sorry don but I have got to disagree with some of that........
A lot of the writing was already on the wall pre season ....... the squad wasnt going to perform to any great standard under AT and in those first three games we got points inspite of the performances. If anything 3 points flattered us. Your confidence in At's promotion push i just can not share. I do not think AT had the hard edge or flexibility of thought to do that .... but thats my opinion.
I agree CCFC should not have taken 3 games to sack AT............. they should have sacked him last May and got a new man in to build the squad over the summer. It isnt we have gone back a year in planning ........... there wasnt really a plan in the first place! Planning means identifying strengths and weaknesses, working to protect strengths and to overcome weakness, putting structure in place, defining goals and how to achieve them, knowing how to react to changing circumstances ......... none of which were evident. For example we all knew that we lacked pace in the team........ nothing done to change that, we all knew that we lacked a leader in the middle of the park ....... precious little done to change that etc etc
Do the players all like MR ..... probably not, there are 37 different players all with their own opinions it would be silly to think that all players had the same opinion of MR. I would suspect the biggest problems are the ones who have been taken out of their comfort zones by the new regime. Not before time have they been told a few home truths and their complacent worlds shaken. Will that translate into immediate results - no ...... it has taken seasons to get to the situation it wont change in 5 weeks and it will be a bumpy ride.
I agree the selection process took too long ......... TF and SW can bluster all they like but so far their own performance has not been above average, certainly hasnt been decisive and sure isnt transparent. They have to share the blame for the current position we are in much more so than MR but no less than AT
As I understand it McG was brought in because of RS not AT. Of course MR wants his own lot in .......... given the standards and results of the squad he has been landed with so would I, it is clear many players are simply not up to the job mentally, some physically.
I think SISU have messed up again, not actually controlled appropriate to the situation and reacted far too slowly....... TF & SW have allowed the finances to suffer signing too many players, been indecisive in management decisions, spent money to the extent it will be hard to spend in january without significant trading ( who is going to want some of our squad ........ case in point Clingan, when he went he was hailed as one of our star players, has he got a long term contract yet (has he got a deal?) ?). I suspect that finances are not hitting budget .... income down and wages too high. We are still the basket case we have always been, wasting money, planning badly, executing any plan very poorly.
The result of which is growing dis interest in all things Sky Blue. Part of that disinterest is because of the football AT had us playing ..... sterile risk averse slow keep ball around our box with a long diagonal 50:50 out ball ....... did we ever really play a consistent high standard under AT ? Let alone in the first 3 games. We always look(ed) vulnerable, last year it was because of the kids apparently, this year it has to be because of the squad AT assembled. In reality it was because the muddled AT thinking didnt know how to get the best from the squad and didnt cure the stand out problems of pace and leadership
Yes a lot of the disinterest is the poor results this season ....... always going to be the case..... but it is hard to blame MR considering the squad he has been landed with, and all the things lacking in the squad that every tom dick and harry in sky blue can see........ so who created that situation ?
Personally I am as worried about the whole situation as i ever was.
just my opinion
