fair enough we can't be expected to know everything, but it's clear to me that welnix aren't looking for a new coach, and given the director of football job is being shelved for a year or two due to $$$ (odd given we have some of the wealhiest men in the country running the team) it is highly uinlikely that we will see the end of Ricki for at least another two seasons. I actually think Ricki has done a good job, sure I'd love to have more wins under the belt but finals series 3 years running, being reasonably competitive for 3.5 seasons out of 5, is not bad especially given what the club has been through in that short time.
Whilst this current slump is frustrating t is really only so because we all saw this season as the one where we had no off field owner issues and we hoped that this meant a clear run to the finals. Even the owners and players were saying "top 2". That has clearly changed due to the unexpected/unexplained form slump of key players, we haven't had Ifill dominating and now he is injured, Manny has been out of form, Siggy is doing realy dumb things and costing us goals, even Paston seems out of kilter, had Moss been fit we may have seen the first GK change due to form over injury. Once again fate has handed us a bum hand right when we probably didn't need it (as fans). Something needs to click, a 4-0 total footbal win over Sydney would be a great start. In theory we play better after xmas anyway so who really knows top 4/6 might still be possible.