Well Hodgson has been our first manager with PL experience and we have broken almost all our records in the league.
If the board have ANY sense they will realise this and stick to managers of the same ilk.
We have had the Robsons, Mowbrays, and RDM's who have all been (at the time) decent prospects as managers, much like Clark, Robinson, Di Caneo etc...
Simply cannot beat experience.