Maynard GONE [Official]

[M0ufMk3]

What actually went wrong for Maynard?

I think he got to be so concerned about losing that he couldn't bring himself to do the things that would make us win. We put ourselves in a position where we just couldn't move from Stuart's understanding of what possession based football meant.

Williams also believed in possession based football, but with the intention of drawing opponents out of position and understanding when it was time to go then it had to be done quickly. We also had Baldwin who had the skillset to do that.

Maynard never decided to go because he viewed possession as the goal (anti-pun absolutely intended) but, perversely, when pressure was applied we went long because we didn't have a first class passer in the back 3 or 4 (if you included Bass). We did have better defenders but we didn't have anyone who could do both not least because we were in L2. [Off topic, I'd love to see Platt and Baldwin in the centre of a back four; they'd complement each other really well.]

[Bohinen]

I mean, I think it is unlikely. He's unlikely to be needing the money and with his win percentage and stats, he wouldn't be short of suitors in higher leagues

Sure, it's unlikely, he's 10/1, and Williams is 1/2, so he's 20x the odds, but still better value. Of course, the best value of all is if you know for a fact who it is.

https://www.olbg.com/news/next-notts...aynard-sacking

btw, those odds are 'theoretical' and from an industry expert, apparently

[nw6pie]

What actually went wrong for Maynard?

We got ourselves into the top 3, but then over the final dozen games or so, with players coming back from injury, we proceeded to throw away a pole position over a run-in that wasn't so hard really.

Yes, our squad was flawed and unbalanced but the competition was no great shakes either - the importance of the games should have dragged out better performances from the likes of Macari, Palmer, Grant, Jatta, Traore etc etc.

What was it? Fear and nerves? Overcomplicating things with tactics and team changes? Poor team spirit? Just plain old poor leadership? Bad training and preparation? Poor instructions to the players?

I suppose it doesn't matter, we have a chance at a new start now. But we should've done significantly better than we did and it's a curiosity as to exactly why we/he/they blew it so badly

I suspect it was a combination of all those things. The last 16 games were pretty disastrous - we maybe managed 4 decent performances in that time, and there went the season. The fact this happened after the Saunders bros left seems to be very telling - wasn’t there one game when SM was out at halftime warming up the subs? It does feel like the Reedtz had already made up their minds by then. Hard to disagree with them, but SM can leave with his head held high. He came up short, but no one can fault his commitment. We do need a more inspirational leader next time, though.

[M0ufMk3]

I suspect it was a combination of all those things. The last 16 games were pretty disastrous - we maybe managed 4 decent performances in that time, and there went the season. The fact this happened after the Saunders bros left seems to be very telling - wasn’t there one game when SM was out at halftime warming up the subs? It does feel like the Reedtz had already made up their minds by then. Hard to disagree with them, but SM can leave with his head held high. He came up short, but no one can fault his commitment. We do need a more inspirational leader next time, though.

Well put

[tied_up_in_notts]

I really can't see the point in appointing someone like Priske at Notts, even if it was possible. As soon as he started showing any signs of success here he would be linked with every Championship and Premier League vacancy that crops up and would be gone before long leaving us back where we started. I couldn't see it being a very stable situation for the club.

[Notts_fan_Ken]

But he didn't end the season at Feyenoord, he was sacked in February, so it's not that unrealistic.

It's completely unrealistic.

[cjpieman]

I really can't see the point in appointing someone like Priske at Notts, even if it was possible. As soon as he started showing any signs of success here he would be linked with every Championship and Premier League vacancy that crops up and would be gone before long leaving us back where we started. I couldn't see it being a very stable situation for the club.

If he got us promoted to league one first would you care ?

[WarsopPie]

Good.

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news...tuart-maynard/

Better send those "managing minutes" t shirts back to the supplier!

[Bohinen]

It's completely unrealistic.

Thanks, but I'll be the judge of whether I consider it realistic, mate.

[matt_magpie]

What actually went wrong for Maynard?

We got ourselves into the top 3, but then over the final dozen games or so, with players coming back from injury, we proceeded to throw away a pole position over a run-in that wasn't so hard really.

Yes, our squad was flawed and unbalanced but the competition was no great shakes either - the importance of the games should have dragged out better performances from the likes of Macari, Palmer, Grant, Jatta, Traore etc etc.

What was it? Fear and nerves? Overcomplicating things with tactics and team changes? Poor team spirit? Just plain old poor leadership? Bad training and preparation? Poor instructions to the players?

I suppose it doesn't matter, we have a chance at a new start now. But we should've done significantly better than we did and it's a curiosity as to exactly why we/he/they blew it so badly

My personal view is Crowley was always going to be a massive loss long term, JJ never got match fit and other players ran out of steam playing so many games bother mentally and physically.