Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
I would think the caretaker option is the only realistic one still left on the table.

Warnock or somebody to the end of the season for a short term lift makes much less sense now than it did in January. 8 points adrift of 7th is bordering on the insurmountable with 11 games to play. It looks like Maynard will still be in charge for Crawley at least, so the gap may be bigger by the time he departs, if he does go this season.

Bringing in a new manager who we intend to still have in charge for the start of next season could be very damaging to the new man if he struggles to turn things around before May, he'd be walking in to a club low on confidence and with a bad atmosphere as opposed to starting afresh in the summer with a pre-season to settle in with.

It does make sense to leave Maynard in charge for these next 3 away games, so long as he doesn't totally "lose the dressing room". The next home game however, if we haven't won before then, could turn seriously toxic. It might have been a lot worse yesterday - crowd reaction wise - had we fallen behind early instead of late in the game when people could just walk out rather than have to sit there becoming increasingly frustrated and angry.
Fair point, a manager for next season needs a clean start, not damaged by this season's failings.