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Boring as it is anything above mid table is success. Don't pretend that Nigel Appleton would have definitely continued our progress up the football pyramid.
Or even his brother, Michael.
Boring as it is anything above mid table is success. Don't pretend that Nigel Appleton would have definitely continued our progress up the football pyramid.
Okay ta for that!Or even his brother, Michael.
So you have been entertained at our home matches this season. Give it a rest.Since he has been in charge I have been more entertained at home matches than any time in the last 20 years.
Appologies I was not including this season as I can't be there.So you have been entertained at our home matches this season. Give it a rest.
Appologies I was not including this season as I can't be there.
So you are ignoring this season then. If we get relegated do you ignore that too?Appologies I was not including this season as I can't be there.
Tiger won't sack KR, the cost would be huge. He'd be better off getting a FAZZ like assistant manager to come in and help stop the rot.
If we get relegated naturally I may change my opinion. I don't usually watch ifollow so that is why I was not counting this season.So you are ignoring this season then. If we get relegated do you ignore that too?
Lucky you. We look a shadow of thie side compared to our team pre xmas last year. This season has been a complete shamblesIf we get relegated naturally I may change my opinion. I don't usually watch ifollow so that is why I was not counting this season.
Sounds like the quality has been poor so far.
Let's stop feeling we are hard done by and should be in a much better position. Look how many years Portsmouth, Ipswich and Sunderland have been in this division. You'd think those clubs would have the best teams always?
I thought it was longer for Ipswich, good point.It’s only the second season for Ipswich. 3rd for Sunderland..
Lets be honest. Karl isnt some whippersnapper manager setting out. Hes a very experienced one now, and he shouldnt need an older head to help him with his decisions.Just wondering myself if we should be querying the decision to bring in Craig Short. He’s not very experienced and I doubt he’s going to be able to temper some of the managers decisions.
When Derry was brought in we had a poor season and we were better last year with Faz backing him.
I had hoped that Short would sort out our defence as he’s a centre back himself but it doesn’t look like that happened.
Achieving on a smallish budget is what Accrington might do, our budget isnt that small.I would argue that achieving a playoff place with a budget outside of the top seven in this division is something. A run to the League Cup QF last season was our finest achievement in that competition since 1987-88 too.
We can argue the merits of KR all day long but you’ve got to be sensible about it. KR mixes good and bad in fairly equal measure which is reflected in his overall record here – P140 W55 D39 L46. Yes, we lose matches under him, but what did you expect? Promotion in 2018-19, promotion again last year and now a run at the PL title in his third full season? Some realism is needed. He has us tearing our hair out, he has us applauding his management of youth and his fixation on the local aspects of the club. He’s a League 1 manager, not Sir Alex Ferguson and that reflects where we are. He has to improve if Oxford want to improve.
If you think that’s somehow KR is the worst we can muster, I would have hate to have had a season ticket next to you when Rix, Talbot, Patterson and Smith Mrk 2/Kemp were in charge.
Agreed, this season has been a shambles. What did KR expect - after losing Baptiste, Fosu, Browne, Woodburn (all midfield), plus Dickie and not effectively replacing any of them. Gorrin and Branagan expected to carry the midfield? And when is Branagan going to be back?Lucky you. We look a shadow of thie side compared to our team pre xmas last year. This season has been a complete shambles
I disagree to an extent. Getting there is a good achievement and deserves credit. He put a decent team together and got the big money contract as a result.Achieving on a smallish budget is what Accrington might do, our budget isnt that small.
To say get into the play offs with a particular budget, with no promotion, equates to those that say when we lose to look at the possession we had or number of shots in the game.
Yup! Bottom of the league is a nice stable, settled place to aim at.Anyone comes in they have to start again and, if the world isn`t fudged enough already, we need some stability.