I,m ready for a pile on for this suggestion, and yes my ideal choice would be to bring Pearson back. Thats not going to happen and the thing about the Pearson era is that he was in charge of everything, not Rudkin.
Now heres the contentious bit! I dont really understand why Rowett has been so poor his previous record at this level suggestd hes better than he has shown, so I can only attribute this to the fact that his hand shave been tied probably by our John. I think he has hinted at this in recent interviews. Now if Rudkin was gone, and Rowett was given power to clear out the shysters and develop a 3 year project like Pearson, might we see a different side?