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Post by peterhooper57 on Sept 25, 2024 9:50:18 GMT
Happy to kick back and give the fella 10/15 games; massive game on Saturday, for me Wycombe looked really good against a second string Villa team last night. Two home games, two wins, will move the team in right direction. Cannot afford to lose both and slip into the bottom four, the next three games including Burton are all winnable, 7 points should be achievable.
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Post by yattongas on Sept 25, 2024 10:13:38 GMT
Happy to kick back and give the fella 10/15 games; massive game on Saturday, for me Wycombe looked really good against a second string Villa team last night. Two home games, two wins, will move the team in right direction. Cannot afford to lose both and slip into the bottom four, the next three games including Burton are all winnable, 7 points should be achievable. Agree with giving him 10-15 games , 4-5 points should be enough to keep him out of trouble job wise over the next 3 games. Anything less and the pressure will start to build. |
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Post by buktaboy on Sept 25, 2024 12:21:02 GMT
Lose again on Saturday and drop into the bottom four then I don't think the owners will be as patient as some posters on here...
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Sept 25, 2024 12:47:19 GMT
The next two games look very tough to me.
Wycombe have scored 2 goals in every league game so far and only lost two games - both 3-2 to the teams currently first and second in the league (Wrexham & Birmingham).
And Charlton are 4th and have kept four clean sheets - conceding just five goals in their first seven games.
Goes without saying that we’re gonna need to improve massively on our last two performances to get anything out of either of these games.
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Post by pucklegas on Sept 25, 2024 13:23:51 GMT
We cannot continue to keep sacking managers, Cardiff have had 14 in 12 years someone mentioned on the radio, Sir Alex and more recently arteta were under pressure.
This was never going to be an easy transition, so many changes of personnel.
We cannot afford to be relegated, and early season wins were against poor opposition.
If you sack Matt, who realistically comes in, always liked Kevin Maher but think we need to give Matt until Christmas to sort this out, if the owners feel they can afford another managerial gamble.
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Post by gasheadontour on Sept 25, 2024 17:19:31 GMT
It is normal business practice for clubs to have a contingency plan aware of who else is available as they could lose a successful manager to another club or have to sack one that's unsuccessful.
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 25, 2024 19:01:12 GMT
We cannot continue to keep sacking managers, Cardiff have had 14 in 12 years someone mentioned on the radio, Sir Alex and more recently arteta were under pressure. This was never going to be an easy transition, so many changes of personnel. We cannot afford to be relegated, and early season wins were against poor opposition. If you sack Matt, who realistically comes in, always liked Kevin Maher but think we need to give Matt until Christmas to sort this out, if the owners feel they can afford another managerial gamble. "we can't afford to keep sacking managers" & "we can't afford to be relegated" Unfortunately if we don't sack MT we might well be relegated. MT has now been at the club since early December 2023 and once the honeymoon period ended it's been virtually downhill since. The next two, possibly three, games are crucial as they are all potentially winnable and MT has a virtually injury free squad. The owners should make it clear to MT and his players, who I assume joined the club because he was our manager, that they need to now get a minimum of 5 points from the next 3 games, along with vastly improved performances. |
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Post by wallywalters on Sept 25, 2024 19:05:50 GMT
The next two games look very tough to me. Wycombe have scored 2 goals in every league game so far and only lost two games - both 3-2 to the teams currently first and second in the league (Wrexham & Birmingham). And Charlton are 4th and have kept four clean sheets - conceding just five goals in their first seven games. Goes without saying that we’re gonna need to improve massively on our last two performances to get anything out of either of these games. I watched Wycombe last night v villa and they are comfortably better than us in our current form. League one this year is without doubt the best I've seen it and sides havnt even started to hit the ground running yet. These next 2 home games are very tough fixtures. Ive gone from thinking we will be mid table ISH this season to now worrying that there are signs we are going to be a lot worse than mid table. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 25, 2024 19:22:41 GMT
Wycombe are potentially a top 6/8 club, we have to worry more about the likes of Orient & Exeter, both our transfer spending and playing budget this season probably exceeds those clubs, so we should be at least matching them performance wise.
