06-02-2015, 14:55
I never liked Sheridan Pooch. I don't think even Sheri likes Sheri, but he did a lot of things right for us ........ then either took his foot off the gas, was told to ... or even went temporarily insane.
I liked Paul Cook as a player and I like him as a manager and hope he doesn't fall into one of the many traps available. I'm hoping he can help us to cope with the loss of Doyle; it'll be good practice for the summer when he'll probably lose a few more (if we don't get promotion - and I'm sure we don't need to worry our pretty heads on that score too much).
In any organisation you have to be trying to move forward, trying to improve. I admit if I had a choice I'd see us build an even better squad and go up next season ....... but it doesn't work like that. Yeovil went up, tried hard, blew out, crashed and burned round the edges, but look at their relegation rivals Leyton Orient, missed promotion, brought in loadsa money, players used to the Championship and could take down their 4th manager of the season.
If we went up, we couldn't and shouldn't behave like Rotherham. It would be like replacing Doyle; we couldn't get a million pound man in - we have to shop for value ..... in the plain wrappings. We'd stay up and succeed or come down within our means.
My hope for Paul Cook is that if he ever did get us to the Championship we'd treat him better than Yeovil have dealt with Gary Johnson ........ if as we all secretly imagine the club couldn't sustain it.
Best manager - McGuigan.
I'd really like to know the players to chop in our squad - Banks?, Gardner?, O'Shea?, The Hump?, Chapman?, Talbot?, the nutter at left back?, Evatt for growing old?, the two youngesters off to Stalybridge?
I liked Paul Cook as a player and I like him as a manager and hope he doesn't fall into one of the many traps available. I'm hoping he can help us to cope with the loss of Doyle; it'll be good practice for the summer when he'll probably lose a few more (if we don't get promotion - and I'm sure we don't need to worry our pretty heads on that score too much).
In any organisation you have to be trying to move forward, trying to improve. I admit if I had a choice I'd see us build an even better squad and go up next season ....... but it doesn't work like that. Yeovil went up, tried hard, blew out, crashed and burned round the edges, but look at their relegation rivals Leyton Orient, missed promotion, brought in loadsa money, players used to the Championship and could take down their 4th manager of the season.
If we went up, we couldn't and shouldn't behave like Rotherham. It would be like replacing Doyle; we couldn't get a million pound man in - we have to shop for value ..... in the plain wrappings. We'd stay up and succeed or come down within our means.
My hope for Paul Cook is that if he ever did get us to the Championship we'd treat him better than Yeovil have dealt with Gary Johnson ........ if as we all secretly imagine the club couldn't sustain it.
Best manager - McGuigan.
I'd really like to know the players to chop in our squad - Banks?, Gardner?, O'Shea?, The Hump?, Chapman?, Talbot?, the nutter at left back?, Evatt for growing old?, the two youngesters off to Stalybridge?