Williams is Favourite [New Head Coach speculation thread]

[Mark_Ross]

Not for me. We were already on the slide before he dumped us with little hesitation.

[jackal2]

Not for me. We were already on the slide before he dumped us with little hesitation.

This "on the slide" thing is massively overplayed.

It's true that our form had been patchy in the November and December before he left, but that was after 18 months of mostly outstanding results and entertainment. The weakness of our defence, and perhaps more specifically our defenders (Baldwin, Rawlinson, Cameron) at League Two level was beginning to show in the lead up to Christmas and continued to be evident after Williams left, but Luke's "bad run" wasn't actually that bad at all. It was probably accentuated by the excellence of what had gone previously, and some disgruntlement that he had so readily taken the Swansea job, but that's football.

[the_anticlough]

This "on the slide" thing is massively overplayed.

Yes.

And it was when we lost Palmer, and soon after Bostock, that everything broke down. I was at Harrogate away watching JOB play every pass to him first time back to the goalkeeper. Brindley played 50 passes to Stone in the first half alone because he had no option to pass to. The squad just couldn't cope with losing the players the whole thing went through.

Williams has a great legacy from his time at Notts, that's why he jumped two divisions higher. But it's still the 'never go back' mantra for me.

You win promotion to a difficult new league, which is a significant step up, and then you suddenly abandon the project and let those fans see us plummet down the league and watch absolute dross. The momentum of the club was completely lost and we hurtled backwards, because the leader we gave the opportunity to, suddenly wanted out. And Montague was left with appointing a real long shot mid-season, but someone who might be capable of carrying on his work.
I saw LW, Harley, Lawtey walking around Harrogate town centre before that match, something seemed off to me.
Some fans seem to want that crew back, but I don't.