Dr T has pulled the trigger

[sirlordbaltimore]

If Dr Xia pulled the trigger we'd be seen as an even bigger joke than we already are as a club this last five years.

Who in their right mind would sack a manager that's barely started his job after being given funds to rebuild the team for a long season ahead ?

Bloody mental.

[Clampy]

If Dr Xia pulled the trigger we'd be seen as an even bigger joke than we already are as a club this last five years.

Who in their right mind would sack a manager that's barely started his job after being given funds to rebuild the team for a long season ahead ?

Bloody mental.

Really couldn't agree more.

[wittonwarrior]

What ha RDM done wrong?  Team are playing like a team, he as had to perform the most critical form of surgery and it will take to gel.    There is no league game so far where we have no had the opportunity to kill it off.   Apart from Bristol second half and periods of second Hal last night it has been the individual errors not tactics that have done us in

[FranzBiberkopf]

                                      Gollini
Laet

[Richard E]

If Dr Xia pulled the trigger we'd be seen as an even bigger joke than we already are as a club this last five years.

Who in their right mind would sack a manager that's barely started his job after being given funds to rebuild the team for a long season ahead ?

Bloody mental.

Really couldn't agree more.

If we did pull the trigger at such a premature stage as this, what decent manager in their right mind would want the job next? Far too early for this even to be up for discussion in my opinion.   

[FranzBiberkopf]

                 Gollini
Laet    Chester  Elphick  Amavi
           Tish       Jedniak
          Grealish       Ayew
                  McCormack
                     Kodj       

[brian green]

We go again.

[sirlordbaltimore]

                 Gollini
Laet    Chester  Elphick  Amavi
           Tish       Jedniak
          Grealish       Ayew
                  McCormack
                     Kodj     

I'm going to have to ask why you'd have Amavi in ahead of Cissokho ?

[AVH87]

What ha RDM done wrong?  Team are playing like a team, he as had to perform the most critical form of surgery and it will take to gel.    There is no league game so far where we have no had the opportunity to kill it off.   Apart from Bristol second half and periods of second Hal last night it has been the individual errors not tactics that have done us in

IMO the biggest problem is that we aren't at all, just a few talented individuals who've been thrown out there and aren't organised as any kind of unit.

[PaulWinch again]

Well looking at these teams I'm really hoping De Laet, Grealish, McCormack, Tish and Adomah are actually fit.

[Witton Warrior]

It has reached the point where I would consider literally sacrificing a player if it would appease the gods and win us a match.

You mean something like, Ashley Westwood, in a Wicker Man, on Barr Beacon? I shall call Lord Summerisle immediately.

I did actually suggest this before the match last night.
But then I tend to think the Old Ways are much neglected ;-)

[ASHTONVILLA]

I am coming around to the idea that he needs to go.

I like the signings, and I think he correctly identified what needed to be done with the squad. He now has one of the best if not the best squads in the division, and he should be doing much better than he is. Indeed that squad should be good enough to stay up if we were still in the top flight.

Not getting promoted will cost a lot more than getting someone else in. We cocked up not getting shot of Sherwood for Allardyce last season, and if we wait too long now we could be doing the same thing here.

Hopefully if we stick with him the squad will click and we shoot up the table, but the signs are not good. Unlike last season it isn't the team that is the problem, it is the tactics, formation and substitutions. Give that squad to someone that knows what the league is about like Bruce, Warnock or McCarthy and we would be near or above Newcastle already. Now none of those are right for when we get promoted, but they would all be capable of getting us up.

[Pat McMahon]

When RDM was appointed I felt it was a so what decision. I was encouraged however by Clarke coming in as number 2, as I believe him to be a good coach and sounding board for a manager. They really have to sort themselves out quickly otherwise I can see them under real pressure by the transfer window,

One obvious point from all our performances so far is that we don't yet know our best team and the players haven't gelled. For the life of me I cant understand why we didn't get our recruitment done sooner in the summer. I recall Mourinho coming to England and pressing home 2 truths - the importance of completing the squad asap so they can gel by opening day kick off (he used to practice different systems and formations pre-season, figuring there was no time for this during the season itself), and the fact that points in August are as valuable as in the end of season chase, so hit the ground running. 

I think we need to give RDM more time to sort out his team and style but I go back to something I said to Chico in the summer, namely that a number of people were convinced a season in the Championship would be more fun than the last few years but if it looked like it would take longer the mood could turn nasty (or defeatist) very quickly.

[CT Villan]

For the record, SGT's start to the season in 1987...

Sat    Aug    15          Division 2    Ipswich Town            Away    Drew    1-1    
Sat    Aug    22          Division 2    Birmingham City        Home    Lost        0-2    
Sat    Aug    29          Division 2    Hull City                    Away    Lost     1-2    
Mon    Aug    31         Division 2    Manchester City       Home    Drew    1-1    
Sat    Sep    5            Division 2    Leicester City            Away    Won    2-0    
Tue    Sep    8            Division 2    Middlesbrough          Home    Lost       0-1    
Sat    Sep    12          Division 2    Barnsley                    Home    Drew    0-0    

And we all know how that turned out !

[AVH87]

For the record, SGT's start to the season in 1987...

Sat    Aug    15          Division 2    Ipswich Town            Away    Drew    1-1    
Sat    Aug    22          Division 2    Birmingham City        Home    Lost        0-2    
Sat    Aug    29          Division 2    Hull City                    Away    Lost     1-2    
Mon    Aug    31         Division 2    Manchester City       Home    Drew    1-1    
Sat    Sep    5            Division 2    Leicester City            Away    Won    2-0    
Tue    Sep    8            Division 2    Middlesbrough          Home    Lost       0-1    
Sat    Sep    12          Division 2    Barnsley                    Home    Drew    0-0    

And we all know how that turned out !

We then went on an 11-game unbeaten run in the league, straight after that. RDM needs to get an upturn in results and fast.