I would temper what Shaun wrote in his post. I think it will take a strong experienced manager to make a silk purse from this sows ear. there is no doubt we have some good players in the squad. However there are massive holes in there.
- We know both center backs are weak, but here a new manager will have options he has Dickie, plus can hopefully recall Raglan or Kelleher to give options.
- Midfield has been a issue for over a year and lacking Lundstrum has got a lot worse. We lack strength in this area and without new players its going to be hard to fix. A new manager may be able to push a center back forward for some games and that may work.
- Up front is a shambles we are so limited for decent options here that our two main strikers can barely last a warm up. Again tricky to fix without new players. A new manager may be able to get away with our weakness here as we can score.
First job of any manager here will be to stabilise the ship and to do that he needs to make us hard to beat. If we do that we should survive this year.
Come the summer we will face a massive rebuilding job. I think whoever we get will need time to complete this task. Pep inherited the basis for a good squad, but his recruitment was a disaster. Whoever takes over now is going to face a much tougher job than Pep did. I think we all need to understand that.
It is clear that this appointment process has been ill timed and taken way too long (again), which will be fine if we get the right man. If not and we end up relegated I will have lost all faith in DE's ability to run a club successfully. we are now in a slump at a very bad time, we do need a manager now.
