Sack him, save our season

[SwalePie]

?fell-out? ?

I wish you'd just spill the beans 1955pie!

[durhampie]

I wish you'd just spill the beans 1955pie!

They were sacked for bullying..

[Pie-eyed&legless]

They were sacked for bullying..

Is this true 1955?

[1955pie]

Is this true 1955?

No. It is not true nor was it for money.

[upthemaggies]

No. It is not true nor was it for money.

An affair?

[lunaspie]

An affair?

With the ubiquitous tea-lady ?

[jacobncfc]

The situation at the moment is so interesting because it?s pitting what has been the owners main strategy, logical and longer term thinking, against the emotional hunch of the fanbase. And I really dont know what direction its going to go on.

There isnt really a rational case for Maynard to be under any pressure at all. Weve made obvious progress from last season. Absolutely everyone wouldve been happy with the position we find ourselves in before a ball was kicked. Were the second highest goalscorers in the division. The xG data, if anything, suggest we should actually be doing slightly better. Hes done this with constant injuries to his key players, and another one being sold in January (after possibly spending the first half of the season in a sulk).

And yet? pretty much no one is having this version of Notts. And I fully include myself in this. The atmosphere home and away is flat, and has been all season, even when weve been doing particularly well. Crowds are going in the wrong direction, not drastically, but enough to start noticing. Theres very little love towards the manager or the whole group really.

I think theres loads of different reasons for this. His nightmare start is really difficult to shake off. Hes clearly not the most charismatic communicator in interviews. The football is methodical rather than high octane. It?s following a guy who was popular, successful, charismatic and whose football was entertaining to the point of ridicule at times.

So what do they do? All of this stuff matters, and it?s very hard to change a football fans mind once its made up. Even if we went up, we?ll end up in this situation after every bad run. I actually think we were in a similar spot before with Ian Burchnall, but were saved by having to make a decision by Forest Green.