Reply With QuoteLet's hope it's a repeat of that scenario then. If he's not appointed by the end of tomorrow (today being a bank holiday), then we can probably breathe out.Originally Posted by carnthepies
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Yes it would. I'm a big supporter of the owners, but now isn't the time to appoint an inexperienced and anonymous coach as manager. I fear that would lose a large section of the fanbase very quickly, and put Alves under huge pressure before a ball even got kicked.
Maynard was a bit of a gamble but most fans ran with it for a while because they wondered if he might be another Luke Williams. The Maynard project having not worked out as well as hoped, now is the time for a solid, recognisable appointment that the fans can believe in and get behind. A reasonably experienced manager with a decent track record to date.
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Let's hope it's a repeat of that scenario then. If he's not appointed by the end of tomorrow (today being a bank holiday), then we can probably breathe out.
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I think you're all over reacting given the upturn in performance when Alves replaced the Saunders' brothers in January...
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Well yes, there was a definite drop-off in the performance of the whole team in the second half of the season, and whether you blame it more on the departure of Saunders or the loss of a creative player in Crowley, the remaining coaching team clearly didn't have the answers. I can see why Alves might still have a supporting role at the club, but whatever he brought to the coaching set-up didn't improve us (or even maintain previous performance levels) after Christmas.
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Notts 1 Bromley 1
Notts 1 Colchester 1
Notts 1 Barrow 2
Wimbledon 2 Notts 0
Notts 1 Chesterfield 2
Notts 0 Crewe 0
Colchester 1 Notts 0
Notts 1 Salford 3
Notts 1 Cheltenham 2
Notts 0 Wimbledon 1
Wimbledon 1 Notts 0
You mean that upturn ?
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And that's just the results. The performances were generally poor too.
To reiterate, this is a key moment and it needs the appointment of an experienced candidate with a decent Football League management record who can command the respect and boost the enthusiasm of players and fans alike. A bit of anxiety crept in during the latter days of the Maynard reign. What we need now is a firm hand on the tiller to calm any nerves and maintain the solid relationship between the club and the fanbase.
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Whatever happens as supporters we will have a good idea of what the playing squad think about the appointment when it is announced.
Should McGoldrick re-sign than that is a positive that the playing staff are behind the coach from the off. Given the lack of announcement on DM future I'm fairly certain he's waiting to see before making his decision.
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Oh they will he?s known to them will do as they ask, Cheaper option. So we will then know the true ambition they have . It will be the most disappointing appointment made to date and turn fans away. If he had anything about him surely he would have had input into the last 10 games of the season . If he did then as useless as Maynard.
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It?s easy to pinpoint games and say this one or that one cost us but when you look at it on paper it?s hard not to think that those two home defeats to Cheltenham (15th) and Barrow (16th) cost us an automatic promotion place. Teams that want automatic promotion should be beating those in the bottom third of the table at home. It wouldn?t have mattered so much had we beaten Colchester and Crewe or picked up a point against Chesterfield or Salford. But because we struggled to beat the likes of Chesterfield, Salford, Colchester and Crewe at home we could not afford to slip up at home against those in the bottom half of the table.
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Reading many of the posts on various threads in the last few days, I'm surprised one 'Mike Bassett' isn't in the betting odds.
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