Quote Originally Posted by Bohinen View Post
An argumentum ad temperantiam, also known as a false compromise or as taking the middle ground, is a logical fallacy in which a position between two extreme points of view is promoted as the correct position. It is considered a fallacy because the quality of being a compromise has nothing to do with the veracity of a claims. A compromise may itself have implications which require scrutiny.

Sack him, he's useless.
No, keep him, he will inevitably come good.
Give him more time .. the 'sensible solution'.
That reminds me of a very long disagreement I had with a certain ex-poster on here regarding Neal Ardley in the relegation season. His argument was that constantly sacking managers rarely leads to success. I agreed with the principle, but said sticking with a poor manager for the sake of it is even less likely to lead to success. That's the conundrum with Maynard at the moment. Because we are not in relegation danger I would give him more time, but I must admit it's more in hope than expectation. The other problem is that we are very rapidly losing the feelgood factor we had built, and if this awful form continues it won't be easy to get back. A tricky one for the brothers to solve.