But as I said below, this is not the most important question going forward.

Rather that latter is actually the most important question: how do we move forward? Not in January but next season? Can we see progress next season with current setup? Is it the sort of progress this club should see? By that I mean the identity of the team. We absolutely need to see some semblance of identity or we will again be in trouble soon enough.

People seem to put too much emphasis on Brighton's data but everyone has data these days. It's how you use it. And what they usually do is sign a coach that fits their identity, which in turn helps integrating both new and existing players in the squad.

This is exactly opposite to what we have done. We keep changing manager profile and signing players not fit for them. Just like ManU have done, signing Amorim was a particular case in point: their squad was nowhere correctly built for him and even me as clueless as I am wondered if he was a good fit (very rigid tactically + wrong players - how was that supposed to work?).

We had this identity thing planning from the club a few years back but apparently it was tossed aside because the situation was so dire. This would be the time to dig up those plans because they did sound good. Or make new ones. But at least have a vision what the team should look like. Because without it we will keep signing players and managers who are not a good fit and nothing will actually improve. Yes, there will be a bit more money available but Spurs for instance will still have way more.

Point being: yes, it was probably good club bought that data company. But data is not going to solve our issues without a framework.

So that is IMO the big issue. Absolutely I do think Moyes should continue til summer but then these things should be considered. Additional problem that could arise is that everyone knows next season would be Moyes's last. So at the bare minimum some sort of succession plan needs to be made, unless "let's get whoever is willing to come" is considered a good plan.