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Super Mario said:
It would be very harsh to sack him after this season like.
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Not only would it not be harsh it would be 100% the right thing to do. We can get 46K crowds in the 3rd Division yet people think someone like this should be given more time? His managerial record is not good and he has done a poor job here. We need a vision for how we can get a team who match the passion and spirit of the fans - Parkinson will not supply that vision. As I said in my other post he inherited the 'highest paid' squad in the league - he wasn't inheriting a relegation threatened squad. Yet he has taken us backwards over the 30 games he's been in charge of. Why is it harsh? What are the difficult circumstances he has had to deal with. If Allardyce (I know that is not realistic) had picked up the job when he did we'd be going up automatically. Why do you want to accept this culture of failure?
 


I would prefer to see him gone. From my perspective he threw away promotion in that barren spell and then the hot streak papered over the cracks. But as everyone else has said he isn't gonna go anywhere. Really good point about the length of the contract that others have pointed out.

If Donald is prepared to get the purse out in Summer maybe he would argue he has a chance to build "his" team but think that's about as likely as Grigg is to be top scorer.
 
10 Gary Rowells said:
Not only would it not be harsh it would be 100% the right thing to do. We can get 46K crowds in the 3rd Division yet people think someone like this should be given more time? His managerial record is not good and he has done a poor job here. We need a vision for how we can get a team who match the passion and spirit of the fans - Parkinson will not supply that vision. As I said in my other post he inherited the 'highest paid' squad in the league - he wasn't inheriting a relegation threatened squad. Yet he has taken us backwards over the 30 games he's been in charge of. Why is it harsh? What are the difficult circumstances he has had to deal with. If Allardyce (I know that is not realistic) had picked up the job when he did we'd be going up automatically. Why do you want to accept this culture of failure?
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Based on what like? Allardyce is a survival specialist. He had a very good squad in the Championship with West Ham and loads of money, and didn't get them up automatically.

Also, it doesn't matter that they're well paid - the squad is still woeful. Will Grigg might be the most expensive player in the league, but he's evidently not what we need. Even the magnificent Allardyce wouldn't be able to get a tune out of him.
 
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Has he embedded a style of football you would like to see us following in the future? No

Has he played any of the youth players? No

Have we won games consistently? No

Has his track record anywhere else shown he’s built something and left a legacy? No

There is nothing there to build on. He hasn’t galvanised the club or the team. He sees Charlie Wyke as the focal point of the side ffs.
 
I can’t believe people think Parkinson is the issue here. Things will never improve while those clowns running it.
A close friend of mine Non league manager can not believe Blokes like Reid and Hill are in high positions at club like ours, speaks volumes.
Guardiola would struggle under Donald and Methven, fact
 
Safc1987 said:
I can’t believe people think Parkinson is the issue here. Things will never improve while those clowns running it.
A close friend of mine Non league manager can not believe Blokes like Reid and Hill are in high positions at club like ours, speaks volumes.
Guardiola would struggle under Donald and Methven, fact
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His record isn't good enough
 
He won’t be sacked for the same reasons he was appointed. No long term ambition and he’s cheap. He has no history of building a league one team into a solid championship side but all donald needs is promotion so he could sell before the championship season. Parkinson does have a decent enough record of promotions in league one and that’s why donald will stick with him, a short term solution.
 
Should go for me.
He was appointed with a remit to get promotion and get an extra 10% from the players.
Even the most optimistic would struggle to suggest that if the season had been allowed to play out he’d have achieved the former and he was nowhere near to improving the side.
As much as Ross was struggling I’d have backed him to have us higher than 7th in late March.
 
He’s been exactly what I feared he would be I’m afraid. A defence first manager who isn’t equipped to deal with our biggest issue - our lack of creativity. Also his personnel choices and instructions are hindering our use of 3-4-3 (albeit he can only play what we’ve got tbf). Saw a graphic of where the key chances we concede are all created from and they’re all from the absolute worst space - central and just outside the box. Don’t like his talk of contacts-based recruitment either. The wrong man, but par for the course with this shower - and he’s going nowhere.
 
Safc1987 said:
I can’t believe people think Parkinson is the issue here. Things will never improve while those clowns running it.
A close friend of mine Non league manager can not believe Blokes like Reid and Hill are in high positions at club like ours, speaks volumes.
Guardiola would struggle under Donald and Methven, fact
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If they are so bad - and they certainly are - why on earth would you think that any appointment made by them would be a good one?
 
Frankel said:
He took us from 6th to 8th.

He alienated our best player in McGeady.

He persists with dinosaur football.

He still hasn’t sorted out the defence.

He found a formation in 3-4-3 and ran the same players in to the ground by refusing to change things or rest them.

He is not the bloke for Sunderland AFC.
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McGeady - Caused trouble and alienated himself at most of his clubs

Dinosaur football - No argument here

Defence - Do we not have the second best defence in the league?

3-4-3 - Many teams successfully use this

there are arguments for and against, I just think it would be harsh when he has not been able to finish the season
chopsfc007 said:
Having played more games
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As proved by us last season having games in hand does not always work out
 
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Modfather said:
McGeady - Caused trouble and alienated himself at most of his clubs

Dinosaur football - No argument here

Defence - Do we not have the second best defence in the league?

3-4-3 - Many teams successfully use this

there are arguments for and against, I just think it would be harsh when he has not been able to finish the season

As proved by us last season having games in hand does not always work out
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When everyone has games in hand you are going to be further adrift
 

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