Naebody we a half decent understanding of the game wants Ray to stay. He's had over 70 games, that's long enough to me. Win lose or draw tomorrow Ray must go.
There is no doubt the majority want to see him go , during his tenure performances have been brutal even when winning and are certainly not getting any better
There's no doubt Ray's cardy is on a shoogly peg but why have the players escaped any form of criticism? It seems to be the norm in modern day football that if things aren't going right the manager is always the fall guy. Yes they are RM's players, yes they're meant to be playing the game through RM's instructions but does anyone who attends the games actually think we are seeing 100% effort & commitment from certain players.
IMO a manager can only do so much but when the whistle goes its mostly up to the players to produce,BTW this is not a vote of confidence for the manager - far from it, his away record is fkn shocking and even though his home record(or should I say not losing at home record) has probably saved him there has been a lot of draws during his tenure.
I agree with shedka that style is immaterial in this league but what I do want to see is fire in the players bellies,That should be a minimum ask when going on that park.
You raise a good point about players Whitfield.
Problem is that is quicker and cheaper to replace the gaffer and look for a fix than turnover a whole squad.
Look at the culling Brewster had to do from the McCall era.
We have a good group of players for this division.
They need a system that plays to their strengths (just look at McMullan in Ray’s setup. Destroyed the not already) and the need properly motivated,
Those two things require managers and coaches that are tactically astute and imaginative (not just your 4-2-3–1 SFA handbook stuff) and with the personality to engender trust, respect and motivation.
“Trust, respect and motivation”
When did we last experience those things in any capacity at Tannadice?
Ray needs to adapt or he will walk sooner or later.
I’d love it if he could because it would save us the upheaval and cash but I’m not seeing signs he is.
Tomorrow is a big game. I hope we put 4 past ICT.
We don’t really know his asking price. It could be perfectly affordable.
The reason we get over inflated figures like 4mil traded around is because no one has really tested his resolve and actually put a serious, official bid in.
You might be able to get him AND Justine out for a cool million total.
Only the supposed white knights can test that theory out though.