I think Neal could be a good appointment. Someone with no previous alliance to the club so no alliance to players which was probably Darren Moores downfall.
Whoever we have, we need to appoint them asap.
This could be a masterplan to beat all masterplans if the board have planned it this way ( I don't think they have ,more luck than judgement)
Appoint the new boss now and you usually get a run of good results as soon as a new manager takes over ( Pardew is the exception to this rule !!).
This good run then takes us into the play offs and possibly promoted.
Then our problems start again !!