mrpotatohead wrote:It is not the managers fault that our team is shit
the fault lies with the apathetic town and its small fan base
I don't think the town is apathetic. It's clear from the amount of local football, the number of coaches heading down the motorway to watch Prem and Championship sides that this area is a hotbed of football. As I said on another thread, it hasn't got a small fanbase, for over 1/4 million people we're the nearest Football League they've got and for big games we've had no problem selling out the home sections - York, Ipswich, Dagenham, Aldershot etc. However more needs to be done to convert these potential fans into regulars and it's not happening. Diminishing the offering and increasing the prices for the ordinary supporter won't have helped.
The manger does have to take responsibilty for poor performance. Every season Sammy is given a load of money to spend and a bigger budget than most sides in League 2, thank to the Chairman's funds (we even got an embargo because we spent too much). He then comes cap in hand for more players, more loans, more deals because what he bought in the first places wasn't good enough. He's becoming the Benitez of League 2, a few dazzling stars but mainly tosh bought, losing many of the best ones and then having bust ups with those that do stay.