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Well what you're saying is all well and good, but for large parts of last season we were operating with two 18 year olds and one 17 year old in the starting line up. Are they as physically fit as a 25 year old senior pro, absolutely not. This wasn't Thorn's fault, it was through having no...

Literally ridiculous, our squad wasn't competitive last season. Had Thorn kept us up, then I think it would've been the best Managerial achievement since we were relegated. Any manager would've struggled immensely to keep us up.Unfortunately he did not, but over the summer he has assembled an...

Yeah that's what I cannot understand, if there were off the field problems, why not sack Thorn before pre-season. Surely they've not sacked Thorn on the basis of 45 minutes against Bury?

I'm indifferent to Thorn to be honest. Not sure I ever believed he was the man to guide us to any success. However last season he barely had 11 senior professionals (and this was after losing 5 of our best players in 6 months) that could play 90 minutes, had he kept us up, I'd say it would've...

You can't see how rival fans can take the piss? Is it not glaringly obvious. I've received texts from several mates along the lines of 'see cov started well, manager gone already'. This is not something to be celebrated, it represents 18 awful months. If there talk of him 'losing the dressing...

Wood and Malaga both better in the air, Hussey took most corners and need one defender back

Well I think we're going to have to gamble to a certain extent, we won't be able to attract many big names. I'd be looking for someone in the Eddie Howe mould.

Wise was poor at Leeds in League 1, with Poyet there they did well, but as soon as he left they collapsed. Seems too volatile to me, wouldn't like him to be in charge. I'd like us to appoint a lesser known candidate, young manager who can demonstrate genuine tactical awareness and has a great...

Last season, at times, Thorn barely had 11 senior professionals that could play 90 minutes. We lost our 5 best players in a 6 month period, and this is from a side that with those players had finished 18th. Realistically we were never going to stay up, and now three games into the new season...

I suspect one reason it's been done is because the majority of our fans wanted him gone. The club are almost certainly aware of fans opinions, all you have to do is look at this forum. They're left with two options, keep Thorn for another few months (personally I think he deserved more than 3...

Hussey is absolutely fine, decent left back at this level. In both games home games he's been left completely exposed by Kilbane (who frankly is a passenger in our midfield) but still done a fair job! McSheffrey will never be a fans favourite because he doesn't run himself into the ground every...

Well I guess this thread is almost irrelevant now

Which highlights how fickle football fans can be. Our system was bang on yesterday, Thorn had done his homework and first half we battered them, should've been 3 or 4 up had we not been so wasteful in front of goal. The second half changed when that penalty was given. Things like that happen...

You're a joke, whether Thorn should go or not, that isn't the issue for you, all you want is to be proved right so you can say 'I told you so' on this Forum. Been noticing it for weeks, grow up man.

I don't think Bury did nullify us though. They were certainly better second half, but I still think we controlled much of the game. I'm also not sure what system he could've changed to, possibly through his own fault, we have no pace and therefore can't play with much width. He brought Ball on...

Yeah I accept he's being played out of position, but he frequently fails to get a football under control, it's simple stuff.

Well Thorn is being heavily criticised and blamed for the defeat..this was, without question, the turning point in the game. As for the substitutes, McSheffrey very nearly scored through some brilliant individual play, so hard to say he made the wrong changes. As for Ball, he wanted a target man...

How can you say that, Hussey hit the post in the second from his forward run, and Brown was getting forward plenty in the second half, so I can't see how you drew that conclusion? The players definitely relaxed second half, and there didn't seem to be the same urgency second half. However...

You asked me to 'show you' how Thorn is improving us and other various things, which, perhaps not overtly, but does suggest that you thought I'd said Thorn was the man for the job..which I haven't said. I'm not suggesting that he publicly hold the players responsible, the manager is there to...

It is difficult to judge, but I don't think he looks great, certainly isn't going to set the world alight.