Manager/Coach Des Buckingham

[Northstandboy]

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[tonyw]

Not sure if already mentioned but I also note that Notts county have had a similar plight to us since losing thier manager.

They are now in 17th after being top after 12 games.

Their forum makes similar reading to this one.

Both clubs have made huge mistakes with their hires

Though at least Notts County fans have been entertained.....well, if you enjoy goals at least.

70 goals for (2nd most in the division) and 70 goals against (tied for most in the division) in 36 games. Their average game is a 2-2 draw!

 

[Wandering Yellow]

Always rated Duff, no nonsense manager who clearly commands respect from most within the game. Stint at Swansea didn’t work out but it was never going to give Swansea perceived style of play. Also was at our game with Barnsley recently, not sure if he still lives locally to Cheltenham or was just seeing some old friends from Barnsley.

Rowett is an interesting one I read something recently from Millwall fans saying they definitely wouldn’t take him back as his style was terrible, staggering considering he nearly got them in the championship playoffs.

Michael Muff

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Think they’re called KPI’s (key performance indicators) these days.

25 pts in his first 22 league matches - akin to relegation form - would be a metric that would see the dashboard turning red.

It won’t be based on KPi’s it will be more on timescales so if the club want to terminate the contract after X amount of time Y amount is due to Des.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Around £200k then.

You’re probably looking at closer to 250k.

 

[TailsWeWin]

He’s going nowhere in the next six months.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

He’s going nowhere in the next six months.

It all depends on the response on Saturday, if the players show they are playing for him then it might give him a bit longer, if not then it won’t be long until the board have to cut their losses.

 

[Mad Dog]

Alright alright, enough with the daft childish names now...

...Michael NippleTongue

Now no more.

 

[Chippy]

We need a response on Saturday, Des and the players owe us a performance and a win, it’s as simple as that. If we lose, then for me his position is under serious threat, if not untenable, and the board must think about acting, especially with an international break coming up.

We’ve got 25 points from 22 games under Des, with a goal difference of -7 in the league. We’ve dropped like a stone from 2nd to 8th. We’ve got a thrashing in the FA Cup albeit away at a Championship side, and easily beaten by a League 2 side in EFL Trophy.

Recent performances, Portsmouth aside, have been absolutely shocking. We have to turn things around on Sat and use the Bolton defeat as a defining moment. If not then we can’t carry on with Des and the current back room set up.

 

[greatunclekip]

He’s going nowhere in the next six months.

Then neither are we.

 

[Up The Manor]

He’s

He’s going nowhere in the next six months.

I 100% disagree .
His job is on the line in the next 2-3 games .If the dysfunctional, abject performances continue .
The panic button has been pressed .
8 wins in 26 tells a pretty brutal story .

 

[Sheik djibouti]

I 100% disagree .
His job is on the line in the next 2-3 games .If the dysfunctional, abject performances continue .
The panic button has been pressed .
8 wins in 26 tells a pretty brutal story .

Unless you're itk, how can you be so sure?

Given that we're safe in league 1, the results this season will be quickly forgotten once Des and the recruitment team show their plans for next season to the board.

Simple question: Was promotion to the Championship the aim for the owners this season?

 

[Up The Manor]

Unless you're itk, how can you be so sure?

Given that we're safe in league 1, the results this season will be quickly forgotten once Des and the recruitment team show their plans for next season to the board.

Simple question: Was promotion to the Championship the aim for the owners this season?

The top 6 budget answers the last question and the fact we've spent 400k on a new centre forward that doesn't appear to be favoured or trusted to start a match .
We have thrown money around like confetti in January.

It's a results business and he's on very thin ice. I would say the ice has started cracking .

 

[Sheik djibouti]

The top 6 budget answers the last question and the fact we've spent 400k on a new centre forward that doesn't appear to be favoured or trusted to start a match .
We have thrown money around like confetti in January.

It's a results business and he's on very thin ice. I would say the ice has started cracking .

But that doesn't answer it. It suggests that this is what we're building towards (which is no surprise) but there is nothing to say that this is the aim for this season....unless I missed the memo!

 

[Symp59]

He’s going nowhere in the next six months.

Carry on with the same Saturday and the fans will be.Lose at Vale and I think he will have lost the fan base and we will be down to 9th and in freefall.Because then it's Shrewsbury away and then 3 promotion teams teams at home. Lose all of them and snd there will be a few fans offering to drive him to Mumbai.

 

[m]

I 100% disagree .
His job is on the line in the next 2-3 games .If the dysfunctional, abject performances continue .
The panic button has been pressed .

Based on what?

 

[dickwalton1964]

You’re probably looking at closer to 250k.

Stealing a wage.

 

[dickwalton1964]

Based on what?

Are you serious????

 

[uptheus]

Are you serious????

Do you really think the club will sack him with 3 or 4 games of the season to go? They might if we get whacked in all 2-3 games like we did at Bolton or when it’s not mathematically possible for us to reach the play-offs which I think was the aim/objective at the start of the season e.g. not promotion, but if anything is going to happen I think it’s likely to happen post season.

I think that’s what m is referring to, not whether he should go or not.

 

[yellowbow]

I personally think we’ll scrape 3 wins, get a draw in 1 and lose the rest, which will leave us on 70 pts and missing out on the play offs by a handful of points.

That’ll be enough to keep Des in a job and the club will start the rallying cry of ‘Get behind Des and the boys next season after a valiant attempt to make the play-offs narrowly fell short’ etc etc when it’s time to renew season tickets.

I’m not sure I’ll feel excited and motivated enough to stick my hand in my pocket. Especially with how tight money is at the moment.

 

[christenedinjericho]

Unless you're itk, how can you be so sure?

Given that we're safe in league 1, the results this season will be quickly forgotten once Des and the recruitment team show their plans for next season to the board.

Simple question: Was promotion to the Championship the aim for the owners this season?

I was wanting to ask this question all night at the forum and was politely waiting for the right time to ask this very question and then the time was up.

Every time Des is interviewed he is programmed to say that we'll fight for every point and we'll see where that puts us at the end of the season. I'm now convinced this is a season of 'keep some interest' going. However, the 'keep the interest' mode seems well and truly f*cked by the drop in non performance and the scale its been fudged in.

Please Oxford prove me wrong in the next few weeks.

COYY'S