O'Neil's Future?

C for me.

These are the arrivals from the summer transfer window and just how many have we seen on the pitch?

Andre €22.00m
Rodrigo Gomes. €15.00m
Sam Johnstone. €11.90m
Pedro Lima. €10.00m
Tommy Doyle. €5.00m
Bastien Meupiyou. €5.00m
Jørgen Strand Larsen. Loan fee: €3.00m
Carlos Forbs. Loan fee: €2.50m

Larsen is the only one who has had the most game time. Granted some are 18, but Meupiyou came with an injury and others have hardly featured much.

Our problems started after the Cup defeat against Coventry and I'm afraid GON has done nothing to convince me he's the right man for the job. 1 win against a relegated side Luton is the only one in 20 league games.

For me, it's time for GON to go if we don't beat Southampton.

you'd be fools to get rid. He needs backing not sacking.

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
you'd be fools to get rid. He needs backing not sacking.

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This from a deluded Spurs mug that hounded out the best coach they’ve had in a generation after only 17 games! He’s currently sitting in the Champions League places and laughing at them

There are some winnable games in the run up to Christmas for sure, I would give him until the end of November latest and see if there's any sign that he's getting us organised enough to stay up. It could be game by game for him now though.

Shi and Hobbs have painted themselves in to a corner by giving him a 4 year contract and publicly backing him as they did a few weeks ago. They'll want to give him as long as they can and will justify their decisions by sticking to the mantra about injuries at the end of last season and fixtures at the start of this. They'll argue that he deserves a run of games where he has a close to full squad and against teams not in the top 8.

The other question of course, who would come in and work under Shi and Fosun if the meek and compliant O'Neil is asked to leave?

Find it hard to believe he keeps his job if we fail to beat Southampton and even if we do beat Southampton I don't see how that suddenly makes him the man for the job. Would think at this stage he is always going to be only a game or two from the push unless we REALLY turn things around.

I remember Tam and I being quite outspoken about how poor we felt he may be and getting shouted down on here, primarily by Wolfie. He won us over for a spell but I guess the initial thoughts were pretty spot on after all.

I think GON still has some potential in the future but the massive red flag is he cannot set up a defence, his defensive record in 3 prem seasons is abysmal and I don't think I have ever seen a team quite so fragile with ANY ball into the box before.