Johnson Out

[Born Safc]

LJ regularly starts Hume after a really long lay off and he has a recurrence of the injury and out of the play offs LJ hasn't got a clue and shouldn't have started the lad........LJ doesn't start Hume after probably consulting with backroom staff and medics after attempting put him straight back in the side LJ hasn't got a clue for not playing the lad.... Manager cannot win......

 

[sr6]

Said it after Blackpool, will say it again tonight.

I don’t want the head coach of our football club to be someone who decides to start Callum McFadzean over Denver Hume. Then when it’s clear he’s getting done every time, cost us 1 goal, he doesn’t change it. Then does change it after it’s cost us 3 points.

Of course there’s the argument “these aren’t his players” - my question, if he thinks McFadz is better than Hume, do we really want to see the players he does bring in? Maguire not been getting in the squad despite him producing every time he comes off the bench?

We could be sitting pretty in second had he not tried to tinker with the team and the formation every time and cost us.

Was never a pen and we’d be f***ing fuming if that was given against us.

Got to go for me. I know he won’t be sacked before the end of the season, but we won’t achieve anything with him in charge.

Said it once so we dont need to hear it again then

 

[Flea Market Trader]

Johnson sees the players day in day out on the training pitch so he can judge on that, then you add in the technology that tracks players fitness levels etc. It’s not Sunday league you know.

 

[sr6]

If Spuds can sack More-Rinho before a League Cup final, we must be able to sack "LJ" with a few games left before play offs

Offer BSA £1m per win

BSA - FFS hopefully this was in jest

We had a proper RB on the bench.

We’ve been unlucky with injuries yes, but at the very least he should’ve started Hume so it was a tiring Wilkes running at McFadzean.

Vokins is shite as well.

RB who - Dont say Younger he isnt a RB ! but yes Hume should have been on earlier (not the greatest defender though slightly better than McFaz)

 

[Deleted member 12618]

His career is ahead of him not behind him. Who knows what anybody young can achieve if they are given the opportunity to grow.

But he has shown no proof at his previous 3 clubs that he has what it takes to get promoted.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for a young up and coming manager and to gain stability for a few years but only if its the right manager. Get the wrong one and we stagnate in league 1 for a few more years.
What do you see in LJ other than being young because I don't see much?

 

[Moderate Power]

But he has shown no proof at his previous 3 clubs that he has what it takes to get promoted.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for a young up and coming manager and to gain stability for a few years but only if its the right manager. Get the wrong one and we stagnate in league 1 for a few more years.
What do you see in LJ other than being young because I don't see much?

I see someone who is his own man with ideas on how he wants to set a team up. It takes time to fully implement change.

I see someone who has certain qualities as a leader. He is assured, erudite and personable and players respond to him rather than the iron fist approach of say, Parky.

He tries to engage with supporters and doesn’t duck interviews. Of course that leaves him open to ridicule but you cannot have it both ways.

 

[---Nemo---]

But he has shown no proof at his previous 3 clubs that he has what it takes to get promoted.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for a young up and coming manager and to gain stability for a few years but only if its the right manager. Get the wrong one and we stagnate in league 1 for a few more years.
What do you see in LJ other than being young because I don't see much?

He's developed a good team spirit, raised confidence levels enough to get the lads comfortable with the ball at their feet. Worked wonders with Charlie Wyke. Brought some good performances out of several players, 09 generally performing well at centre back is quite a feat too. Managed to keep us in the hunt despite suffering a disastrous run of defensive injuries that probably would have scuppered any side in the division. He hasn't been here five minutes, certainly not long enough to put his stamp on the club. He'll still be sussing the lads out, particularly so given how many are out of contract soon. Some big decisions to be made on that front. He's young, articulate, into modern coaching methods which should see him work well with the support staff the owner has invested in. I can understand why Parky went, this lad looks a far better fit for Kyril's vision of our future.


PS. I have no axe to grind on his behalf, I'd never heard of the bloke before he rocked up here.

 

[BiddickHallBootBoy]

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[Chatty83]

It's too early for me to make a decision. He's undoubtable improved the team after Parkinson (make of that what you will) and we had a good run but we've been unable to turn things around quickly once that run ended and are now struggling to pick up points.

He has been blighted by injuries which hasn't helped but the bigger concern is our forward line, we don't create a lot of clear cut chances and now Wykes gone back to his previous scoring form we are really struggling.

Now particularly impressed with the signings brought in but still early days and they may well improve.

MacFazdean just doesn't look good enough, weak, not a skillful player, makes too many mistakes. Who knows exactly what Humes guess levels are though Ashe should be ahead of him but it's more understandable if they are concerned that he might reinjure himself.

It's a tough one in terms of worrying he's going to continue the trend of bringing in a load of rubbish players who we get stuck with again but ultimately who are we going to get who is better.

Considering where we were when he took over I don't think he's done a bad job and I'm happy to give him time to build his own team and see where it goes.

 

[Deleted member 12618]

I see someone who is his own man with ideas on how he wants to set a team up. It takes time to fully implement change.

I see someone who has certain qualities as a leader. He is assured, erudite and personable and players respond to him rather than the iron fist approach of say, Parky.

He tries to engage with supporters and doesn’t duck interviews. Of course that leaves him open to ridicule but you cannot have it both ways.

