If he does it will be because we are in a poor League 2 this year. He'll be utterly exposed in League 1. It's time to look for a new man unless LW is looking shaky and maybe bring him back
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If he does it will be because we are in a poor League 2 this year. He'll be utterly exposed in League 1. It's time to look for a new man unless LW is looking shaky and maybe bring him back
the question is really 'will SM take us to promotion in a timely fashion?' !
Although I'm frustrated with him this week, my guess would be that - all things equal - with the level of resources the Bros can provide, SM can coach a team to promotion. But all things are never equal: injuries and lucky goals are part and parcel of the game, and all managers have to manage around them at some point. How well has SM coped with the challenges of the job so far? Is he likely to be able to turn this into a promotion challenging season in time as players return?
I wasn't optimistic right after the Walsall game, but we're still playing good football for this level and you have to give SM credit for that given the players he's got available, so...
I wasn't 100% confident we'd get promotion at the beginning of the season, and I'm still not. I think 1) most of the other teams can't hold a candle to us on our day, and 2) our best chance to get our form back is through SM. What would a new manager do, magically heal everyone?
I'd love us to have an exceptional manager who gets more out of the players than they believe they can give. We don't have one.
But SM is learning, the players seem to respect him, and choosing to change managers has seldom worked out that well for us.
Probably not this season, unless we somehow win the playoffs. Maybe next season with a fair wind.
People are ay too quick to jump on Maynard's back when things don't go our way. We're in the playoff positions despite an awful injury list. Last night we were without Jones, Crowley, Platt, Abbott, Edwards, Grant, and Robbo. They're pretty much all first-teamers. Jones is by far the best player in the division, and Crowley is up there too. Any team would struggle in such a position. Yet we're still within touching distance, and no team has battered us.
Maynard (and the recruitment team) have managed to solve our biggest issue of conceding way too many goals. Sure, we're scoring less, but that's to be expected, especially with our main two creators out.
If we can bring in a decent striker in Jan and get our best players playing again, I think we'll be good for the playoffs, which is surely progress. Although given how weak the league is, I think it's also a missed opportunity.
But you could argue the reverse is also true and he can't lose, if we don't get promoted it's, 'Good old Stu, I really like him, it wasn't his fault, Montague bought the wrong players', and if he does win it, 'give him a five-year contract'.Quote:
Originally Posted by i961pie
We have seen seasons before when we started well then faltered and it was 'we're still 5th FFS', and dogs nodded us all the way to the relegation zone. Look at current form, we are 17th. Have we played good teams? Yes, but when we played bad teams to go top, were people saying that?
It seems to me we always have a defeat in us, especially when it matters. We'll end up losing 4-3 or 3-2, and that's 'so unlucky' until you look at the fact we were two goals down and well beaten until a goal six minutes into injury time.
I think we'll be lucky to hang on to a play off place, we need effective recruitment in January. We need to sign players who can potentially go straight in to the starting eleven not bench warmers.Quote:
Originally Posted by SwalePie
He's been here almost a year and his record is worse than Steve Thompson.
Tier 4 managers PPG table (league and play offs only, does not include Caretakers)
2.50 Steve Cotterill
2.15 Sam Allardyce
2.01 Jimmy Sirrel
2.00 David Kevan (2)
1.87 Frank Hill
1.62 Luke Williams
1.56 Kevin Nolan
1.42 Tim Coleman (3)
1.42 Andy Beattie
1.33 Jack Wheeler
1.30 Ricardo Moniz
1.29 Hans Backe
1.28 Steve Thompson
1.26 Jack Burkitt
1.24 Eddie Lowe
1.24 Stuart Maynard
1.18 Harry Kewell
1.17 Ian Richardson
1.13 Gudjon Thordarson
1.13 Ian McParland
1.10 Billy Gray
1.10 Mark Cooper
1.06 Gary Mills
0.96 Neal Ardley
0.92 John Sheridan
0.83 Jamie Fullarton
Well the difference is RM is bullet proof and fans not call for his head as the mentality is its the coach/manager fault.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bohinen
I would say most will struggle to take us up as you need good depth and at the minute we clearly dont have that look at the bench its bang average and that is being kind.
We need Jones/Crowley back who are a level above this league they are difference imo.
Likes of Austin are good squad players never moans/always fit but ideally you dont want him playing each week.
Are those based on the managers' performance when they've been at Notts for nearly a year, or their overall performance. It would be fairer to see the former if that's not what is shown.Quote:
Originally Posted by upthemaggies
Not a prayer.
We lack true depth and the manager lacks any real ability, sadly.