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Post by yattongas on Sept 25, 2024 19:34:49 GMT
Wycombe are potentially a top 6/8 club, we have to worry more about the likes of Orient & Exeter, both our transfer spending and playing budget this season probably exceeds those clubs, so we should be at least matching them performance wise. Always annoys me that Exeter invariably finish above us and beat us often . Still think we’re a bigger club than them but maybe I’m fooling myself. |
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Post by aghast on Sept 25, 2024 21:35:41 GMT
We cannot continue to keep sacking managers, Cardiff have had 14 in 12 years someone mentioned on the radio, Sir Alex and more recently arteta were under pressure. This was never going to be an easy transition, so many changes of personnel. We cannot afford to be relegated, and early season wins were against poor opposition. If you sack Matt, who realistically comes in, always liked Kevin Maher but think we need to give Matt until Christmas to sort this out, if the owners feel they can afford another managerial gamble. "we can't afford to keep sacking managers" & "we can't afford to be relegated" The owners should make it clear to MT and his players, who I assume joined the club because he was our manager, that they need to now get a minimum of 5 points from the next 3 games, along with vastly improved performances. Or what? They'll sack him and the squad? |
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Post by gasify on Sept 26, 2024 7:32:45 GMT
"we can't afford to keep sacking managers" & "we can't afford to be relegated" The owners should make it clear to MT and his players, who I assume joined the club because he was our manager, that they need to now get a minimum of 5 points from the next 3 games, along with vastly improved performances. Or what? They'll sack him and the squad?There you have it. The absolute main thing that is wrong with football. A player that is not performing cannot be sacked due to club having to write off the transfer fee. Whereas any other business you would be able to manage that person out. My suggestion would be for the player to have to return 50% of salary or transfer fee if they don't perform. |
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Post by Gassy on Sept 26, 2024 10:08:19 GMT
Should really get his 10 games, 7 is too little really. We've had a tough start to the season, but Pirates stats are pretty damning. A couple of winnable games coming up in the next few weeks, get 6 points from the next 3 and we're looking at probably 11th after 10 games which would be a pretty solid start IMO. Personally I’d give him at least 15 games Hard to disagree, but if we lose the next 3/4 games comfortably then I don’t see how that’s possible tbh |
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Post by yattongas on Sept 26, 2024 10:12:07 GMT
Personally I’d give him at least 15 games Hard to disagree, but if we lose the next 3/4 games comfortably then I don’t see how that’s possible tbh Obvs four tankings and it’s a different picture. Think they’ll give him time though as they’ve invested heavily in this project. Either Taylor is useless and can’t get a tune out of talented players or George Friend is useless and has signed a load of duds. |
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Post by bambergashead on Sept 26, 2024 11:27:40 GMT
Hard to disagree, but if we lose the next 3/4 games comfortably then I don’t see how that’s possible tbh Obvs four tankings and it’s a different picture. Think they’ll give him time though as they’ve invested heavily in this project. Either Taylor is useless and can’t get a tune out of talented players or George Friend is useless and has signed a load of duds. Or there's a third option. It's karma for previously employing criminals and a test of our faithful and true persona... |
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Post by warehamgas on Sept 26, 2024 11:37:34 GMT
It is normal business practice for clubs to have a contingency plan aware of who else is available as they could lose a successful manager to another club or have to sack one that's unsuccessful. I would tend to agree. But last October when JB went it didn’t seem that we were that prepared and it took some time before MT emerged and was appointed. Perhaps the owners learn from that experience. UTG! |
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Post by lastminutewinner on Sept 26, 2024 12:00:32 GMT
Wycombe are potentially a top 6/8 club, we have to worry more about the likes of Orient & Exeter, both our transfer spending and playing budget this season probably exceeds those clubs, so we should be at least matching them performance wise. Always annoys me that Exeter invariably finish above us and beat us often . Still think we’re a bigger club than them but maybe I’m fooling myself. Also they spend far less in wages and transfer fees, and accumulate a lot more in transfer fees/sell on's |
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Post by gasify on Sept 26, 2024 12:05:41 GMT
Always annoys me that Exeter invariably finish above us and beat us often . Still think we’re a bigger club than them but maybe I’m fooling myself. Also they spend far less in wages and transfer fees, and accumulate a lot more in transfer fees/sell on'sWe do seem to be at the mercy of player power each time and that means we cannot get a good fee for them. I like what we have done with the new players, having that option of an additional year should help us get a bigger fee and stop players leaving on a free. They've probably also spent longer in 4th Division and lower. |
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Post by lastminutewinner on Sept 26, 2024 12:09:13 GMT
Also they spend far less in wages and transfer fees, and accumulate a lot more in transfer fees/sell on'sWe do seem to be at the mercy of player power each time and that means we cannot get a good fee for them. I like what we have done with the new players, having that option of an additional year should help us get a bigger fee and stop players leaving on a free. They've probably also spent longer in 4th Division and lower.True, but what joy have we ever had in L1. We always seem to struggle and hardly ever in the promotion shake-up. Also thats even more credit to teams like Exeter getting higher fees while in a lower league |
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Post by thegasareback on Sept 26, 2024 16:39:50 GMT
Just read the interview pre Wycombe.
Anyone else read it as “basically we will kick it as far and long as possible and try and pick up the scraps”
I don’t mind it but a few games in your changing strategy of what we’ve been trying by to do for years.
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