taken a lot of grief the fella BUT
What, honestly do you think have been mistakes on his part? And I dont mean, not signing quality players . Realistically what more do you think he could have done, who could he have got on his budget and our position and what could he have done better with the crap position he found himself in when alan pardew (cant call him what I think) left.
I cant think off many in the current climat, for me,
Persisting with Youga, I would go with anyone else.
Playing a bit more positive, had too build on the leads we have had at Bristol and Burnley and not try to play the game out.
Signing Burton, just had to look at his record/ would rather have tried to sign a young loan player if at all possible.
Playing Dickson, He would have been witched hunted (correct term??) if he never played him/Who else is there.
Would have preferred to see Basey a bit more.
Positives for me,
Playing Elliot
Performances and effort have improved
Signings of McCevely, Murty, Soares, Ward,
JONJO SIGNING - IMO wouldnt have under Pardew
Beating Palace
Letting Kinsella get on with the team affairs on the pitch
I feel for the guy.
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But credit him with getting some pride back ...
Playing more positive - think he's worried about confidence, if we attack and then lose 2-1 instead of winning 1-0 or even drawing 1-0 it won't do the players any good. Not that it worked though.
Burton - if you watch him closely he's a decent enough footballer - just not a goalscorer, at all. I can understand why he got him in, experience and alternative to Gray.
Dickson - we don't have much else, had to play eventually.
Basey as I said will struggle against pace unfortunately.
Agree with the positives.
I can see where the board are coming from, would another manager do any better with what we have, what's available , the lack of money we have to spend?
He might be able to build a team to win promotion from League One given time. Do worry that we'll struggle to find strikers that can score regularly enough though. Keeping players like Racon and Bailey will be important - otherwise we'll have near enough a completely new midfield. We're going to have quite a new squad, keeping the better players like those two could be important.
Playing Elliot
Performances and effort have improved
Signings of McCevely, Murty, Soares, Ward,
JONJO SIGNING - IMO wouldnt have under Pardew
Beating Palace
Letting Kinsella get on with the team affairs on the pitch[/quote]
I agree with the above, but the winning, is that down to Parky or kins??
I would be happy if we signed McCeverly, Murty or Ward, but being honest I can't see them wanting to go down to the 3rd div
2 wins 5 draws 10 defeats = 11 points from 17 games
pardew this season
4 wins 4 draws 10 defeats = 16 points from 18 games
basically relegation
aaah but under Pardew we would still have hd a wee bit of hope ;-)
Basey can pass and has great set piece delivery
Youga can't do either
Basey actually looks to make a pass
Youga tries to put the ball on top of the stand
Basey is homegrown
Youga is just a clown. It is honestly embarassing to see him sometimes.
17 league games.
2 Wins
5 Draws
10 Defeats
11 Points from 51
Stats don't lie. He has been a horrendously bad. Just like everything else at the club on football side for the past 3 years.
McEveley - when he looked very promising at left back
Murty - same at right back
Fortune - centre back already our weakness
Hudson - around the same time as Fortune
Gray - Would perhaps be good alongside Dickson
Semedo - Could fill in some of the gaps above
Add to that the situation with Kandol and you have a very disruptive period.
I think we will have to be patient like Swansea and Doncaster have been. May take 3 to 5 years before we can climb out of Div 1.
Amen to that.