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Time for DA to go please board
- Thread starter rsp4
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PL2 3DQ":t5bhrrm5 said:
I think there is no doubt we have a few under performing currently. However the Manager chose to sign them and we have heard before that we check out their characters etc to ensure their "fit". Either that isn't true or something went badly wrong in the research process for this summer.
Biggs":3okweeag said:
Agreed. If the club listened to me we'd have sacked Adams after Wembley. There's been a lot of revision re: Adams tenure in the past weeks or so. I can't believe for a second that anyone could genuinely think Adams hasn't improved our club in the time he's been here, even if he is undoing some of the good work at the moment.
A lot of the Adams out is stemming from the 'negative football' we play, but from the league one/two football i've seen in the past few years, very few teams turned up and played really good positive football. There are exceptions, like Peterborough this season, or Doncaster in the past few years. But Peterborough are spending millions each transfer window, which we can't compete with. To be honest, we haven't played attacking and positive football since Ian Holloway left and Adams has done it better than his predecessors.
Unfortunately, this season is now about staying up regardless of what style of football we play. Then we can hit the reset button if needs be. Hopefully if we recruit well in January this year, there will be less turnover in the summer next year, irregardless of who is in charge.
Part of the reason I'm not Adams out yet, is I don't believe over the course of this season anyone else would get much better out of this group. We've recruited some players that simply aren't good enough and some of our better players do better because they perfectly fit Adams style. Getting a new man in now to take the reigns with that setup would lead to more failure in my opinion. I think Adams can get the results to keep us up and that'd be the time to reset if needs be, giving a new man a full pre season and transfer window with his squad. Due to DA's critical role in the whole footballing setup at the club and the current changing face of the structure above him, trying to replace him now is a really balls out move and as a club, I don't think we're in a position to do it so he will inevitably keep his job for the foreseeable future.
Nobby, with a performance like that on Saturday there is something seriously wrong at the club. The team are not performing to professional standards, seriously. Something needs to change, either Adams or whatever or whoever else is causing the problems. If nothing changes we will not get the points we need and be down by Easter.
Green_Flash":d7ck3n6d said:
Yeah Saturday was a joke, I don't dispute that. The previous two games collected four points and particularly at Barnsley we played well.
I still believe that the strongest XI of this squad is capable of better and we'll start picking up points. Although that is a waining belief. I just think there's a lot to consider when it comes to sacking a manager, not just results, and Adams is currently more than a manager here which makes it even trickier.
cheshiregreen":34c1j2ha said:
Refreshing that he doesn't dress up (or over criticise) the booing. We all know that players (Like GC) can be fantastic on their day, booing is a way of showing how disappointed you are in that players like him have not played to the level we expect (hope for).
I will clap them on on Saturday, I may boo them off if I think they deserve that (human) reaction.
oldage":yoij0uvb said:
Exactly. Do we really want him going around signing more crap players that he'll either not play or we won't be able to get rid of?
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Nobby":jtotoit4 said:
An awful lot of sense in these two posts. DA has proven over the last 3 years that he is a very capable manager. He has earned the right to be given time to fix this mess.
I'm proud to support a club that doesn't sack the manager as soon as they have a bad run. DA has certainly made mistakes in the transfer market this summer, but you'd get that with any manager. He is still the same man who found Carey, Fox, Bradley, Taylor, Lameiras, Matthews, and Vyner etc.
When people talk about Adams playing boring football, they seem to forget about the great football we played during our winning streak in the second half of last season. We all recognise that this season has been dreadful so far, and Saturday was an awful performance, but we were actually 1 point worse off at this stage last season and look how we turned that around.
It's frustrating as hell, but if we can survive this year, write it off as transition year, clear out the mistakes and learn from it, I believe we can have a big push for promotion next year with a settled infrastructure and slightly better playing budget.
For those reasons I'm still DA in.
Gary_Wills":33m4adfs said:
Yeah. Not really sending out the right kind of message is it? Although as I say I can't picture Mr Brent giving Adams the hairdryer treatment, more likely to be giving him the foot spa treatment
Tugboat":3pfml1xq said:
That’s a valid point. I honestly think if DA was not on a long term deal then he would be gone by now.
