Sack Hughes and coaches. Appoint Allardyce to end of season (before someone else does, like Fulham/anyone else in trouble). Concurrently scout out an up and coming manager to learn from him and take over next season (Jaidi?). We retain our prem status. Gao keeps his means of paying off his debts with TV money etc rather than parachute payments, perhaps even invests in local land to build homes/leisure/football stadium. Get rid of deadwood. Invest in the youth/decent scouting/ getting team spirit above mercenaries. This is the way to go for a club like ours in a parlous situation like ours. Most other ways lead to relegation and staying in lower leagues for a long time.