Quote Originally Posted by Notts78 View Post
Did you feel the same way about Fullerton?
I opposed the appointment of Fullarton before it was even made. If you recall, the rumours about Fullarton broke on this very board 24 hours or so before his appointment was officially announced, and pretty much every poster expressed not only their disbelief that the Trews might make such a poor call, but also their opposition to that appointment if it was true. In Fullarton's case he really was on a hiding to nothing before he even started, because of the complete breakdown of the relationship between the fans and the owners, never mind between the fans and the new manager.

Lazy comparisons between Fullarton and Burchnall are pretty meaningless anyway. Burchnall is a young manager like Fullarton it's true, but he does have prior senior team management experience at two previous clubs, and he has entered a situation where the relationship between the fans and the owners is not generally a fractious one.

I don't think any of us would have predicted Burchnall as the new manager when Ardley left, because we hadn't really heard of him in this country, but the sentiments on this message board towards the new manager were generally welcoming and open-minded. I don't dispute that there has been much disappointment his early results, but a thread posted only last week showed that many posters are still willing to give him a decent amount of time before reaching any permanent judgements, and I think the current owners certainly aren't the type to be dismissing managers after a few weeks.