We did the dirty on Danny at just the wrong time. We then shouldn't have reappointed at all. We should have left the Hump in charge. If we'd gone down we could then have decided whether he'd shown enough promise for a decent contract or we were going to appoint a new man.
As it is we have ended up with a Mrs May in charge. GC quickly accepted our help in turning himself into a lame duck. He created all his own detractors with a series of mistakes and defeats that culminated in a much more humiliating relegation than we were facing prior to his arrival. SO, now he has to magic up a team out of limited resources that the fans expect to chase promotion. To make it worse our biggest rivals have a widely-hated manager who is recruiting far more established players than our own. George Osborne says Mrs May is a dead woman woman walking, I bet GC knows she feels. And what of Mr Carson? If this squad can only turn 50% possession into 2 or 3 shots, when does he cry enough and start looking at dismissal procedures? By the end of September we will have played 11 league games, that's almost a quarter of the season. Much as I love Matt's glorious optimism of 4 games 10 points, I'm considering 10 points or fewer by the end of September as a real possibility. And what do we do then ..........?
I'm no bookie, so I've not calculated these odds in my favour, or even seen their odds, but my current assessment of who'll win our division is:-
Accrington 18/1 Colchester 12/1 Grimsby 22/1 Notts Co 33/1
Barnet 40/1 Coventry 15/2 Lincoln 25/1 Port Vale 11/1
Cambridge 16/1 Crawley 50/1 Luton 7/1 Stevenage 28/1
Carlisle 16/1 Crewe 22/1 Mansfield 9/1 Swindon 9/1
Cheltenham 50/1 Exeter 18/1 Morecambe 100/1 Wycombe 22/1
Chesterfield 40/1 Forest Gr 14/1 Newport 66/1 Yeovil 33/1
And of course signing an influential midfielder would change my opinion of our chances. Ricky German scoring four in a friendly, or Tommy Lee being full fit would too ........
I don't think Dancing need contact Robert Carlile and Tom Wilkinson for advice on doing The Full Monty.
As it is we have ended up with a Mrs May in charge. GC quickly accepted our help in turning himself into a lame duck. He created all his own detractors with a series of mistakes and defeats that culminated in a much more humiliating relegation than we were facing prior to his arrival. SO, now he has to magic up a team out of limited resources that the fans expect to chase promotion. To make it worse our biggest rivals have a widely-hated manager who is recruiting far more established players than our own. George Osborne says Mrs May is a dead woman woman walking, I bet GC knows she feels. And what of Mr Carson? If this squad can only turn 50% possession into 2 or 3 shots, when does he cry enough and start looking at dismissal procedures? By the end of September we will have played 11 league games, that's almost a quarter of the season. Much as I love Matt's glorious optimism of 4 games 10 points, I'm considering 10 points or fewer by the end of September as a real possibility. And what do we do then ..........?
I'm no bookie, so I've not calculated these odds in my favour, or even seen their odds, but my current assessment of who'll win our division is:-
Accrington 18/1 Colchester 12/1 Grimsby 22/1 Notts Co 33/1
Barnet 40/1 Coventry 15/2 Lincoln 25/1 Port Vale 11/1
Cambridge 16/1 Crawley 50/1 Luton 7/1 Stevenage 28/1
Carlisle 16/1 Crewe 22/1 Mansfield 9/1 Swindon 9/1
Cheltenham 50/1 Exeter 18/1 Morecambe 100/1 Wycombe 22/1
Chesterfield 40/1 Forest Gr 14/1 Newport 66/1 Yeovil 33/1
And of course signing an influential midfielder would change my opinion of our chances. Ricky German scoring four in a friendly, or Tommy Lee being full fit would too ........
I don't think Dancing need contact Robert Carlile and Tom Wilkinson for advice on doing The Full Monty.