Questions for Maynard

[drillerpie]

I agree with you, and I also agree that SM isn't yet (being polite here) quite up to the required level yet and unless there is a fairly big change in direction I don't think he should start the new season; however he has come in for some personal abuse for nearly everything under the sun from some posters that seem to think there weren't issues with the squad he inherited and are looking for the smallest thing to have a dig at him.

Fair assessment IMO.

[slack_pie]

The major issues we currently have as I see it:

We didn't recruit decent defenders or keepers in the summer or January - not Maynard's fault
Our squad isn't able to mix it up and win physical battles - not Maynard's fault
Injuries to key players - not Maynard's fault
Ridiculous individual errors - not Maynard's fault
No longer scoring tons of goals and blowing teams away, particularly at home - partly Maynard's fault

Most of the issues were inherited by Maynard, not caused by him. Yes, we should be doing better and our form is dreadful, but when you look at the way we've lost games, a lot of blame has to be pinned on the people in charge of recruitment and the players, as well as Maynard.