For me tho, our owners are sticking by their original word, which while admirable, is mis-guided in that it has to be based on hope rather than any tangible evidence to show he will turn it around.
I take the opposite view. I think keeping MH is a smart move. When MH took the job at City the job title was, we have very little money, save our bacon MH. Then the fairy godfathers arrived and the job description became, here's all the money you could ever dream of, go turn us into one of the best teams in the world MH. The only problem was the arrival of our owners coincided with the closing of the first transfer window when Robinho arrives in the last minutes. MH had little time to devise a strategy at this time.
The season was then always going to be a strange season. The first half of the season MH was effectively evaluating Sven old squad. MH then had the mid season transfer window to improve the squad and stave of relegation, i think the reason MH never aquired more players at this time was the quality was just not available and he was not going to panic buy.
The second half of the season could of been better but with the high expectations and some unhelpful and unprofessional behavour from players with the experience to no better, i think we did ok. With the owners giving MH full authority and backing the manager next year, MH can now get rid of the bad apples and bring in some quality players. The summer holds great promise for us City fans and we really should back the manager and enjoy the ride. Those who are calling for MH head under these circumstances need to book an appointment with the doctor for depression.