by Snowflake Royal »
13 Mar 2023 10:38
Elm Park Kid So, we bring in Murty. Maybe we start the season well with a bit of optimism. But he's an inexperienced manager and probably lacks the skills right now to know how to deal with any downturn in form/results. So, we hit a bad patch, start slipping down the table again, and all our fans that believe that a manager should be fired after 2 bad months will be calling for his head. And the cycle continues . . . . .
Surely you guys must be able to see the pattern here? Please explain to me why you think that Murty will be any different to Ince? Is it just a case of rolling the dice every season and hoping that we eventually find the right manager?
Tell me - what is the downside of just sticking with one manager, as long as we're not actually getting relegated, and giving them 2-3 seasons to develop a squad and playing style? Is it not possible that someone who *seems* as though they're not up to a job in the first seasons might find their feet and show us something different once they've had time to build the team they want? How is that any more of a gamble then bringing in a brand new person who has managed at our level before?
If we got Ince to wear a wig and fake glasses for the second season and called him 'Barry Ince' - would that make all you guys happy? Just to make you feel like we're 'taking action'.
It's not just about results.
It's about the manner in which we are performing on the pitch and whether the manager seems to be getting the best, or at least expected, levels of performance out of the majority of players.
I honestly can't say Ince is there with most of them. His son, Holmes one or two others. But loads are underperforming. And managerial decisions and play style seems poor.
Ince is doing, or rather briefly did, enough that we're not under much threat of relegation, but there's really no improvement or even sign of improvement on display. I'd say we're going backward. And then you look at his past, which is start well and fall apart, never last anywhere long.
I want to give Ince more time, but nothing at the end of last season convinced me he'd do very well and nothing this season tells me he's the man to take us forward.
I hate sacking managers every few months. But I'd 100% be looking for a replacement this summer. If there isn't a solid one on the horizon, fine I'll go with continuity. But Ince just isn't impressing.