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Apparently, he has done his bit by sacking Cox – and the missing 1,000 fans MUST now return.
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Good riddance!
Sigh of relief – his handling of two almost totally different squads has been lamentable.
These players aren’t dross – they are merely ordinary: they needed modelling, encouraging, teaching and – on occasions – booting up the rear.
Tactically, this man’s ineptitude has never been matched at our club.
We now need a tough guy in to do the business.
I’ll wager there has been a dozen former league managers applying in the last hour – and quite possibly forty more by teatime tomorrow.
These are guys who think that they might never again get a league berth. Loads to choose from.
There always are, Ferrite – even with Swanny in charge.3 users thanked author for this post.
WG – if memory serves.
In the last decade, is there any worse record, anywhere in the entire EFL, where a patently unsuccessful manager has managed to hang onto his job for this length of time?
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Insipid, lack-lustre and utterly dismal in picking out of team mates with passes.
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For the sake of all pity – don’t rant in the survey. It can and will be used against those who do – and those who don’t will still find themselves tainted by it.
Toned down, carefully argued, no ad hominem attacks.
Simple, straightforward, logical and without any sense of bitterness, please.
You know it makes sense!Abuse will NOT improve the situation. Politeness may not help but at least, it won’t make matters even worse.
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You are showing your age!
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I set the bait for who would be the first to make that comment Alcy … and
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On the pitch – a few green shoots are starting to appear.
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I agree wholeheartedly – having always tried to support Rory, even when some wanted him hanged by the goolies til blue-faced.
I may also have been the only person to support Hippo who was due to face ritual evisceration.
A few fans seem to enjoy and wallow in failure. Players need encouragement whenever possible.
There are players in this squad who are young and inexperienced – often slammed but they are developing.9 users thanked author for this post.
Did well. More a question of being a bit jittery at the end rather than surrendering possession as we did at Barrow.
Hippo’s best game. A clear 8.
GK another 9.
Millen an 8.
Hackney starting to get what he’s supposed to be doing – at last
Players coming back – a cause for a little optimism.
I had no problem with the manager today.12 users thanked author for this post.
I predict an Iron victory.
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With a forward to hold up the ball and some leadership in CM this team is fine. Maybe even good enough for 14th to 16th.
Surely, anyone who witnessed the two halves at Barrow will see: a) What can be done with these players and b) How not to play them.This site brought attention this week to the dangers of playing a narrow five in midfield.
Guess what we did in the 2nd half! The logic in ceding control of the game totally escapes me.The main reason we didn’t lose was that Barrow held onto the ball and kept playing around the outside of our box and they ignored dozens of opportunities to swing crosses in.
Winning the first half 2 – 0 would have been fair to us – winning the second half 6 – 0 was there for Barrow to claim.
Incidentally, if players are unwell – they can feel unwell covering the flanks rather than feeling unwell and playing narrow.
Our main problem remains the poor management of the team resources. With a half decent manager, this lot would have been a good half dozen places higher up the table.
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We controlled the first half and let them pass the ball in their own half and on the halfway line. Hence the huge imbalance in possession first half. I may dare suggest that we controlled the half.
Repeating this tactic in the second would have probably won us the game – but the whole attitude changed. Defend deep! Abject surrender of the ball and position. This game was there to be won and it feels like a defeat.
Fair dos to the defenders – great effort. I was close to giving my first ever 10 to a keeper but finally gave Rory a 9.
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We KNOW, because we KNOW because we’ve seen it all before!
I am displeased!
Was that a new record for defending ultra deep? We surrendered territory as if it didn’t matter.BRILLIANT GK kept us in the game – but would all those saves been needed if we’d not sat back defending around the penalty spot.
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Wind back about a month and the team played as it had done previously – a bit of heart and no real thoughts that the match could be won.
Three appalling match-changing decisions/non-decisions by the ref had me reminiscing about the first third of last season when reffing had hit a new low.
There was much to like. I watched the game with a now ex-supporter who knew nothing about the team. A man steeped in league football from within the game, he criticised no Iron player – coming the nearest to doing so with O’Malley. He applauded Rory, Hippo and Loft and showed astonishment that Pugh is not an auto pick.
Effectively a neutral now, he was not displeased with the efforts of either players or Cox.
I needed someone I trust to look at us afresh for me.
The conclusions were that we are a CB short; we need leadership in CM and we need a player in the style of Paul Hayes or similar.
If I read him right – we are three players away from being a decent team – and just two if we can muddle by with 3 CBs.
My thoughts were that we created some good chances and were thwarted by a super goalkeeping display.
Barrow awaits.
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To see the Iron relegated or go under would tarnish the chairman’s reputation throughout football – which is of relatively little importance, I suppose.
But I am sure that he would not want to see the Swann name vilified beyond football and into the business sphere which would be an inevitable consequence.
People who wreck community assets can quickly become pariahs – even in what can sometimes be a shark-eat-shark world.By whatever means possible, he now has to attempt to resolve this mess – and very quickly. I would imagine that his entire credibility is now at stake.
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