What?s everyone?s thoughts on the reds?

[Shadrack the Red]

Renno, if you look on news now the recent accounts filed with companies house have been summarised.
The information contained therein explains why we are a regressive club with, in my opinion, little or no hope of reversing the trend of decline. We are staying afloat because of the capital input from the owners according to this report and that surely is not a sustainable situation.
The quality of our team isnt capable of competing at anywhere above mid table league 1 and it wont be until the financial situation improves. How you achieve that is a huge challenge and I have no suggestions to offer. That is firmly in the owners domain.

I dont expect to see any changes any time soon and firmly expect to see a further degradation of our playing personnel this summer.

How a coach is expected to achieve success in this environment is beyond my comprehension, its an impossible task. I can see some justification in tinkering with starting 11's and positions in the hope that something clicks. The reality is if you arent provided with the tools, you cant do the job!
Our current coach has made mistakes but he has not got an experienced coach to turn to far advice or second opinions. Keogh and Harban arent the answer, he needs an Eric Winstanley esque side kick to offer some experience.
We also need a leader on the pitch and Im not confident that Connell is the man for the job. There are times when we clearly seem to lack leadership leading to so many winning positions thrown away. An old head would have offered solutions to the threat of the oppositon,generally thats called game management and we havent got any.

In summary I dont see any hope of a reversal of our decline without a radical shake up at the club or sale to an ambitious owner

Totally agree with your summary Ethel and as I have said earlier I admire Conor for saying it as it is, his words do not make him a better coach as obvious improvements are required in that dept however in my eyes I totally respect him for giving an honest assessment and do not forget his comments were made directly after we had just lost and performed poorly with the crowd baying for blood so he came out with some home truths and has since got slaughtered for it, I simply do not get it, fans cry out for honesty and when they get it they do not like it, he has taken abuse and stick which in my opinion is aimed in the wrong direction and once again the suits are getting a free ride when the blame should be heading in their direction and not at every HC they set on as the fall guy, whilst ever they are running the show the decline will continue.

[renno]

That’s very true on all fronts. I’ve said for the last 2 seasons were mid table. I’d just like to see us more organised. Get DW back as assistant!