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This. It feels that some people are now searching quite diligently for tenuous reasons to blame SM. The latest being that the overnight stay was a mistake and his fault because he 'must have requested it'... why must he have? Why is it a mistake? Surely saving an early start for the players, especially after Crawley and with Bradford coming up. I am really struggling to see, a, how it was a mistake and 'b' why it is all on SM?Quote:
Originally Posted by slack_pie
Exactly, Trembling and Russel King? are we having a laugh? It was bogus ownership and ran up £7/8m of debt in one season and then Trew got the upside. As you said Hardy spent ridiculous money and we almost lost the club.Quote:
Originally Posted by slack_pie
I had look at the salarysport.com and whilst there seems to be ambiguity with odd players, that has us overall around 11th budget wise and Hardy as an example claimed we had a top 3 budget the last season and we were relegated.
I guess the question is are people happy the owners don't spend beyond their means as they have previously lost money with lack on income in the NL with TV money etc and also covid or do people want them to take risks or even have new owners?
Back on the pitch if we could get a win tomorrow night and Saturday we would be right back in the play off mix, but can't say I feel that optimistic at the moment.
It seems there are many apologists on here for SM & Co accusing long standing fans and customers of digging for excuses to undermine them.
Of course everyone wanted them to hit the ground running and Notts to be maintaining the PO placing. Indeed ,as I have said previously , Notts were " cheated out of points " at Mansfield , Wrexham and the red card tackle that the ref bottled v Barrow.
In the stadiums , watching games , supporters have a sense of the game is going, particularly anyone who has played the game.
Against Wimbledon as an example it was obvious that Langstaff needed help up front . Notts were in the ascendancy for near on 20 minutes before and after half time, plenty of crosses into their box towards the lone figure of Macca , who is not particularly tall.
No action taken at the appropriate time and then the substitutions were a fiasco and Jatta gets on the pitch on 90 minutes !
On that basis bearing in mind the coach picks the team there have been 2/3 games when no striker was on the bench , not even young Sanderson or Luther.
There are other examples of , apparently , poor use of substitutions at Crawley and at Accrington too.
Making changes is always a double edged sword but it would be nice to see changes proving advantageous rather than what has happened too frequently.
The manager / coach needs to instill confidence, camaraderie and belief in his squad not deflate or fail to believe in them.
To put it bluntly , as I and many others see it , I'm afraid SM & Co have undermined themselves with poor decision making.
Many of Notts squad have played in the EFL at L2, L1 level so you saying that we are mainly a ‘non-league squad’ is incorrect also, if we can’t compete at L2 level, how come we had such a brilliant first half season? - I don’t believe it is a case of other clubs sussing us out more likely that we just ran out of steam and could not keep up the mementum followed by losing our mentor!. I agree we need a few more players in order to mount a promotion push but not a wholesale clearout. Regards non-league players, Langstaff is one of those and yet he is the L2 joint leading goal scorer, how do you equate that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Notts78
As in most aspects of life things are not binary and this idea that you are either a supporter or a hater is just daft (and a tactic of popularist politicians that has pervaded society generally unfortunately). It isn't helpful and fuels discord.Quote:
Originally Posted by SinceSept1959
I am not defending or SM or otherwise at the moment. I think the issues are more deep-seated than just the head coach, but I think he has made many mistakes. Only those at the club will know what the situation behind the scenes is like, and at the end of the day I think that will impact heavily on how much time he has to sort things out.
Not sure why you have put Trembling and the con artist King in this list not exactly “owners” were they.Quote:
Originally Posted by upthemaggies
This is Reedtz first season in the FL and they picked us up from the worse position in my lifetime also at the end of the day their Job is to write the cheques not play or manage the team.
A fair riposte and sensible comments.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kent Magpie
Very true that fans are not privy to what happens at clubs behind the scenes.
Talking to ASFC fans on Saturday , there were assumptions that the sackings of Coley & Belly were only coincidental after the heavy defeat at Wrexham and other issues had been simmering behind the scenes.
Rangers boss Phillipe Clement revealed that the Rangers revival has come about by a camaraderie spirit and that togetherness had boosted confidence and improved performances.
We need camaraderie and spirit. Most of our squad have it but we have one or two rotten applesQuote:
Originally Posted by SinceSept1959
As Alex Ferguson is reputed to have said when asked how to turn things around 'get rid of the *****'
Who would you say are the 'rotten apples' in our squad?Quote:
Originally Posted by Could'vebeenacontender
Don't want to say too muchQuote:
Originally Posted by SwalePie
It's alluded to elsewhere