Should Tisdale stay or go?

Topper I haven't suggested Tisdale is Starnes's mate just intimated that he fits in well at the cosy club. Off course you can put a CEO under scrutiny at any age, the leader of the free world is in his late 70's ffs! Do you really think Wael would light a fire under Starnes, Widdrington and Gorringe for not performing in their role? From the outside it appears you get elevated into a higher position regardless of performance as long as your a friendly face or suit the presidential agenda!

That's no different than most small businesses, if Wael wouldn't fund paying upwards of £500K to take a gamble on the likes of Duff and Flynn, after paying their present clubs compensation and offering them a 2+ years contract, then Tisdale seemed the best choice of out of work managers, nothing really to do with the old boys network.

Even now the next best choice seems Hargreaves and Widdrington or Grimsby failure Holloway.

You are right and I was one of many baying for his dismissal, but we all learnt from that experience so Garner was given the same chance and failed. 
I honestly don't think another manager would do any better with the playing staff even if there was someone daft enough to put their reputation on the line to even try.

I seem to be in a minority in giving him 3 games.
The reason I went for that is because
- if he can't change the attitude of the players he is sticking on the pitch in 3 games he isn't going to do it in 30 games and he won't be able to change or bring in personnel until the end of the season
- he will be stuck with a lot of these players next season, if he can't change them now, how can he do that next year
- if the players attitude is negative then he has to bring in other players from the squad who want to play and have a different attitude, he has 43 to pick from
- even if the players introduced aren't the best, dropping people like Ehmer or Grant etc will get them focussed. After all, if we go down, when their contracts end other clubs aren't going to rush to sign them, there is only out of the league to go....
- if, as some say, these players don't want to play for PT, then we don't want another Penney situation arising. We would know in 3 games if that is the case.
- in the next 3 games we should be able to at least draw them or win 1, if he can't motivate them and get a result then there is nowhere else to go. Unless of course you are happy to accept relegation as a cert!

The only ones to judge Tisdale are the ones who employed him and they know how he is handling this situation day to day and whether he has lost the changing room or not.

The reality is that despite everything that has been said this is not just about winning football matches but is about winning Leagues, getting promoted and becoming sustainable - the bigger picture as well as the short term.

Before Tisdale signed up - the Board commented that the new manager would have to work with the existing backroom staff and inside a set structure. He has taken time to look at things and admitted after the recent transfer window that the club would need to review why we didnt make the signings. He is unlikely to criticise his bosses in public even if he believes them to be at fault.

He has never once criticised Ben Garner or any of his signings but has tried to work with them. The fact that he brought Abs Ogogo back shows the difference in mindset between the 2 managers.

There are no doubt some players who came to us because of the BG dream and maybe they feel let down and de-motivated.

The reality is that he now needs to be ruthless and pick a team of character, of fighters rather than skill. It would be wrong to let Tisdale go now as i feel that we are going to find out what he is made of. Only the owners will truly understand what is going on behind the scene and we need to rely on them making the right decisions.

I am not saying that Tis is the right man as i simply dont know enough about what is going on behind the scenes.

We may feel crap because of what we are seeing but we didn't plough £18 million into the team for absolutely no reward. I am sure that the Owner will do what needs to be done to turn this around

I guess whoever we have in charge can't please everyone unless he's winning games, if he isn't the there'll always be the same set of fans finding something to moan about, G365 for one has been critical of at least the last 3 managers,

I don’t think he got it in him to do any whining especially when he’s a yes man.

We don't (which is why I put 'istm' in my post). It seems to me he would have wanted to bring in as decent a striker as possible, and the fact that we didn't was probably down to forces not under his control. I mean, we could have lined up a decent striker who could do the job, but PT decided that, after all, he didn't want one, or didn't rate him. But that doesn't really feel like a realistic interpretation.

Are you able to imagine a realistic series of events where the poor window was down to PT?

The problem any manager has currently is the lack of time training and coaching the players.
The tues/wed and saturday games leave on small windows.

I suggest sticking to a very simple formula ,dont change formations unless you have to.
Give the players chance to learn and do the jobs the manager requires.

Repetition of routines makes them second nature ,everyone knows what to do and when.
Its how small squads of limited ability achieve results beter yhan they should.