Former Cardiff City captain Jason Perry believes any prospective new manager must be “desperate” to consider taking charge of the Bluebirds.
Cardiff sacked Erol Bulut last Sunday with the club bottom of the Championship table, having picked up just one point and one goal from six games.
The Bluebirds are now searching for a fifth permanent manager in three years.
“There’s one of two [types of] people that take the job," Perry told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.
"If he’s experienced it means he’s desperate because he can’t get a job. The other one is a young manager that’s just desperate to get a chance.
“Cardiff City have a very bad board, there’s nobody on there with experience in terms of football.
“Who’s going to come in? I wouldn’t know because there’s no plan and no identity at Cardiff City. The chaos starts above the manager at board level.”
Charlton Athletic manager Nathan Jones is one of the bookies' favourites to take the job at his hometown club.
“I think Nathan will stay where he is," said Perry.
"He would be a great fit, but he would look straight at the board and think ‘I can’t repeat what happened at Southampton'."
Southampton sacked Jones last year after just 95 days in charge, having lost eight of his nine Premier League games.
Despite all the negativity, Perry did say of Cardiff: “When you get it right there’s no better place to play, there’s no better place to be."