Originally Posted by
Young_Nudger
Renno.
IMO - Collins was the worst manager / HC I’ve seen since probably Spackman.
Let’s go through recent history of managers / HCs.
IMO - Patrick didn’t sign a bad manager.
All of them were good signings - I’m guessing Maurice Watkins had a big hand in that as he had a finger in every pie and knew who to ask - but all those managers signed were shopping at Lidl (as Keith Hill put it) - so they were all doomed to fail - as Barnsley during that period were trying to buy players that clubs with bigger budgets were also trying to sign.
Consequently we had no value in the squad and no one to sell - unless of course they came through the ranks.
Morais. First HC that was at the forefront of introducing vertical football with a team of players that were used to playing the old fashioned 442 system.
No wonder he failed.
Schopp and Ashbagi. These two had Conway deciding who played and how they played.
From the start they were destined to fail.
But IMO we didn’t get to see what these two could actually do given a chance.
Collins - changed the playing style of the club - EVERY supporter I talked to last season said the performances were terrible.
Every player from the previous season played worse under Collins. ALL the new signings seem to be not up to the usual standards of what’s been signed before, no coincidence there.
You can look at all the previous managers and HCs and understand the circumstances they were playing under.
The performances and style of play during the reign of Collins is unfathomable.
His appointment just doesn’t add up.
In my view something has happened behind the scenes that we haven’t heard about that resulted in Collins being signed.
Whether that was something relating to Khaled we don’t know - but it wouldn’t surprise me.
The disastrous appointment of Collins has resulted in a large proportion of the fan base becoming angry with the directors.
All sorts of accusations are now being thrown at them.
These directors will know too well that Collins has cost the club promotion and money.
The directors usually take weeks to appoint a new HC. Which means they were probably talking to Thalhammer weeks or months ago.
That deal unfortunately dropped through.
They will be speaking to a range of HCs at the moment trying to sift through them.
As supporters we need a bit of patience.
They have come good before with Duff, Ismael, Struber and Stendel - they will come good again.
Yours Sincerely
Fruitcake