Poll - Sherwood - got rid

[TonyD]

Let's hope Fox pressed his best shirt this morning.

[Gregorys Boy]

Give him til Christmas at least. I'm not too confident but having backed him in the market it is too early to sack him yet, and someone else would just be stuck with his players.  If there are no signs of improvement come the new year then we would have to strongly consider it.

[Villa in Denmark]

Let's hope Fox pressed his best shirt this morning.

I'd much rather he pressed the big red button on Graham Norton's set whilst Sherwood was sitting in the big red chair.

[Witton Warrior]

Give him til Christmas at least. I'm not too confident but having backed him in the market it is too early to sack him yet, and someone else would just be stuck with his players.  If there are no signs of improvement come the new year then we would have to strongly consider it.

Come the New Year would be too late though. A new manager would not have time to check out what we already have and then try and buy in to cover the deficiencies. The chop needs to come before the end of November for me. My big fear is we fluke a result along the way and this halts the process.

Like many I am now resigned to relegation unless something changes - a strange calm has descended actually - no expectation of winning, a momentary confusion when the opposition score followed by recognition that "this is how it is"...

[aj2k77]

If they have any brains, which they don't, they'd be looking at replacements right now and making discreet enquiries because this could all come to a head in another few weeks.

Chelsea are going to come out of their rut eventually and who's betting that it isn't going to be against us and we get a real slapping?

[silhillvilla]

I fear for us at Chelsea . Wounded animal and all that .

[Villa in Denmark]

Give him til Christmas at least. I'm not too confident but having backed him in the market it is too early to sack him yet, and someone else would just be stuck with his players.  If there are no signs of improvement come the new year then we would have to strongly consider it.

So keep him on hope rather than expectation?  If my boss had "not too much confidence" in me I'd expect to get sidelines / shuffled somewhere where I can't cause any damage or booted out if it was on the back of a series of botched jobs/tasks.

I really don't get the "it's too soon to sack him". 

I'd rather sack him 3 months too soon than 1 week to late, particularly if there's no / very limited confidence in him turning it around. The only harm done is to his pride.
If he's going to get binned in December anyway, every day he stays is a day we waste by not having his eventual replacement in place and god knows how many points thrown away. If we risk missing someone we want to another job then it just makes it even worse.

[PaulWinch again]

I want him sacked yesterday but it's not happening is it. Hence next 2-3 games , if we win them brilliant, but, if as it seems we lose all 2 or 3 please let him be gone

If we lose the next three matches, he won't be gone.

I'm afraid this might be one of these appointments that will be stuck by even to the point of getting relegated.

I'm finding myself partially - just a bit, mind - starting to think fuck it, we might as well get relegated and get it out of our systems.

It's like having a job interview or a root canal appointment with the dentist lined up. You get into a bit of a nervous state over it in the run up, but in the end you just want it over and done with and once it starts, it is OK. Once it is over, you feel significantly happier.

I'm getting a bit like that. I have been vehemently against relegation, because I think it would be terrible. But to be honest now I'm so fed up of worrying about it every season, we just seem completely incapable of progressing. Plus it's pretty soul destroying to see us get beat every single week.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

If they have any brains, which they don't, they'd be looking at replacements right now and making discreet enquiries because this could all come to a head in another few weeks.

Chelsea are going to come out of their rut eventually and who's betting that it isn't going to be against us and we get a real slapping?

100% this, Chelsea are going to hammer us

Then Swansea at home will be tough and I can's see us getting  any points, that would give us 4 points after 10 games.

If we stick with Billy Bullshit until Christmas we will already be as good as down

[Nelson Lodge]

The bookies have him as 3rd favourite in the sack race. Behind McLaren and Mourinho.
 
Presume he is not more strongly favoured because of RL's reluctance to sack manager even when the evidence becomes overwhelming that he should do so.

That reluctance I put down to RL not wanting to admit that he (& Fox this time) got it wrong .........again!

Somewhat like TS himself RL does not want to own up to his mistakes and continual error of judgment.

[aj2k77]

Put it this way, it's likely to come down to between 1-3pts if we stay up or go down, every game we spunk up the wall with this no mark is another 3 points gone, Swansea is huge, very winnable, if we didn't have some brain dead Danny Dyer in charge.

[rob_bridge]

The bookies have him as 3rd favourite in the sack race. Behind McLaren and Mourinho.
 
Presume he is not more strongly favoured because of RL's reluctance to sack manager even when the evidence becomes overwhelming that he should do so.

That reluctance I put down to RL not wanting to admit that he (& Fox this time) got it wrong .........again!

Somewhat like TS himself RL does not want to own up to his mistakes and continual error of judgment.

I suspect Mourinho will be binned if they don't beat us. McLaren is a dead man walking everyone knows it.

[andyh]

Given the austerity drive we have been on for the last few years, its obvious that Lerner and Fox have their eye on the bottom line.
And, we are obviously (currently) not an attractive proposition for a buyout, so Lerner is not going to recoup his investment anytime soon.
So, surely that means that if there is any chance that we can go down this season, with the TV riches that are coming next year, Lerner and Fox will do anything and everything to make sure we (they) dont miss out on that money.

Surely...................?? 

[aj2k77]

We'd never appoint Mcleish, surely.........
We'd never give Lambore another contract, surely......
We'd never appoint a manager with 6 months experience, surely.......
We'd never buy players from the third division and throw them straight in to the premier league, surely....

Don't underestimate the stupidity of the muppets that run our club.

[MarkM]

We'd never appoint Mcleish, surely.........
We'd never give Lambore another contract, surely......
We'd never appoint a manager with 6 months experience, surely.......
We'd never buy players from the third division and throw them straight in to the premier league, surely....

Don't underestimate the stupidity of the muppets that run our club.

Don't call me Shirley