When Wolves clinched promotion on Saturday, they proved exactly why we're languishing in mid-table and they're about to win the league. And it's nothing to do with the game we were actually unlucky to lose.
When Mick McCarthy took over at Molineux, Gary Waddock was in charge at Rangers - one Irish man was given enough time to build a promotion winning side, the other was cast aside along with six others during the same period, all deemed incapable of doing a job at QPR.
It's obvious we need stability, so it's important the board get it right this time - but since we've become the laughing stock of English football they'll need someone strong enough to cope with the media circus they've attracted in recent months.
It's difficult to think of a manger boasting enough experience (of the successful kind) to do the job, with the patience and temperament to get promoted before getting sacked.
The way things have gone this year, whoever gets the job will need to reach the premier league in one season to save his job - at the very least make the play-offs. In fact, if he isn't within touching distance of the summit by Christmas, he'll probably go then, or even earlier - who knows?
Briatore needs to look our next manager in the eye and tell him his three year contract actually means he'll be there for that long, with no feeble clauses or exceptions. If he's clever enough to have an opinion on how the team should be playing then he should have confidence in his own choice of manager.
19 players in the Wolves squad this season are English, and if you look at the top teams in the country you'll find they rely on the passion and desire of top English players to succeed.
Man United may have Ronaldo, but they need Rooney and Ferdinand in the side to be at their best. Liverpool rely on Gerrard and Carragher;
It's no coincidence Arsenal lack the established English talent of the teams outperforming them in the league. Even so, they've looked a much better outfit with Walcott in the side in recent weeks.
Lee Cook, Fitz Hall and Mikele Leigertwood should all prove important players for Rangers next season - and it's important the club continue to bring in or ideally nurture English talent capable of taking the club forward.
The problem is, if Romario or Scolari come in, they won't have a clue about young English talent in the lower leagues.
Mick McCarthy signed Michael Kightly from Conference side Grays Athletic three years ago and Sam Vokes from
Flavio won't pull off his four-year plan if managers come and go more than twice a season. He needs to pick a top manger from one of the home nations, let him make all the decisions on the pitch, give him a few years to build his team - and sit back to enjoy our inevitable journey to the top-flight!