rob9872
Well-Known Member
We were only close because of Pompey's deduction and are actually completely buried by 6 or 7 points plus a potentially wider gap after tomorrow, thta's not falling just short.
Thorn has failed miserably, but then so have the rest of his backroom team, the players, the board and the owners. Everyone connected with the club has collectively under-achieved, but without the tools to do the job we never really had a chance. Thorn shouldn't escape blame he made some glaring errors, particularly early on in the season, but then had he been backed and had thequality available he would probably have got through those mistakes without being highlighted quite so much. That said, I wouldn't change him. He is now more experienced, makes less mistakes and has a more experienced squad in terms of the promoted teenagers now playing at a lower level.
I think if he is given a fair chance (and by that I mean a competing budget) then he deserves to be given a chance to succeed. It will offer the young players who do seem to respect him, some stability and lets face it, without real investment who are we going likely to attract to the job? Some journeyman on too much money that we can't afford, someone who will want more budget than he will be allowed or more raw inexperience. Stick with him until Christmas and then see where we are.
Thorn has failed miserably, but then so have the rest of his backroom team, the players, the board and the owners. Everyone connected with the club has collectively under-achieved, but without the tools to do the job we never really had a chance. Thorn shouldn't escape blame he made some glaring errors, particularly early on in the season, but then had he been backed and had thequality available he would probably have got through those mistakes without being highlighted quite so much. That said, I wouldn't change him. He is now more experienced, makes less mistakes and has a more experienced squad in terms of the promoted teenagers now playing at a lower level.
I think if he is given a fair chance (and by that I mean a competing budget) then he deserves to be given a chance to succeed. It will offer the young players who do seem to respect him, some stability and lets face it, without real investment who are we going likely to attract to the job? Some journeyman on too much money that we can't afford, someone who will want more budget than he will be allowed or more raw inexperience. Stick with him until Christmas and then see where we are.