Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
It is a very odd take to say the manager makes no difference. Do they think the team spontaneously adopted a new approach between Warnock being sacked and the night we beat Tranmere 5-0? Would the results after Paul Ince left been the same had they stuck with him instead of bringing in Martin Allen? Would we have won back to back Wembley play off finals under Barnwell? gone up to the top flight under Ronnie Fenton? stayed up and reached the play offs the following season under Sheridan?
Conversely, would we have drifted down the League One table into 20 years of obscurity had Big Sam not walked out when he did.

Nobody knows, but we were in a fantastic position that season to head into the Championship, and Big Sam leaving obviously changed the course of history. I wonder if we?d be a PL fixture now, such as a Fulham, Brighton or a Bournemouth.

Instead we?ve had two decades of dross.