More time?

[marky]

I don't want Jim o Brien in charge because we still need him ON the field which shows how badly our recruitment has been. The problem is every time I say this I get told I'm being negative towards him.

[durhampie]

I don't want Jim o Brien in charge because we still need him ON the field which shows how badly our recruitment has been. The problem is every time I say this I get told I'm being negative towards him.

Jim has been our best player for the last few games, the likes of Bostock and co should try emulating him...

[ancientpie]

Although I very much doubt SM has it in him to turn this around I see little point in getting rid until the end of the season, we have to realise that confidence & form is shot & it looks like recruitment has in the main been very poor. If we were to bring a new manager in now & there wasn't an immediate improvement would we be looking to sack again before next season? it wouldn't look good to any potential new manager if we went back to the old hire em & fire em routine. Give him until the end of the season & if there is no major improvement take our time over finding a replacement. COYP

[OldMagpie60]

I’m new to this forum and have been a Magpie for over 50 years, so have seen it all. I’ve also been a manager for c.40 years.
I totally agree that it’s not always right to have a merry go round of managers, but data analysis will not tell you whether a squad will feel motivated by an appointment or whether players will respect the new coach. That comes from good leadership and quality decisions from owners - this time the Bros’ EFL inexperience has been exposed.
Yes players need to take responsibility but I doubt many of ours were impressed by SM replacing LW - we all know we needed an LW upgrade not an LW trainee!
Recruitment has been dreadful - we were the best footballing team in the NL but were lucky at Wembley where defensive frailties were clear even then. And yet we didn’t upgrade the defence and bring in some more physicality particularly in midfield. EFL 1 & 2 requires some steel to match the creativity.
All of that said SM is not the right character to move us on and if LW had stayed I doubt we’d be 15th now. Senior players will have enough nous to know the game is up this year and human nature has kicked in. It’s unavoidable. I agree with others that we need a credible caretaker to help save the season and keep the very real assets we have in JJ, ML, JB, McGoldrick & Palmer etc.
We need to get back on track sharpish to retain these guys and decent crowds / season ticket sales next season. N
Sadly I think the Bros must swallow pride and SM must go soon. He’s a decent guy and decent coach but it’s the wrong job, wrong time, wrong level.