no it's not to much to ask for in an ideal world but who gets that long in this day and age? not many,just look at benitez at liverpool, champions of europe,runners up in europe,fa cup winners in as many years and he's not exactly sure of his job.looking back to when royle left,we'd had 2 managers in what the best part of 20 years,why? maybe because the board were to tight to sack em and pay up their contracts maybe? or maybe we as a club had no ambition to play in the top flight because it would cost more financially?then we finally reach the promised land and look what happens the costs spiral,we get relegated the players are still gettin the inflated wages, the crowds drop,the money is not coming in and the board, chairman and owners want results and promotions and they want it yesterday thats why managers get the sack(7 in ten years or so) after a year even less in some cases.stability is the only way forward and that means giving a manager time to see out his 3,4,5year plan,sadly not many get to year 3.ktf. sorry if it makes no sense but it makes sense to me.