Let's be honest about this. He's got the gig because he has been here for ages, the players like him, and the owners haven't got a scooby what else to do.
None of those reasons are good enough. The form improved sufficiently under him because the players upped their performances in reaction to the vitriol aimed at them when Ranieri went. As soon as safety was assured, they went back to being shit again.
Shakespeare has no management experience, he's admitted that it wasn't a role he had ever aimed for, he's far too close to the players, he's got the tactical intelligence of a gnat, and he'll be completely unattractive to any potential new signings. You can immediately write off any chance of us signing players like Sigurdsson for example.
It's a shocking decision that will almost certainly end in tears. If he makes it to Xmas, I'll be stunned. Feck knows what we'll do then mind given as there's nobody else in the line of succession that they can turn to.
In his shoes, I'd have done exactly the same as him. Who wouldn't? He's been given a contract that will set him up for life now irrespective of what he does. But I truly doubt whether, deep down, even he feels that he's up to it. If I were a player at the club with the potential to do better, I'd be on the phone to my agent tonight to get me the feck out of the club. Everton (for example), now looks like a major improvement on staying here.
Sometimes it is possible to see the terrible outcome of a decision before events unfold to prove it. Like May getting elected tonight.
