by Ian Royal »
03 Nov 2014 17:04
I stand by McDermott's sacking being a reasonable decision given his performance with the (limited) resources at his disposal that season. I think there's very little to suggest he could have turned around a demoralised, disorganised and limited squad with massive financial problems to perform better than it has. Nor do I think he would have been able to provide a long-term building plan with a chance to see us step up another level.
I still think Adkins was one of the best appointments we could have made once we sacked McDermott.
I still think that whilst Adkins hasn't done as good a job (or a particularly good one at all) as I hoped / expected / wanted, the major part of our current predicament is laid firmly at Anton Zingaravich's door, rather than Adkins'.
Basically. Nothing's changed. We're still in transition. I still haven't seen enough that's bad to seriously be worried about relegation. I still think that long term we're going to benefit considerably from the experience the likes of Obita, Hector, Taylor, Kuhl, Long, Cooper, Tanner, Tshibola, Edwards, Stacey & Co are getting.