19-09-2018, 17:37
(This post was last modified: 20-09-2018, 12:24 by SaltergateBorn.)
To be fair, Dev, I think that`s symptomatic of modern football. Managers just aren`t given the time to build a team these days; it`s either instant success or the bullet as a rule. That`s certainly been the case at CFC this last few years, as you say.
As regards MA specifically, it seems to me that his stock in trade for the last few years has been firefighting - and I suspect that`s why he was brought in, primarily. Before we kicked a ball, how many people were predicting another season of doom and gloom with the real prospect of another relegation at the end of it? One or two on this forum, as I recall, and I suspect a hell of a lot of others besides. I reckon that his mandate in the short term was just to stop the rot and keep us in this league - which I genuinely think he will do.
Whether he sticks around for the next phase, which is the rebuilding process, or indeed whether he is the right man for that job, I honestly don`t know. I agree that some of the things that are going on at the moment do look suspiciously like panic measures, whereas what the club desperately needs right now is stability. Unfortunately, as he`s openly admitted that some of the players he himself has brought in haven`t come up to scratch (and I suspect he`s been completely gobsmacked by the recent run; I really don`t think he saw that coming), it`s a bit of a merry-go-round at the moment. I reckon, though, that once the results start to improve things will settle down.
As regards MA specifically, it seems to me that his stock in trade for the last few years has been firefighting - and I suspect that`s why he was brought in, primarily. Before we kicked a ball, how many people were predicting another season of doom and gloom with the real prospect of another relegation at the end of it? One or two on this forum, as I recall, and I suspect a hell of a lot of others besides. I reckon that his mandate in the short term was just to stop the rot and keep us in this league - which I genuinely think he will do.
Whether he sticks around for the next phase, which is the rebuilding process, or indeed whether he is the right man for that job, I honestly don`t know. I agree that some of the things that are going on at the moment do look suspiciously like panic measures, whereas what the club desperately needs right now is stability. Unfortunately, as he`s openly admitted that some of the players he himself has brought in haven`t come up to scratch (and I suspect he`s been completely gobsmacked by the recent run; I really don`t think he saw that coming), it`s a bit of a merry-go-round at the moment. I reckon, though, that once the results start to improve things will settle down.