New Manager?

[LeftPeg_Pie]

Me too,
It'd be a dream to go up. But, at worst, I'd like a competitive two-legged play-off battle, ending in triumph hopefully. The last time we had that was against Coventry in 2018

We're entering the depths of a promotion run-in so threads like this are nuts. If we want to be ridiculous, why not wait til the eve of a Wembley play-off final after we'd stormed through the semis and sack him then?

I want results to speak for themselves. Let's see where the next 8 games take us

Agree. I think nailing opinions/expectations at the beginning of the season is an odd an pointless thing to do in football as football is such a moving feast.

Given last season, if we would have been offered 6th with 8 to go, everyone on here would have snapped your hand off. After Salford away, the same. After 25 points from 30 post-Salford, there is frustration around which, to an extent, I get.

Maynard is a good coach. There are some parts he can be critiqued on, he certainly is not the finished article, but he is not at the stage of his career to be so. People do not like them, but if you look at it statistically, on probably 95% of the metrics we are one of, if not the best teams in the league; defensively, offensively, in and out of possession. All that does not happen by chance.

With us being sixth, we are slightly underperforming when compared with those metrics. So, you dig into the disconnect.

Our biggest issue is converting our chances. AJ has 20 but could conceivably have 30 or beyond. Didzy has 14 and could have at least 20. You take Jodi and his output out of the equation (14 league appearances all season) and the sale of Crowley (a goal contribution ever other game in his time at Notts), with even one of those in consistently, we would be in the Top 3. With both, I think we would be top.

As it stands, the pivotal moment of the season was selling DC and not bringing someone in with more experience a the top end of the pitch as Whitaker, Traore and to a slightly lesser extent Jarvis can be put into the gamble category with regards hitting the ground running.