matches (barring injury) but also select players on form and give youngsters a go.

My team for tuesday may seem bizarre (and may need some recalling of players) but why not:

Weaver; Moutaouakil, Hudson, Primus, Basey; Waghorn, Shelvey, Semedo, Bouazza; Gray, Waghorn. Subs: Elliot, Fortune, Christensen, Varney, Dickson.

Let's be experimental. By Christmas I would love to see Shelvey, Wright, Basey, Christensen and Waghorn all regulars. Remember that we teams can actually win something playing kids. Without trying them, how will we know if they are good enough.

Racon will be fit. We need to bring in a centre half and possibly give Randolph a go in goal but this new era could propel the club.

I know this is a lot to see but at the moment I am looking at it as though Christmas has brought everything I wished for.

As for a new manager. Names are banded about which include many unlikely candidates but I would like to hold fire and just see what Phil Parkinson can do.

Yes, I would like to see a big name or a bit of experience but being realistic, we may not be able to attract and/or afford it. Paulo Di Canio, Jorge Costa etc... would all bring a passion to the team and may well boost the side but are they realistically going to come. Less we forget that when Curb's left, we struggled to attract any big names and we were a Premier League club then.

A good shout could be someone else who we have not thought about but wants to get into management. Not that it appeals to me but the likes of Andrew Cole may encourage players to come to the club. Again this is not a likely scenario but is as probable as any.

Anyway, the redvolution starts now and we must move on. With six games before Christmas, we need at least 12 points. Let's hope for the perfect start at Loftus Road where I feel that we can sneak a 2-1 win.