19 Managers in 21 years.


Since Peter Reid left the club in October 2002 we have had 19 permanent managers in 21 years.

Do we really want to make that stat a little bit worse at this point in time, has Tony Mowbray done so badly that some fans are totally justified in calling for his head.

I think not, he's done enough to deserve more time.
Yes, we do want to add to that stat
 
By that rationale are managers or coaches now becoming a thing of the past?

They would appear to be the one person at a club that is totally expendable, maybe the team skipper or the owner or the DOF will end up picking the team and deploying the tactics.

This is not meant to sound flippant, it seems to be where we are heading ?
Coaches are not becoming a thing of the past, maybe managers who have total control will though.
 
Perhaps that is due to the fact that the squad is a lot weaker today than it was a year ago

I don’t disagree.

But you could argue there’s only Amad and Batth who would have played last night if available?

Surely two players can’t knock us back that much?
 
Since Peter Reid left the club in October 2002 we have had 19 permanent managers in 21 years.

Do we really want to make that stat a little bit worse at this point in time, has Tony Mowbray done so badly that some fans are totally justified in calling for his head.

I think not, he's done enough to deserve more time.
the answer is yes, as after doing the job he was employed to do last season, he now seems to be taking us backward. The reason we have had so many managers is that in the vast majority of cases they have failed dismally.
 
I don’t disagree.

But you could argue there’s only Amad and Batth who would have played last night if available?

Surely two players can’t knock us back that much?
Not two players though in reality.

CB replaced with a less effective CB.

Amad was on loan and fair play hard to replace a 30 million loan player.

We also had Stewart whose time was limited due to injury but still managed to score ten more goals in 13 games than our 4 replacements have thus far.

Also had Simms for half a season who managed to score 7 more goals than our strikers.

Were also missing Cory Evans, a DM who we've been desperate for cover for before he got injured.
 
Not two players though in reality.

CB replaced with a less effective CB.

Amad was on loan and fair play hard to replace a 30 million loan player.

We also had Stewart whose time was limited due to injury but still managed to score ten more goals in 13 games than our 4 replacements have thus far.

Also had Simms for half a season who managed to score 7 more goals than our strikers.

Were also missing Cory Evans, a DM who we've been desperate for cover for before he got injured.

Point being we did without Stewart, Simms and Evans from January.

Batth was a choice. They signed two new centre halfs but Mowbray persists with ONien. Agree on Amad, but none of the signings have come anywhere near him. Jobe has been good in spells but is 18 years old and is expected to be inconsistent.

Totally agree on Evans, he’s crucial in how we play.
 
Point being we did without Stewart, Simms and Evans from January.

Batth was a choice. They signed two new centre halfs but Mowbray persists with ONien. Agree on Amad, but none of the signings have come anywhere near him. Jobe has been good in spells but is 18 years old and is expected to be inconsistent.

Totally agree on Evans, he’s crucial in how we play.
We were very iffy at the end of last season though. We basically got into the playoffs because every team from 5th to 10tg went on a run of games where they barely won any.

It was exciting but I think getting into the play offs probably papered over some cracks that were showing already.
 
Lots of clubs these days go through managers like old socks. that's the state of the modern game, so that alone should not stop us progressing. We built a statue to the only manager that's won us a significant trophy in the past 86 years...so I don't feel too sorry for the fellows who have wandered through the club and got big pay offs when they left after a year or so.
 

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