It's almost as if, when you're in division two and part way trough a season, there's such a limited pool of managers to pick from that it's hard to pick your philosophy and then a manager to suit
Yeah - and you may have been right and I may have been wrong, in hindsight (your foresight)If we hadn't averaged a new manager per season for 5 years I might prize stability less. But there must be some argument that more changes - including no doubt more on the playing side - is the last thing we need The truth is I just don't know. If we don't improve rapidly he'll have to go, and I'll be hoping for a more progressive manager like everyone elseIBut it will be hope and not expectation of a turnaround If a Chris Hughton, Eddie Howe or whoever does become available then I'll be much more inclined to get rid
Not for me. He always deserved a chance to see how the season starts. The only question is what's a reasonable run of games to make that judgement
I'm not arguing last season was good enough - it was shit I think it may depend what we all consider 'par' to be. Last year, some looked at the ££ spent and thought we should right up there. I never thought that was realistic. I wanted to see signs we were becoming a good team by the end of the season, which we didn't. So Bruce was sub-par heading into the season and needed a big improvement But I didn't think he merited the sack last year. Turning around this clubs after 6 years of shambolic decline is a huge task.
2 wins in 13, near relegation form in 2017, mid midtable form since he arrived, currently 1 place higher in the table than we were the day he arrived. His 42 league games have produced 59 points and 44 league goals. However you want to look at it, he's been a total failure.
Quote from: Matt Collins on September 16, 2017, 11:07:14 AMI'm not arguing last season was good enough - it was shit I think it may depend what we all consider 'par' to be. Last year, some looked at the ££ spent and thought we should right up there. I never thought that was realistic. I wanted to see signs we were becoming a good team by the end of the season, which we didn't. So Bruce was sub-par heading into the season and needed a big improvement But I didn't think he merited the sack last year. Turning around this clubs after 6 years of shambolic decline is a huge task.You must have been mystified or even apoplectic at RDM's sacking, I would assume?
Quote from: Villa75 on September 16, 2017, 11:30:29 AMQuote from: Matt Collins on September 16, 2017, 11:07:14 AMI'm not arguing last season was good enough - it was shit I think it may depend what we all consider 'par' to be. Last year, some looked at the ££ spent and thought we should right up there. I never thought that was realistic. I wanted to see signs we were becoming a good team by the end of the season, which we didn't. So Bruce was sub-par heading into the season and needed a big improvement But I didn't think he merited the sack last year. Turning around this clubs after 6 years of shambolic decline is a huge task.You must have been mystified or even apoplectic at RDM's sacking, I would assume?I thought i was very early. But he was a less sensible choice than Bruce appeared to be on paper, in the first place