At the start of this season I stated that I was confident we would get automatic promotion under Lee Clark. By the time we reached Lee Clark's last game against Sheffield utd I was disappointed that we weren't comfortably in the top 2. Nevertheless we were still well in the equation and another good run would have now seen us back in the top 2.
We will never know if we would be in a better position now had we kept Lee Clark. I, however, think we would.
I think all those (the majority) who were calling for Lee Clark to be sacked also now believe we would be in a better position had we given him till the end of the season.
Shaking the team up with 16 games to go was always a gamble. The gamble hasn't paid off. I no longer think we will make automatic and may barely scrape the play offs.
Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful what you wish for
posted on 11/3/12
I never said Deano was influenced by people on this message board, that wasn't the point I was making. I think LC should have been given till the end of the season. If we didn't get promotion LC would have put his hands up and walked.
posted on 11/3/12
There is myth that our results against the worst teams in the division were poor this season, it's simply not true. There is no way we would not have beaten Rochdale or Bury, 2 points from those games is a crime.
posted on 11/3/12
LC wouldn't have needed to walk...he'd have been pushed...he knew that, Deano knew that, the fans knew that...
posted on 11/3/12
Getting rid of Clark was like shooting under performing pilot then realising no one can fly the plane.
posted on 11/3/12
We were not gonna get promoted under LC in a million years. We had to change.
Unfortunately it doesn't look like we are gonna get promoted under Grayson either but it had to be tried.
posted on 11/3/12
However we do have plenty of games left yet for Grayson to suss it out before play-offs hopefully?
posted on 11/3/12
We'll never know about Clark and i'm not defending him cause he made lots of mistakes, but i am truely convinced he would have got more than 9 points from the last 5 games.
posted on 11/3/12
lillis... already here..knew the score..
deano gives him 16 games.. carte blanche to "go for it"...
we have nothing to lose by playing all out attack, at the very least we will gain enough points to have another crack at the play offs..
the way we are going we might end up having a big fight on our hands to stay in the play offs..
grayson seems to have accepted he is going to be here for over 3 years and can start all this "rebuilding my team bullsh-t again"...
posted on 11/3/12
Just what we need, another 3 year promotion plan.
Wake me up when we've got a team that looks like being good enough.....
posted on 11/3/12
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