13-02-2015, 22:25
(13-02-2015, 19:17)St Charles Owl Wrote: Personally if I was the owner and I knew that SG was not going to be the guy to take us further, then I would pay up his contract and get rid now. I would rather get a new manager in now, lets him tinker with the team, formation and tactics and give him real time information as regards to what we have and ultimately what we will need in the summer. Problem with firing a manager at the end of the season is that you have to get the new guy in straight away and then the transfer window opens on June 1st, so he will not have been able to work with the team at all.
Even though we now have money, we are not going to replace the whole team, so giving a manager a spell of games to be able to see what he has and what he needs could well be the difference between challenging next season or not!! Get SG moved on now and make a push for Lambert!!
(13-02-2015, 19:11)Towinjustonce Wrote: Yeah it just seems strange that he is gone considering he is suppose to be a great attacking prospect and we are struggling for goals. He didn't have much time to bed in but it would have seemed it would of been a match made in heaven.
I think the fact we got McGugan back meant he was surplus to requirements and Chelsea would want him to be playing most if not all the games while he is with us.
That is precisely what Derby did with McLaren 15 months ago, Boro did with Karanka and Bournemouth did with getting Howe back a year ago. They all had a few months to look at the squad, work out what needed doing well in advance of the new season.
Look where those three teams are now!
QED!
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