Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Bit of a disaster tonight, never mind though, onwards and upwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Our relegation last season was totally justified. We didn't deserve to stay up given how bad we were throughout the season. Our failure to get promoted this season will be equally deserved. We have been awful, even when we were scrapping results. An extended period in this league is quite possible, a sad state of affairs but one that is a reflection of where we are at as a club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I prefer a seething mess to a sensible post granny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabianKnight Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 So I hear Owen Coyle is available and keen on the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Time to fold IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Lowest point in our history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dregs 83 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 So I hear Owen Coyle is available and keen on the job:lol: [emoji20][emoji20][emoji20] Whether this is meant to be taken seriously or not, I don't want us to sack anymore managers or make any more rash big money signings.I'd rather have a shite club than no club. Like it or not we have to ride this one out and attempt to rebuild using very limited resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 But where does it end? 6 points from 8 games. That's relegation form. Even on our good run the football was shite. The shite management spent relatively big money on shite. It's time for him to go. Get someone else in who can motivate a team and pick a decent player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 That's an absolutely stinkin' result for United Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Hope you go out of business tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemePaynesSocks Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Hope you go out of business tbh That's just not nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Roond yi's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 8 hours ago, mishtergrolsch said: But where does it end? 6 points from 8 games. That's relegation form. Even on our good run the football was shite. The shite management spent relatively big money on shite. It's time for him to go. Get someone else in who can motivate a team and pick a decent player. Unless things change drastically over the next couple of weeks, and I don't think that they will, there is going to be a lot of discussion on the way forward for the club both on social media and IRL. Much of that will centre around the role of the manager. I hope amongst Arabs we can have a sensible debate and ignore the fringe lunatics, but the worst things get at a club the more the fringe elements are likely to attract support. Our first team squad comprises 19 players - the squad last night less Coote - plus Toshney, Spittal and Donaldson and Van der Strijk. Ray was responsible for signing ten of these players. He also signed two further players (one on loan) who have subsequently left. The purpose of this post is not to compare godd and bad signings, we have done that previously. The purpose is to emphasise the point that this is a squad largely shaped by McKinnon since his appointment. If we are not playing well he has to shoulder a large part of the blame. Whatever happens we have a huge number of players out of contract in the summer; is McKinnon the right guy to identify new players and rebuild the squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 24 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Unless things change drastically over the next couple of weeks, and I don't think that they will, there is going to be a lot of discussion on the way forward for the club both on social media and IRL. Much of that will centre around the role of the manager. I hope amongst Arabs we can have a sensible debate and ignore the fringe lunatics, but the worst things get at a club the more the fringe elements are likely to attract support. Our first team squad comprises 19 players - the squad last night less Coote - plus Toshney, Spittal and Donaldson and Van der Strijk. Ray was responsible for signing ten of these players. He also signed two further players (one on loan) who have subsequently left. The purpose of this post is not to compare godd and bad signings, we have done that previously. The purpose is to emphasise the point that this is a squad largely shaped by McKinnon since his appointment. If we are not playing well he has to shoulder a large part of the blame. Whatever happens we have a huge number of players out of contract in the summer; is McKinnon the right guy to identify new players and rebuild the squad? No. Track record says no anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 How long will TBS give McKinnon? Can you afford (in a financial and continuity sense) to keep changing managers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 10 hours ago, Zing. said: The Edge Your obviously resigned to another couple of seasons of midtable championship obscurity if your signing him on a two year deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 11 minutes ago, Rugster said: How long will TBS give McKinnon? Can you afford (in a financial and continuity sense) to keep changing managers? Can we afford not to? Our existing problems stem from McNamara being kept on when he should have been punted at the end of the 2015/16 season. The impact of that decision resulted in us bringing in another manager who wasted huge amounts of money on emergency type players in an attempt to bolster McNamara's pitiful squad. Had we replaced McNamara when we should have we would have had a wider choice of managers and not been in a situation where we were bringing in someone to deal with a crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Just now, Granny Danger said: Can we afford not to? Our existing problems stem from McNamara being kept on when he should have been punted at the end of the 2015/16 season. The impact of that decision resulted in us bringing in another manager who wasted huge amounts of money on emergency type players in an attempt to bolster McNamara's pitiful squad. Had we replaced McNamara when we should have we would have had a wider choice of managers and not been in a situation where we were bringing in someone to deal with a crisis. Hanging onto McNamara for as long as you did from an outsiders point of view was absolute lunacy, I can only imagine how bad it must have been for a DU supporter seeing what he was getting away with! Would you take Yogi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Changing manager every season (and during) is a disastrous policy. As a club we are in a downward spiral and this season is now a write off. All we can do is hunker down, give Ray time and aim for a bit of stability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 I choose to remain optimistic. I think we can still stay up this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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