The watchmaker
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Can anyone think of a manager that made up a 8 point gap with 12 games to go? Anyone at all? I'll give you a clue - there was one a couple of years ago.
Can anyone think of a manager that made up a 8 point gap with 12 games to go? Anyone at all? I'll give you a clue - there was one a couple of years ago.Funnily enough, some of the people who were calling for Robins’ head are now saying pretty much that, that it’s all over for the season already. I doubt that King and whoever the new guy is are thinking the same way, at least I very much hope not.
Sure, then sack him if he doesn’t, rinse and repeat?After 15 games last season we were 20th, on 15 points. After 46 games we had 64 points, so about 1.58 points per game (with the cup run thrown in there), and we keep being told the last 9 months were shite and that these are talented players, so we have to expect any new manager to at least match that per game.
Sure, then sack him if he doesn’t, rinse and repeat?
Nor did I.I’ve no idea, I didn’t want the guy who proved (two years successively in the championship, and in every season apart from 1st in this league & in L1) that he could go on that kind of run to be sacked in the first place.
Sure, then sack him if he doesn’t, rinse and repeat?
The question is how much time is sufficient to decide that it isn’t working. Is not even a full season long enough?We’ve just got divorced. How many dates do we go on with new suitors before making a call? You accept most won’t be the right fit and move on quickly until you find one that looks promising.
The question is how much time is sufficient to decide that it isn’t working. Is not even a full season long enough?
Yeah the analogy doesn’t work in this case. The season is a write off and there is some pretty ludicrous talk of making the playoffs ‘as the absolute minimum’ when that would take automatics form for the rest of the season.I think it has to be. Quick coffee and onto the next rather than dragging them round B and Q for a year then glumly splitting the book collection.
Quite a few seem to have completely lost the plot unfortunately. Not that it matters what anyone on here thinks so I'm unsure of the need to drag out of people what they expect either. DK sets the targets, if they aren't met the new man will be gone, simple as that really.Yeah the analogy doesn’t work in this case. The season is a write off and there is some pretty ludicrous talk of making the playoffs ‘as the absolute minimum’ when that would take automatics form for the rest of the season.
And when you eventually find the right one you marry them and stick with them through thick and thinWe’ve just got divorced. How many dates do we go on with new suitors before making a call? You accept most won’t be the right fit and move on quickly until you find one that looks promising.
And when you eventually find the right one you marry them and stick with them through thick and thin
Looking at current results of the poll, I think new manager is on a bit of a hiding to nothing... If 4 out of ten fans EXPECT playoffs as a minimum they will be under pressure right from the start...
Are those expectations realistic?
We’ll need playoff form to make 9th, autos form to make the playoffs.Quite a few seem to have completely lost the plot unfortunately. Not that it matters what anyone on here thinks so I'm unsure of the need to drag out of people what they expect either. DK sets the targets, if they aren't met the new man will be gone, simple as that really.
People are free to make new threads about sacking him if he doesn't make the play offs though it helps them.
Some are being silly about this
Ideally new manager gets us playing well and gives us a shot at playoffs
But consolidation year would be ok as you need to remember DK lost faith that mark robins could deliver results long term for cov. So now he's gonna give someone else a chance to do it long term so that means short term you can take a step back initially so he doesn't need to do as well as 9th of you are being reasonable and more importantly honest with yourself
Yeah the analogy doesn’t work in this case. The season is a write off and there is some pretty ludicrous talk of making the playoffs ‘as the absolute minimum’ when that would take automatics form for the rest of the season.
Sure, it will just require us to hit automatics form for the rest of the season with no blips. Come on, do you see these players getting anywhere near that? You’ve called them out as weak pussies just 2 games ago but think they have that kind of turnaround in them.This season is not a write off. Ludicrous take. We are 8 points off the playoffs FFS. I don’t care what your model says we should be getting. You can make up 8 points in 31 games.
This season is not a write off. Ludicrous take. We are 8 points off the playoffs FFS. I don’t care what your model says we should be getting. You can make up 8 points in 31 games.
you keep repeating this 8 points off the playoffs, it means little when there are 11 teams between us and 6th place.This season is not a write off. Ludicrous take. We are 8 points off the playoffs FFS. I don’t care what your model says we should be getting. You can make up 8 points in 31 games.
Because funnily enough football goes on after this season finishesOf course it’s not a write off. That kind of talk is stupid.
I don’t really understand why you’d go after someone like Frank Lampard if you were setting your sights on a relegation dogfight or mid-table obscurity. It’s not like he’d be coming in for the ‘project’ over a few years, I imagine he’d be coming in for a quick blast at it then off again. Why would he take it if the best he was expecting was a shit season?
Because funnily enough football goes on after this season finishes
I guess the issue here for me is that I did, right up until the point we sacked Robins. A few wins strung together in this league generally puts you somewhere in or around the playoffs. I assumed that would happen at some point in the season and then it is about whether we could kick on and with Robins we generally did. I hadn't entirely surrendered hope of catching Sunderland.Sure, it will just require us to hit automatics form for the rest of the season with no blips. Come on, do you see these players getting anywhere near that? You’ve called them out as weak pussies just 2 games ago but think they have that kind of turnaround in them.
you keep repeating this 8 points off the playoffs, it means little when there are 11 teams between us and 6th place.
History shows you need 74 ish points to make the playoffs, to get there we'll need to average a ppg rate that would get us near the automatic spots over a full season.
Did people really think Robins was going to turn it around to Automatics Form from now until the end of the season after watching us against Derby?
No one did, but they can pretend now. It's easy.Did people really think Robins was going to turn it around to Automatics Form from now until the end of the season after watching us against Derby?
We have less points this season than we did then.So we need to do 8 points better over 31 games than 11 teams. The league is tight. We did this the season we got into the playoffs with everyone making confident predictions as to how many point were needed, every season is different. You play the game in front of you.
We have less points this season than we did then.
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