Most liked posts in thread: When do we start to question Hopkin?

The 2 signings HE’S made walk into this side. One of which was unavailable last night.

You keep banging on about him knowing what he was walking into and I’ve explained why he could only have limited information.

You’re just one of those fans who complain that things aren’t good enough and want change, but offer no alternative solution.

We’re bottom because of the quality of the squad, not the quality of the Manager.

 

This is just simply not true.
What if we draw with Plymouth and all the other bottom teams lose on Saturday?
What if we lose to Plymouth but then win our other three December games?
There are so many possible scenarios. Of course it would be good to win at Plymouth but it's not the end of the road if we don't. Points are points, whoever they are gained against.

The odds are against us staying up. But others have done it from similar positions. Obviously bringing in some better players in January is vital.

 

Can we maintain tonight's level of performance against lesser teams than Peterborough? I think we can and I think our new assistant coach is going to make a difference.Survival here we come!

 

He was woeful tonight. Lost ball every time didn’t he? Then missed a pen. Akpan played well tbf and should keep his place.

 

So we can only debate if we agree with you? You're right, there's no point.

 

This hasn’t aged well.

 

Christ sake its just a turn of phrase man. Yesterday was classed as a ‘must win’ because its a team in our half of the table that could be a potential relegation candidate. Had we not won yesterday we would be back on the bottom and running out of games and Rochdale would have been 12 points clear of us. Of course no game is a ‘must win’ but fans see certain games at certain points of the season that could possibly define the rest of the season.

 

A great display yesterday and our two recent home games against Walsall and Scunthorpe and also a good performance at Sunderland where we should have got something out of the game.
The one massive factor in these recent performances have been Payne, Ball and O'Brien they have lifted the bar and the others Doyle Miller, and the likes have done what they do best, this is not knocking the other squad players but if you can't see what those three offer to our team I have to question your football knowledge, trying to keep these three till the end of the season would be a massive plus, signing Ball and Payne would lay down a marker. so I have to agree with @Idlebantam.

 

Bearing in mind you have discredited nearly all of the squad of players at Hopkin’s disposal, I’d say he’s doing a miraculous job.

You didn’t rate any of the back 4 (prior to Caddis signing), didn’t rate any of the midfield other than Lewis O’Brien, and only rated Payne in an attacking sense. He’s still having to pick those same players and yet he’s getting results.
I’d suggest that IS “proving himself”. Surely if he’s getting wins from the players you thought weren’t good enough for L2, he must be God?

 

And this just sums up why you’re considered a joke on here. You’re just a walking contradiction. You start by agreeing that you only rate 4 players but then suggest the players/squad shouldn’t be in the bottom 4...! Why not, if only 4 of them are “ok at this level”, which must mean the others are less than ok?

I’ll say it again, if you only rate 4 of the players, I’d suggest Hopkin is a miracle worker to be picking up points and almost getting a draw at Sunderland and against Pompey.

 

A couple of choices he made were poor but that’s a nonsense.

Today was always going to be tough and highly likely to result in defeat.

Like the Sunderland game, we just dust this one off and focus on the games that are more likely to yield points.

 

I thought we missed JOB yesterday too. The decision to not keep him may come back to haunt us if we don’t strengthen in that area

 

Whats the idea bringing Miller on with a minute left of normal time? Waste of a substitution.

 

The only part of the club you could describe as basket case now is the playing side, Rupp has no knowledge of football but has been Honorable in financing the club and saying he would finance new signings in the January window so no problems there, Rhodes has experience of running the club and has stabilised the running of the club from the management side but again has no knowledge of football, Both of these rely on the team manager to decide what we need to improve a poor side and to identify the players and positions we need, He has been woeful in doing this in saying the positions we need then not signing players to improve us in those positions and then signing players we do not need and some with woeful injury records, The truth is the basket case you describe is in charge of team matters and that is where we are failing

 

Just a few points for those saying how poor we've been lately:

Wycombe have won 7 of their last 10 home games so a draw there was arguably good result.

Fleetwood have only conceded 14 goals away from home this season. While not brilliant going forward, they were exceptionally well organised and disciplined when defending - possibly the best we'll see this year. They were also very good at extensive time-wasting right from the start but without making it obvious and getting everyone booked. They were lucky to get all the points from us in a dire game which could easily have gone the other way.

Plymouth have been on a good run, losing only one of their last 9 - that one being away to ... Wycombe.


I'd argue that, but for a little luck, we actually equalled these three teams, who are 10th, 12th and 16th, which makes our recent performances very average/mid-table for League 1. The previous 7 games saw 10 points which is also very average. Our last 10 games arguably saw 2 unlucky losses - Fleetwood and Sunderland. (They probably made up for 2 lucky wins under Collins.) We've got 12 points from the last 10, with a -1 goal difference, but arguably 14 points with +1 might have been fair. It's all very mid-table stuff. Is it too late? Maybe. Can we do better than that? Maybe. We have yet to see Butterfield's quality shine and he and Clarke both arguably add to our limited goalscoring power so far this season.

Should we turn on the manager for recent mid-table form but for a little bad luck? No. It would be harsh. He is dealing with problems left by another's budget misspending, and now is not the time. I think fans should take a deep breath, keep calm, and keep behind Hopkin and the team.

 

It's called Banter mate! All good fun, and what makes this forum what it is. Would be awfully boring if everyone on here had the same views, or didn't challenge those who don't.
Imagine Man City forums and the people on there. All in agreement about how great Pep is, how great the team is and how great it is to be winning all the time. How nice. How boring. At least we don't have that problem!

 

Do one Hopkin. He was a big waste of money as a player for us, and he is even worse as a manager

 

Well let’s not get into the habit of sacking managers. We have 4 this year not one of them have been able to turn our fortunes, so for better or worse he has to stay warts and all. He is a gutsy manager and we are going to need that and hopefully that ethic can be passed on,