Most liked posts in thread: Sack Collins now before it's too late. Sack him!

"Formations are irrelevant" good god what an absolutely ridiculous thing to say.

Get him out now

 

Are the players actually that bad? The first eleven should be doing better than this

 

And its a matter we had a clear answer to over the summer.

Edin had half a season's grace last year thanks to McCall's success.

When it fell apart, he packed his silly little practices away (partially) and brought in someone who understands how to manage a club - but Grayson couldn't halt our downward spiral.

This season, that period of grace has lasted four games - and I doubt any good manager will rescue us from Edin's mess.

This club will be ruined by this guy.

Let's get him out before we're trying to regain our League One status (or worse).

Stefan, pull the plug please.

This era is over.

 

I’m inclined to agree but I don’t think any manager could turn this bunch of excuses for footballers into a team. Edin has messed up big time, it’s him that needs to go

 

If it helps, I’ve been a negative and critical bastard for about 14 months straight. No mood swinging here.

 

I've just heard Collins say that he can accept poor performances as long as there is effort, WTF!!!!!..You are not managing the under 18's now, you are managing a decent sized club in league 1 with a very expectant and large fanbase
Collins refused to answer Jason's question about why Killa not involved again. Sorry Mr Collins, thats very poor, the fans need answers

 

Poor pre season and a poor start to the season totally out of his depth, don’t blame him but he should never have been given the job in he first place, hope I am proven wrong.

 

FFS will you and everyone else stop it with the 98/99 season comparisons? This is more like the start of the season Jacko had. Palace fired their manager after four games and no points last season. That’s ballsy and it worked. Grayson couldn’t undo the rot last season, leave it too long and we could be relegated.

 

I don't like Collins. He comes across as very arrogant and stubborn and I think he's clueless and way out of his depth. And I can see signs that the players have already given up on him despite what some of them say to fill up the back page of the T&A. And his treatment of Killa is clearly on the instructions of Rahic which makes him a puppet to my mind. But he's not the problem, merely a symptom. I don't believe we'll get anywhere (except League 2) until the Germans leave the club, but how is that to be achieved? Would they sell up if the fans at home games turn against them? Will a consrtium persuade them to go? If Collins continues to fail, as he surely will, can Rahic sack him without losing face? These are potentially desperate times.

 

Its taken just four games to get us back to where we were in the second half of last season. Still lightweight in terms of quality squad numbers, team playing with no idea of what they are supposed to be doing after an abysmal pre season, this on the back of Rahic appointing a management duo with no football league first team managerial experience who never applied for the job in the first place, not even as assistants. What could go wrong eh?

 

When are people allowed to be worried? . When we are 10 - 15 points off the pace ?
. Most supporters can see the writing on the wall after only 3 games .

 

Are you for real? Are you seriously that blinded by your edin tinted specs? Even under his new guidelines of a head coach wanting to promote youth he interviewed for 6 weeks only to promote someone who was a part time coach who had an appalling record with our own youth team. And you think that's because he was better than all those interviewed? No he wasn't, the word is out amongst the football world about how our owner behaves and we have our Cellino and now we have our Hockaday.

 

My worry was always whether the trio of Collins, Drury & Abbott were capable in a matchday scenario. They might be the best coaches Monday to Friday but what can they do to make an impact during the 90mins. Obviously the players aren't likely to say otherwise but this is proving to be the case with positive messages coming out regarding the work on the training pitch, but its yet to bring much result on a matchday when it matters.

That said, it still feels early to be demanding change and I don't think Edin is near considering it yet. He would look foolish after the six week hunt to fire him less than four weeks into the season. I'd also say that Collins has to be given the time to prove he can cope. We can see the frustrations and limitations with the setup so surely he and Drury/Abbott can as well, what does he/they have in him to rectify it.

It feels ridiculous to consider the next two home games as vital but I think they are. Over previous years we've had early season home games that have arguably set the tone, a spirited win over Fleetwood in the history makers season, the late win against Port Vale in the first play off season, the thrilling win against Coventry in the second play off season - what have this lot got in them to set the tone? If they can't win over the crowd against Burton & Wycombe then I fear it could be lasting damage for the coaching staff and players.

 

You know what Ronnie, at first I felt sorry for him, wondering how he'd cope with the pressure in his first job and was he up to it.

Four games in and having seen him sat on the bench whilst the players are still in the dressing room at half time, having heard the quote about the game being lost at 0/0, him not having the balls to at least put Kilgallon on the bench (whatever the back story is) and finally having heard that bizarre comment yesterday about "when we choose to bring him back into the squad then I no longer have any sympathy for any of them.

Anything less than four points from the next two matches and I want them all gone. Simple as that, Edin has made a massive mistake that he will have to admit to and Collins has allowed himself to be promoted way way beyond his capability. Drury has just gone along with it to save his job and Abbott has either stabbed his mate in the back and found a way around it appearing so, or has been a bigger fool than the cone heads put together.

Four points absolute minimum from the next home games two and six from the next four.

 

If he doesn't go before the loan deadline we'll be in the same situation as when Grayson took over. A new manager being unable to bring in who he needs. Edin must bite the bullet and ditch all three this week.

There's such a disconnect between coaches, players and fans that the atmosphere at home, is becoming one of dread and fear. We had this before Parky rocked up and it'll take a similar character to turn it around.

Unfortunately the owners won't work with anybody more popular than themselves.

 

Stupid gamble in the first place he was set up to fail by an ego maniac, we are in for a relegation fight with the set up