I consider this period of the clubs history, threatens to be a seismic event, one way or the other, as a consequence it cannot be rushed into. Additionally, we have, since the Jereme Peace era, been fastidious in carrying out "due diligence" and nothing has changed in that as it is the right way to conduct business for clubs like Albion.
When considering the enormity of the task faced by Dowling and the Board, the size of which we as fans do not have a clue about, is it any wonder that it is taking so long. The constraints facing Dowling and the Board in rebooting the Albion must be as frustrating for them as it is for us. The difference is, they have to get it right no ands, ifs or buts, it has to be right this time or oblivion is what we could be facing. Making decisions in haste normally results in repenting at leisure.
Fans, understandably, are impatient, we are an integral element of the football industry that has been conditioned as the Premier League has evolved to demand instant results, success and outcomes on and off the field of play, a large amount of which benefits those making the most money from the game and us.
None of us fans knows what has been going on behind the scenes, we can only speculate and the majority of times we are well wide of the mark.
Patience, however, should be our byword, albeit sometimes impossible for football fans to embrace