16-05-2018, 13:03
Martin Allen wouldn't have been on my list ......... but I thought Jack Lester, even though he was being given a pretty awful job, would at least produce a few green shoots of potential recovery. Can't see them. Being right about Caldwell being a disaster waiting to happen, doesn't mean I'm likely to get it right regarding Martin Allen. He clearly has the ability even to get us back into the EFL, but he might also walk out on us before the season starts citing irreconcilable differences.
I must say when he returned to Barnet too late for the transfer window I thought it was one of the smartest moves I'd seen when he immediately pruned his squad and said to the 20 remaining, "you're the ones I want to fight for me." If he stays and draws his players together in that way and the FA only deduct say six points he might create sufficient spirit for us to have a chance. But there are a lot of ifs.
I must say when he returned to Barnet too late for the transfer window I thought it was one of the smartest moves I'd seen when he immediately pruned his squad and said to the 20 remaining, "you're the ones I want to fight for me." If he stays and draws his players together in that way and the FA only deduct say six points he might create sufficient spirit for us to have a chance. But there are a lot of ifs.