I would have no problem if we appointed a Hughton or Adkins, both are good managers, Adkins i think plays better football but Hughton has experience at the higher level (should we get there) i can see the appeal to both.
However the issue with appointing a safe pair of hands is that you get more of the same, Pulis was a safe pair of hands, Pardew was supposedly a safe pair of hands, Darren Moore knew the club inside out, even Jimmy Shan who knew the club inside out brought in two assistants in Reid and Appleton who knew the club.
Certainly Pulis and Pardew have made managerial careers out of working off a certain template (as most managers do) but i just feel things have gone stale at the Albion over the last few years and maybe it does need the type of character is a bit more think outside the box, who doesnt know the club, who will break up the core, who will freshen things up.
I feel with a Hughton or Adkins they will probably work largely with what they have got and have no doubt would do a decent job, however i personally would like somebody who is going to come in and get me excited as a fan again, that Ardiles or Mowbray type appointment, a little bit of a risk.
Of course for every Ardiles or Mowbray there is a Pepe Mel or Irvine but i just feel how stale we have become its a risk we should take to lift the club again, however its not me who has hundreds of millions invested like Mr Lai so he probably wont view things the same!
