I agree it may be too late by then but who is to say a new face will be able to turn it around especially with a potential huge financial outlay involved. Was not surprised that no announcement was made as Feb was the date I was given
My guess is that there is some sort of contractual clause along the lines of after 6 months either party can call the whole thing off with no compo. This would explain the non action now and the reason why he has perhaps been given till about February
What about Mullers in charge for a few games while a replacement is found. I know he may be a bit tactically rusty but I bet he could get them all fighting for the shirt and playing for the badge
But for a different perspective we only need a couple of wins to be out of the zone then would just need to better the results of the teams below us.......put that way it doesn't seem quite such a big ask