To a large degree i believe you are right Duncan, but i'm still not convinced that NC wasn't going to get rid of the manager prior to the media stories(echo) breaking quoting ex-players opinions and ex-manager's also.
Being accountable to ML,will also include not antagonising the natives.You are also correct that what we do not want is a CEO thinking he can also pick our transfer targets, although he has mentioned about our playing style, so maybe he's learning;)