If you read between the lines though, what other options do they have? They had better options in the summer than they'd have now. And there's no clear and obvious choice on the horizon for the summer either, that wasn't there last summer. I just don't understand how you can believe that they'd sack him next week when there's games to be played, when we've just had a two week break. Would you not agree that would be even more ridiculous? If you agree with that, then it's not a jump to say it's therefore unlikely that they will be sacking him next week. And the same logic applies to the following international break, when more damage will have predictably been done and the season will probably be over anyway. They'll get the fury of the supporters if they do that. This is all true, no? If you agree, then surely it's not that big a jump to say they were more likely to do it now than in a week or another months time, when they'll just look even dafter.
My guess is that he'll be safe at the next International break and they'll start talking about strengthening in January to help him. Then he'll just see out the season. We're too good to get relegated bar a number of injuries to key players, so it's a safe option if they're happy to risk a poor season, which they clearly are.
