DC comments

[Shadrack the Red]

I like DC, the football is better, and improving. His interviews are at least honest appraisals of how he feels. You CAN do that, without openly criticising players (as he did with Mcarthy performance ) on Saturday, and making comments like ‘being ruthless in January” ……. Serves no purpose.
The ruthlessness may come from the board…… it’s been done before…..

Lets hope not Jules, I am fed up to the back teeth of this rinse and repeat strategy of sacking the coach and starting again , it simply is not working and all the board are doing is appeasing the fans when we have a sticky patch, after every game we lose we get the same response from the key board o crying for the managers head ( thankfully not so much on this site ), eventually they crack just to satisfy the fans but the problem is most of the fans shouting loudest are the ones that do not go in the first place !! , it doesn"t work . Last season was a classic example when the board completely cocked up by sacking a coach with one game to go and no replacement, that went well , not !!! , now for me personally I am totally sold on the Tinkerman but I am sold on the idea that it is time our board showed some metal and actually back the HC and stand firm behind him, give him time to see the job through, give him the tools to do the job instead of weakening his hand every season and trust him, after all it was them who set him on in the first place so they must have thought he was the right man in the first place !! The old way is failing , stand by the Hc and back him !!!

[Jules88]

Lets hope not Jules, I am fed up to the back teeth of this rinse and repeat strategy of sacking the coach and starting again , it simply is not working and all the board are doing is appeasing the fans when we have a sticky patch, after every game we lose we get the same response from the key board o crying for the managers head ( thankfully not so much on this site ), eventually they crack just to satisfy the fans but the problem is most of the fans shouting loudest are the ones that do not go in the first place !! , it doesn"t work . Last season was a classic example when the board completely cocked up by sacking a coach with one game to go and no replacement, that went well , not !!! , now for me personally I am totally sold on the Tinkerman but I am sold on the idea that it is time our board showed some metal and actually back the HC and stand firm behind him, give him time to see the job through, give him the tools to do the job instead of weakening his hand every season and trust him, after all it was them who set him on in the first place so they must have thought he was the right man in the first place !! The old way is failing , stand by the Hc and back him !!!

I don?t blame DC at all?..He made some mistakes, I Know, and some of his press could do with being ?refined?
I do blame the person/people buying the tools. However, coming up to Christmas it would be easy for him to become the the fall guy to appease supporters calling for his head.
Here is where we are at the moment

Seven teams above us, there are 5 with games in hand. More importantly,
2 below us can overhaul us with games in hand, so we could be 10th if they all win up.
If they all played their matches in hand and won we could be 9 points behind a play off place??
I know it?s points in the bag, and I know we are still 8th with sight of the play off spot, but when you look at it, is potential 10th enough? ??

The board, looking at this MUST make ?back him? statements in January?? or based on how things are going ( and the possibility of the current squad suddenly battering all comers being slim with the same defence and strike force) we could be well out of it by the end of January.

Brum, Wrexham, Huddersfield WILL strengthen. Make no bones.
If we don?t in January, then the board have thrown the towel in.

[Shadrack the Red]

I don?t blame DC at all?..He made some mistakes, I Know, and some of his press could do with being ?refined?
I do blame the person/people buying the tools. However, coming up to Christmas it would be easy for him to become the the fall guy to appease supporters calling for his head.
Here is where we are at the moment

Seven teams above us, there are 5 with games in hand. More importantly,
2 below us can overhaul us with games in hand, so we could be 10th if they all win up.
If they all played their matches in hand and won we could be 9 points behind a play off place??
I know it?s points in the bag, and I know we are still 8th with sight of the play off spot, but when you look at it, is potential 10th enough? ??

The board, looking at this MUST make ?back him? statements in January?? or based on how things are going ( and the possibility of the current squad suddenly battering all comers being slim with the same defence and strike force) we could be well out of it by the end of January.

Brum, Wrexham, Huddersfield WILL strengthen. Make no bones.
If we don?t in January, then the board have thrown the towel in.

You make some good points, personally I think 10 th would be realistic, last season we finished 6th , this season we have a weaker squad so to drop 4 places would be about right , we are no where near a promotion side and my main hope is that the board realise we are going backwards and decide to change tack and allow HC to actually build a side and give him the time to improve because clearly a quick return has now gone and we are gradually getting worse, so the only way to do it now is with a Birmingham type investment approach or allow someone to build towards our goal and support him in every way possible, I doubt it will be the investment route so lets try the patient approach.

[Jules88]

You make some good points, personally I think 10 th would be realistic, last season we finished 6th , this season we have a weaker squad so to drop 4 places would be about right , we are no where near a promotion side and my main hope is that the board realise we are going backwards and decide to change tack and allow HC to actually build a side and give him the time to improve because clearly a quick return has now gone and we are gradually getting worse, so the only way to do it now is with a Birmingham type investment approach or allow someone to build towards our goal and support him in every way possible, I doubt it will be the investment route so lets try the patient approach.

In our house we have already decided to adopt the ?Let?s enjoy the afternoon out, and it will be what it will be?.. Don?t expect owt? approach for the rest of the season.