Most liked posts in thread: Graham Alexander should be sacked

Him staying and getting in his own players this summer makes me shudder.

 

I don't think any of us have any appetite for another managerial change, or trust in those who'd make the decision. Continuity is important, but only if you believe in what you're doing. Another change may be needed, but its not a binary question. That starting point has to be a strategy and footballing philosophy, set by a capable leader (not Rupp or Sparks). That strategy should in no way be shaped around the current manager. You then assess whether the manager is the right fit for that strategy, and if not, you make a change and be as diligent as you can to bring in, then back and support that manager so they have a chance to build and shape something.

If it were me setting that strategy, GA wouldn't be a fit for what i think we need, and I'd never have hired him.

 

Sparks hiring GA highlights this man is clueless about football or has no long term strategy for the club.

GA has to go because his style of play, tactics and formation will never give us a foundation. I see why MK sacked him so early now. He worries about the team we play rather than making sure we play to our strengths.

I wouldn’t trust him with a transfer budget. Not all that he doesn’t believe in youth players.

I see no direction under him and he could set this club back years.

Having Sparks, Rupp and GA leading this club is extremely concerning!

 

Sack Alexander, sack Rupp. sack Sparks, sack Gent, sack the players, sack the fans.
We have to stop wanting everyone sacked and let someone build something that lasts longer than a few months.
It seems Rupp is here for a while, Alexander should be allowed time to build a squad in his mould.
Sparks and Gent do need removing from the football side, both have failed for several season's.
The players we have accumulated are basically spineless and need moving on where possible, very few actually provide value for money, its not their fault though its the useless recruitment team, so we are back to Sparks, Gent and Hughes.
Rupp if he owns the club, also needs to be more hands on and visible, visiting at least once a month would be a start, bloody hell Germany is not the other side of the world.

 

Well that's one way of looking at it. The other is he's left to go to a club that will give him more financial backing than he would get at Stevenage. Shame he didn't come to Valley Parade, a good bet he'd get us promoted.

 

If it were to happen, I hope he makes a better job of the knee slide than Tyler Smith did on Tuesday night

 

Isnt that what everyone said this time last year?

 

Why??
Let him clear out the shite in the summer and get players he wants and give him a whole season.
If no improvement or no signs of an identity, then get rid.

 

Think we need to sack Gent and appoint someone who has more than the criteria of "can they car share with Cook and Gilliead?" to their scouting network.

 

Unlucky to run into the 2 best teams in the division back to back.

Just our luck! The mighty FGR and the dreaded Mansfield, no way we can compete.

 

My criticism of him today was dropping our best player of the season (Halliday) and replacing him with our best midfielder of this season in Gilliead and replacing him in midfield with a player coming back from injury(Walker) who hardly plays that position. The dropping of Cook, who is our leading goal scorer for the small in figure inconsistent Smith was also baffling just like the Kelly substitution near the end with Oyegoke in which time he was on the pitch could and should have cost us two or three goals. I don't want Alexander sacked but this game was a red flag moment for me on his management.

 

Alexander was a terrible appointment. He's a bullshit merchant, much like the charlatan that hired him and cannot walk the walk when it matters.

The worst thing we could do is give him a summer window to sign a bunch of geriatrics to play his pre historic brand of football.

 

Yeah i listened on the way home. If we hadn't sacked so many managers lately i'd have said he sounded like a dead man walking. thought he was gonna cry at one stage. Clubs completely on its arse from top to bottom.

 

Oh @wetherbywhaler understands alright.

So, basically when Sparks and whoever were complaining about Edin he wanting to do something to address the situation but now will do nothing because it doesn’t suit his agenda! He is all for the suits! Forgotten what it’s like to be a fan!

He talked about the club going under if we finish in the NL but what he fails to talk about is Ryan Sparks is killing this club and fans want him out!!

Care about the club FFS! If you want season ticket sales to improve or fans mood then Sparks needs to resign or Rupp needs to sell. Something needs to happen and quickly. Club is a mess!

 

We change managers , we change players, we change styles of play but we’re still going backwards, the constants are Rupp and Sparks. Pretty obvious where the problem lies

 

A couple of days ago I said sacking another manager wasn't really the answer to our present debacle.
But after last nights post match interview from Graham Alexander he didn't exactly inspire me with any confidence going forward whatsoever, in fact some of his actual responses to Jamie Rayner's questions fell way short in terms of what actually went on performance wise.
The squad in my opinion is too weak mentally when it matters (six wins from 20 home games is awful). Off the field, it looks a mess with supporters having no faith in the owner or the people running the club day to day. What, realistically, is going to change by installing another manager?
Absolutely nothing because the men tasked with the hiring and firing can't get it right.
I don't know what to make of our current manager and I bet I'm not the only one, fifty fifty at best.

 

I see that people are asking whether we can trust the present regime to appoint the correct manager should they actually sack Graham Alexander? The answer is a definite "NO!"
Surely though, the more pertinent question should be..... Which manager in his/her right mind would come to this car crash of a club to work under erm...... challenging conditions?

 

Gone tonight hopefully

 

There is no point sacking Alexander before Sparks has been replaced. It was hard enough to recruit a new manager after Hughes was sacked. It will be even harder if Alexander is sacked !!