Sack him, save our season

[TSANHO]

Left for bullying or because the players didn?t like being told some home truths?

[nw6pie]

It is time for Mr Maynard to go.

I have no doubt whatever that he is a nice chap, is well meaning and desperately wants to succeed. However, it is also entirely clear that he is not a winner. We all know that the best managers have an X factor and a certain something that sets them apart from the crowd and I?m afraid it has become increasingly clear that he simply does not have *it*.

I believe he is able to set up a team in the right way at the start of games, hence our previous decent performances in the first halves of matches, however he is a reactive manager and not a proactive one, as has become increasingly clear in recent weeks.

It is always a shame to see anyone lose their job, but he has the aura of a dead man walking. He can certainly point to injuries, poor performances from the vast majority of the squad and the loss of key members of staff for our downturn in form, but this is a results business and the ultimately the responsibility lies with the manager to make the best of the situation.

The brothers now need to make a choice and give the fans a true indication as to whether or not they actually want to go up this season. Personally, I don?t think the squad is anywhere near ready and we would really struggle in League One without significant reinforcements, however to see this season fizzle out so dramatically leaves a very bitter taste in the mouth.

Over to you, Notts.

If this season fizzles out, I dread to think what the season ticket sales would be for next season. And I’m sure the Reedtz don’t want to become empty Nesters.

[Jampie]

We're still a position above my start-of-season expectations, so even though recent results have been awful, no to sacking anybody.

When our injury list isn't terminal we do well. I don't see how this is a manager problem. He's running a team of newbies and maybes ATM.

Also can we get our insults right? Weren't bed-wetters the ones who want to sack after every defeat? I've lost track.

[Glad2BeAPie]

If this season fizzles out, I dread to think what the season ticket sales would be for next season. And I’m sure the Reedtz don’t want to become empty Nesters.

Whatever happens my money is put by for the first day of season card sales

[slack_pie]

Not many managers could get a result away at Wimbledon with the team we put out yesterday. I don't think Maynard's the man for the job long term, or even short term, but he didn't sign some of the dross we've got now, nor did he sanction the sale of star players.

Current results are partly a by-product of our strategy, which involves flogging our best players and hoping to replace them with players that are just as good or better for less money. It works until it doesn't.

[queenslandpie]

If Maynard had Jones Didzy and Crowley in the starting line up each week peoples opinions would be very different I am sure of that. He's certainly not a very dynamic type of manager but he's not terrible and he doesn't deserve the dogs abuse some give him. Would you prefer Kewwll, Ardley, Ince, etc etc etc?

[The Dug Out]

If Maynard had Jones Didzy and Crowley in the starting line up each week peoples opinions would be very different I am sure of that. He's certainly not a very dynamic type of manager but he's not terrible and he doesn't deserve the dogs abuse some give him. Would you prefer Kewwll, Ardley, Ince, etc etc etc?

Quite agree with the very unneccesary abuse being thrown up at SM, nobody deserves it for trying to do their best but it is a dilemma as to what should happen, a normal product that was not up to customer expectation would abandoned by said customer, the product would go out of business or the owner would improve product, that is the crux of the matter here.

We, the customer(s) are dissatisfied with our lot at this moment, but not much we can do about it, last thing we want is to lose the connection with the owners, they would not just pull the plug, they are astute businessmen and that is not how to run things in any business,i think it goes without saying that the Brothers know the tide is turning towards SM and the team in general as well as it's make up, but having expierienced what they have done, and the method they have approached NCFC problems in the past i can almost guarantee that things are trying to be resolved in the background.

But the abuse towards SM should stop, we all have the right to shout sack him but that is as far as it should go.

[OchPie]

I don't think sacking him is the answer but it's pretty clear something isn't right. I've been saying for weeks he'd benefit from someone more experienced alongside him as a mentor and now I think there's a gap in the coaching as well. Bring in JOB or someone like that AND a part time mentor for him, because right now I don't think he can even identify all the problems - never mind start to solve them.

[slack_pie]

I don't think sacking him is the answer but it's pretty clear something isn't right. I've been saying for weeks he'd benefit from someone more experienced alongside him as a mentor and now I think there's a gap in the coaching as well. Bring in JOB or someone like that AND a part time mentor for him, because right now I don't think he can even identify all the problems - never mind start to solve them.

As another poster said, things would look different if our star players weren't injured/sold. Last season, we had Jones, Didzy, Macca, Nemane, and Crowley in the starting line-up most weeks. That's a lot of attacking threat. Now we have Jarvis, Whitaker, Grant, etc. No wonder we're not as exciting.

[OchPie]

As another poster said, things would look different if our star players weren't injured/sold. Last season, we had Jones, Didzy, Macca, Nemane, and Crowley in the starting line-up most weeks. That's a lot of attacking threat. Now we have Jarvis, Whitaker, Grant, etc. No wonder we're not as exciting.

I am not expecting we dominate games with our best players out, but there's a big gap between that and creating almost nothing. Several of those players don't seem to know what they're being asked to do.

Losing you can live with - it's the nature of the game. But finding ways to compete, training the team into patterns and passages of play they can execute, ensuring there's fight for second balls and speed in making things happen... that's what I expect the guy in the dugout to do. Hate to say it but SM seems to really be struggling right now. The club needs to figure out ways to help him.