Chesterfield game - stay or sack for manager

[jamesdad]

This game is so important in the terms of points , So the question is if we lose do we look to sack the manager or stick with him. There appears to be a lack of understanding on the shape of the team for the game and how to alter it in a match. I have read numerous reports on past matches and all fans are saying the same thing on how things need to change during a match but the management appear to see things differently.

We need to address this slide or we will find ourselves in non league football next season and then we will have problems that we have never had before.


On a brighter note - Merry Christmas to all Crewe Alex fans

[ruocul]

Well I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping we will get a win. But if Chesterfield were watching us on Saturday it seems a big ask.

For me immaterial of the result I have no doubt, he should go. I fully expect him to name virtually the same side that were so bad. Perhaps one change seeing Cooper dropped. Do not believe he will make the changes that are so drastically needed. He will stick with the same selection that has been a disaster all season. Do not believe he is ever going to learn. Our team is so unbalanced it is virtually impossible to play proper football. Apart from being ao dreadfully physically weak.

We got a 3-0 win against an obviously awful side and DA kidded himse;f that this was the improvement and turn that we needed. But then when we got hammered he keeps the team in the dressing room for an hour. Wonder if any of the seasoned pros told him the truth?

That leads to something I have wondered about for a few years. In the modern game when things are going badly for a team, are players free or allowed to express an opinion? Not confident it happens at our club

All the best to everyone.

[jamesdad]

I feel the way Cooper left the field and walked down the tunnel tells its own story and I do not expect him to be playing again for a while if at all .The midfield needs seriously looking at and if this is done then and only then may we stand a chance of picking up points .
If we fail at Chesterfield then the board need to be bold and state to us fans what there plans are for the future if DA stays and we get relegated. If we are relegated then this seasons problems will seem small to what will be awaiting us in lower league football . The whole structure of the club will have to change and they cannot even do a mall change to get us out of the mess we are in now so God help us if we do go down

[alexmick]

My feeling is that the club cannot afford to sack the manager (compensation) after getting shut of the last one less than 12 months ago. Of course, there is the argument that the club cannot afford to drop into the National League. Cash flow is possibly a big problem at the club and I would imagine that they are stuck for money, after so few transfer fees coming in in recent years. Times are tough for the smaller league clubs right now and we are no exception.

[ruocul]

Do not think compensation is an issue regarding whether DA gets the sack or not. If he gets the sack it is obvious who will be manager, Kenny Lunt. So they would not have to replace the manager. Therefore no extra expenditure.

The decision should be made on his performance and results solely. For me I fail to see any reason for keeping him. Lets be honest our midfield is an utter joke this season, and the main reason we are in this mess.

[MikeSB]

I feel the way Cooper left the field and walked down the tunnel tells its own story and I do not expect him to be playing again for a while if at all .The midfield needs seriously looking at and if this is done then and only then may we stand a chance of picking up points .
If we fail at Chesterfield then the board need to be bold and state to us fans what there plans are for the future if DA stays and we get relegated. If we are relegated then this seasons problems will seem small to what will be awaiting us in lower league football . The whole structure of the club will have to change and they cannot even do a mall change to get us out of the mess we are in now so God help us if we do go down

They need to sell fkc this site jumping

[MikeSB]

They need to sell fkc this site jumping

They need to sell fkc this site jumping....

I have just installed *******er Plus and so its stopped the clayheads adverts for a while at least...but I was going to say that the club needs to sell Cooper and so unlikely they will rest him over the Christmas period at least. I wonder if they now think it would have been better to have sold him to a L2 club earlier for a reported 6 figure sum whatever that was?

He also set a bad example to the other kids by leaving the pitch in that manner and shows what is wrong also at this club from the so called 'glory days' when it was called an 'academy' when they all think they are entitled to be PL players...

DA said that George Ray had a few things to say in the dressing room but didn't elucidate....

You are the best ones to judge the players but the league table never lies and haven't done so for the last ten years while the Directors have kept the very same expensive model going but the money will dictate what happens next. They must be running short by now.

I must admit I'm impressed at what Shrewsbury Town are doing in L1 and seem to be heading for the Championship and no expensive academy there...I wonder if our Directors have thought there may just be other ways to succeed? Why have they just offered DA a 12 month rolling contract when we may get relegated? Would any other club be doing that? Maybe incompetence is their middle name?

It could well be that our players are just not good enough too...Those million pound academy graduates seem a long way away...

ATB everyone anyway..

I would expect a win or draw tomorrow to paper over the cracks but something is sadly amiss at this club as Alexmick said..

[jamesdad]

We can discuss the pro's and con's of what is going wrong at the club till the cows come home but only the board can alter anything ,. If they see things differently to us then we are in trouble . Even Radio Stoke are hinting at trouble at the club so its over too the directors for some action but I doubt we will get any .

[jamesdad]

I think the issue with our midfield is the lack of pace . If you look back when the team was in the Championship we had loads of it and this helped the forwards to score goals . Now our midfield is so slow the opposition can sus out what we are trying to do before we even get to do it. All successful teams in any league have a midfield that is very mobile around the pitch. I do not think Walker fits this type of midfield

[thnhouse]

I think the issue with our midfield is the lack of pace . If you look back when the team was in the Championship we had loads of it and this helped the forwards to score goals . Now our midfield is so slow the opposition can sus out what we are trying to do before we even get to do it. All successful teams in any league have a midfield that is very mobile around the pitch. I do not think Walker fits this type of midfield

I don't think it is lack of pace, Pickering and Lowery are not slow , neither is Grant. It's physicality and creativity. No one is brave enough in the centre to try and make something happen and thats because they're not protected.

I'd love to see us stop trying to accommodate two strikers and concentrate on controlling the ball, take some pressure off the defence and try and build attacks rather than smash and grab. Walker as a holding midfielder would do that.