Skywalker, on 25 November 2015 - 06:23 PM, said:
Having listened to Dave Allen’s recent interview with the Chesterfield Post, he came across as bullish as ever and no doubt he feels his appointment of Dean Saunders as manager to be the right one. I suppose given his previous 2 appointments it’s fair to say he deserves the benefit of the doubt.
That said, when Saunders was appointed, I did feel wave of disappointment hit me. His sides had never displayed the sort of style we have become accustomed too and it was as though the club had decided to give up on being the ‘Barcelona of the lower leagues’ instead adopting dinosaur tactics.
The contrast between last season and this is so vast it’s almost un-recognisable. The football is dire despite the manager enjoying a superior budget compared to his predecessors. Whilst I was initially sceptical of Paul Cook getting the top job as he was a relative unknown, having seen his Accrington side I felt that with the right backing and time he had the potential to be good. His achievements were nothing short of phenomenal so maybe we’ve been spoilt and it’s our turn to be the mediocre side. Now don’t get me wrong, I can accept losing matches but I want to see us play with a certain swagger. At the moment we are playing a brand football that is hardly going to appeal to the ‘stay aways’. I don’t mind setting up defensively away from home as it should be up to the home side to set the tempo but we seem to be employing the same negative tactics at home as we do away. It’s not like the opposition are anything special so it’s all the more frustrating.
Maybe Saunders proves the majority of us all wrong and Dave Allen right but I think this will all end in disaster and we are simply playing a waiting game whereby Dave Allen eventually realises his stubbornness is costing him even more money.
Skywalker, on 26 November 2015 - 07:58 PM, said:
At least the performance there was pretty decent and we actually committed men forward and took the game to them.
I’ve a genuine dilemma at the minute as I want to support the club but feel that Dean Saunders is totally the wrong choice.
Agree with pretty much every word, my friend.