Wouldn’t be surprised if new manager in summer

It should always have been a case of re-assessing things in the summer.

 

Rightly or wrongly, I believe the interest from another club prompted Sparks to offer them the permanent deals when they did, rather than wait until the summer.

 

Should have always given these fellas a deal until the end of the season.

Let's see if they turn it round

 

What interest from what other club?

 

Is this the Trueman & Sellers out thread..... please say it is.. please

I think there needs to be a new manager in... someone who knows what they want and knows WTF they're doing.
These two are copy and paste of McCall.
And we need to shift a lot more shit players out.. the rot has set in and it needs digging out. This club needs to be ruthless this summer. Starting with Richard O'Donnell

 

Bristol Rovers, allegedly, that rumour from an employee at the club

 

Thanks...wasn't aware of that.

 

Its easy to post emotionally whether you win or lose. It colours your view of the game.

However if we're honest, the last 4 or 5 performances have been very similar to the previous 6 or 7. When we won games, we weren't 'convincing' but we won games based on what we did in either box. We were defending very well, we looked mean and organised and we were keeping clean sheets regularly. And we were fairly clinical. We've gone back to defending our box very poorly and not taking the chances we do create. We've had as many chances tonight as any game under T&S, despite not playing particularly well.

I don't know whether T&S are ready for a longer term gig, beyond this season. But we need to take stock and make measured decisions. The squad needs a fair turnaround. RoD, AoC, Wood, Donaldson, Pritchard, Clarke, probably Evans too, all need to move on. We need 7 or 8 new players in the summer. Only POC, Stauntom, Canavan, Watt, Vernam, Rowe look like they have real roles to play. Sutton as a squaddie, Crankshaw needs more time but he doesn't look all that. One of Cook or Novak for next season probably. But we're a long way short of being promotion ready and its not going to happen overnight.

 

Hopefully T&S are learning, we were great , solid and clinical and the run wasn't a fluke but we've suddenly run out of steam, teams know where to stifle us, and we don't have the squad to make changes when needed.

with the right additions i dont think our squad is a long way short of promotion, but we are short by half a dozen players.

the deadwood needs to go, O’Donnell. Wood, Donaldson, Pritchard, Clarke. Let our recruitment head work some magic. Get a few mobile brick shot houses in the middle of the park.

 

Yet some were actually saying they need signing up on a longer contract as other teams were paying attention to the great run they got us on, absolute nonsense, I've not given up on the new lads but they cant keep on telling us the team have bought into the formation.
The daft thing was when we went with three at the back and 5 in midfield we created havoc in the Scunthorpe defense, when asked why didn't he do it earlier he said because we were creating chances, we were 2 - 0 down after 59 minutes with nothing to lose, that to me is what most fans would have been happy with, imagine 30 minutes still to play and putting the Scunthorpe back four under the cosh as we did from the 73 and 89th minute.

 

Stuart deserves a go with this squad.

It’s far better than when he was here.

 

They must use the time left this season to show they can turn this around. As I’ve said previously, we must finish the season on the up. I also mentioned that flogging players game after game would be detrimental in the long run. I’d be happy to see 2 steps back and 3 steps forward if they were trying different things. Stick to this formation and performances don’t improve then I think we’ll be looking for a new manager come October.

 

Wow.

 

What a thread these two got us out of a massive hole and fully deserved their contract as the big majority of posters on here wanted.
The January window was always the start of the rebuild to be continued and enhanced in the summer oh how quickly people forget .

 

We were never going down.

It’s not about getting us out of a hole. It’s about can they really take us to where we want to be?

I don’t see why we just didn’t give them a control until the end of the season. Never understand why the massive rush in offering them a long term contract.

Madness!

 

What are you talking about?

We were very definitely going down.

If we'd played the rest of the season with Donaldson, Mottley Henry, and Austin Samuels as our attacking 'threat', we'd be in non league for sure.

 

We were not going down.

Not saying McCall going wasn’t the correct decision because it was but T & S only did things you would have done.

 

their primary objective will of been to keep us up. they have more or less done that. Right now they are making some very naive mistakes but perhaps with a summer window under their belts, and with the right players, we’l see what they are truly capable of. Regardless of the recent results; I reckon they wont be going anywhere till some time next season at least

 

I could have kept Bradford City up and as could you.

If that was their primary objective then that is a poor one. What is their objective now? What will be next season? In my eyes it’s automatic promotion only.

You say they are making naive mistakes but let’s just see what happens. What is this?

if they are not the right people to take us up then we would be foolish not to get them help or let them learn off another.