Quote Originally Posted by PedroTheFisherman66 View Post
is Maynard just an unlucky manager ?
I've backed him 99% of the time but i think it might be time for a clean slate. Yes he has been unlucky with injuries but the crunch games towards the end of the season seemed to just fizzle out with no passion being displayed ( except from Jatta's tackle & Mcgoldrick running himself into the ground) . if he was kept on by the owners than i can live with that, i can accept they might want him to go again with an injury free squad. I would also understand if they wish to go with a new manager and a fresh start!? Its worth remembering though that we finished top six , not bottom six. There has to be some continued hope for next season and maybe a fresh face in charge might enhance that feeling ? That fresh face could be a new manager or a new assistant to the existing manager. In the Brothers we trust , they've done more than OK since they took over. Maybe they dithered about getting rid of Ardley but they got there in the end.
Like yourself I have backed SM most of the season & will continue to do so if he stays but providing we can find someone with experience maybe it's time to say goodbye. I do think he's had some bad luck but Saturdays performance ( like many in the 2nd half of the season) worried me, I wasn't really bothered about the result because like many I don't think we're ready for promotion but having watched the highlights of all the weekend games the thing that sticks out is that the team losing with time running out started to throw men forward, everyone apart from us that is we looked just as unlikely to score in the last 5 minutes as the 1st. I realise that SM is probably under orders as how to play but surely he should have had the balls to say let's go out having a go not with a whimper, this and the fact that for whatever reason he has created a rift in the fan base, some of the chants like,Mumble, Mumbles, Black n White Army have been very noticeable & embarrassing this season, suggests to me that things have gone to far to turn round, I will support whoever is our coach/manager next season but I'm afraid that much like this season many wont. COYP