I thought when Still was sacked it was the last chance saloon in terms of Ankerson's influence. At that point he would be forced to climb down, show some ambition and deference and appoint a person in the mould of previously successful Saints managers, the likes of Carrick, Solskaer, Viera, having bypassed the likes of Cooper in the summer. But the ego failed him again, it always does with genuine narcissists. But there is perhaps one remaining last chance for our club - that Solak is giving this charlatan the final coils on the rope that will hang him, prior to a clearout and full reset / rebuild in the summer. I think Solak is friendly with some serious ex-football people via the golf course, certainly Souness and Stankovic, so maybe undertake some objective consultancy on the current debacle and way forward in the meantime. It seems incredible that a self-made man worth around £1.5 billion has not yet intervened, but people at that level in complex organisations and unfamiliar fields always like to defer expertise and responsibility. Things seem to have gone very quiet, and we will know in a few days if the taps have been turned off for this skip-fire of a season. Early summer is likely to be a Solak putsch, or a serious attempt to sell. On balance I would probably go for the former, just to see what the current owner is actually made of.