Fair comments, I just don't see him as the man to get us promoted and that's my main worry with sticking with him.
He may yet prove me wrong by winning the play offs and then I'm all for sticking with him to see how he does in the Championship.
If we don't go up this season, league 1 will be a much more difficult league.

He's developed a good team spirit, raised confidence levels enough to get the lads comfortable with the ball at their feet. Worked wonders with Charlie Wyke. Brought some good performances out of several players, 09 generally performing well at centre back is quite a feat too. Managed to keep us in the hunt despite suffering a disastrous run of defensive injuries that probably would have scuppered any side in the division. He hasn't been here five minutes, certainly not long enough to put his stamp on the club. He'll still be sussing the lads out, particularly so given how many are out of contract soon. Some big decisions to be made on that front. He's young, articulate, into modern coaching methods which should see him work well with the support staff the owner has invested in. I can understand why Parky went, this lad looks a far better fit for Kyril's vision of our future.


PS. I have no axe to grind on his behalf, I'd never heard of the bloke before he rocked up here.

Fair points, let's hope you are right and he is a good fit for us.

 

[---Nemo---]

Fair comments, I just don't see him as the man to get us promoted and that's my main worry with sticking with him.
He may yet prove me wrong by winning the play offs and then I'm all for sticking with him to see how he does in the Championship.
If we don't go up this season, league 1 will be a much more difficult league.

Fair points, let's hope you are right and he is a good fit for us.

 

[buckie black cat]

My only real criticism is why didn't he look at the free players market when willis and Flanagan got injured.if he had got a couple in we might be sitting top are selves now

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

My only real criticism is why didn't he look at the free players market when willis and Flanagan got injured.if he had got a couple in we might be sitting top are selves now

Have you seen the list of available players. Mostly overseas who wouldn't get a work permit, or two days older than the sands with no playing minutes in donkey's years. You can't get what's not there.

 

[sick]

Almost like Hume is just back from injury, and isn't that good either.

If he could only manage 17 minutes he shouldn't have been on the bench. In relation to McFadzean, Hume is outstanding.

 

[The Situation]

I was probably one of the most vocal against his appointment on here and whilst I still have (valid) concerns that were highlighted to us beforehand by Bristol fans for example, too much chopping and changing for what seems to be the sake of it, previous for long winning followed by winless runs etc - I feel it would be very harsh to get the knives out until we've seen where we are after the summer window and a few months into next season.

IMO, even if we fail in the playoffs (which I think will happen) overall he's done a reasonable job so far.

He took over in difficult circumstances, the team was an unconfident mess after Parkinson, COVID struck which did impact us and his early preparation and that can't be overlooked. It also has to be noted that we have suffered a ridiculous amount of defensive injuries that any club or manager would find difficult to navigate.

We still went on a superb run beyond what any of us could have expected and realistically, while disappointing in how it happened, we were probably going to run out of steam eventually. It's just a shame how it happened at such a crucial stage.

I would caveat the above by saying we do have the best player in the division by a significant distance in McGeady which is always going to be worth a few wins, and the home form especially draws against rubbish is concerning as it was under previous management.

Overall happy to stick with it and see where we're at in say November/December but it is worrying that issues that were outlined to us beforehand are raising their head here already.

 

[Eggman]

LJ regularly starts Hume after a really long lay off and he has a recurrence of the injury and out of the play offs LJ hasn't got a clue and shouldn't have started the lad........LJ doesn't start Hume after probably consulting with backroom staff and medics after attempting put him straight back in the side LJ hasn't got a clue for not playing the lad.... Manager cannot win......

Exactly. People commenting without knowing the full facts.

Probably it's a risk to start Hulme while he's not 100%, is my reading of it

 

[joemcdokes]

Denver Hume suddenly becomes a world beater?

 

[Dilligaf60]

His record is slightly worse than Parkinson’s.

There a flaws in the squad but manager isnt helping by doing things like playing Leadbitter in a two, forcing O’Brien in up front or leaving macfadzean on the pitch when it’s clear he’ll cost us.

What I’m hoping is that he learns from his mistakes he’s made so far. Team selection Saturday will be telling. If we go back to 4-2-4 then it’ll show he’s not learning his lesson.

Or he thinks he knows better and has nothing further to learn.

 

[riffraff]

Really? Hes Managing Parky and Ross shite players

.....and getting nowt extra out of them. Which means he’s as good or bad a manager/coach as they are. If they deserved to be sacked then so does he, if they shoulda been kept on then so should he.

Sack him and continue our annual cycle? - at some point we're going to have to stick with a manager and give them time to build a team.

Agreed. Stick with a manager who shows signs of progress.

We didn’t need any of this nonsense with Dennis Smith. He came in, got us playing, added where needed and walked the division. We’ve had three managers/coaches this time around in almost three seasons and none have even got us playing.

The 'Happy Clappers' have the 'Bed Wetters' on the ropes on this thread. 'Bed Wetters' need to start throwing some decent shots back, the ref is looking interested in a stoppage.....maybe they could tag the 'Knee Jerkers' in.

Worrabout the Fence Sitters?

 

[Scunny Dan]

Worrabout the Fence Sitters?

They are judging man, thats why the draw is shortening in price!