THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

pay peanuts and you end up with micicche instead of a proper manager

I'm fully behind Micciche and he needs at least a full pre-season and season to inject his philosophy and bring in players that fit his mould.

Can't see PW doing anything dramatic even if we are relegated. The fact we have an experienced no2 who will no doubt be offering Micciche valuable advice suggests our problems lie with the quality of the squad, not necessarily the coaching.

Well, DM's experienced oppo hasn't been outstandingly successful with his advice thus far, has he?

Getting a whole load of new players in who are capable of playing in the way in which some people want us to do isn't going to be easy by any stretch of the imagination. It will be harder in League Two. The fact is that the squad is as it is and it's up to the manager to make the best fist of what he's got now. DM hasn't shown that he is capable of doing this.

Agreed, it’s strange how Winkelman took sooooo long to appoint RN and made it clear that he was going out to find the ‘right’ man for the job. Why was that suddenly not important after RN was sacked?? Because he couldn’t afford anything better. Does Winkelman GENUINELY think DM is the right guy or was it all he could afford?

I find it hard to believe that anybody would think it made economic sense to risk relegation. An experienced manager wouldn't come cheap, of course. But I'd have thought that the likely fall in gate receipts would make an appointment along lines which ran that risk very much a false economy. I just wonder whether PW felt the pressure from people who wanted pretty football and caved into it?

Despite what some may think, I'm not automatically calling for a manager's head just because we lose. I wanted Neilson out as I could see how he was destroying the club at several levels. I feel like with Micciche we have something back and he needs time to repair the damage.

You're right anyway, there will always be people unhappy and impatient. He's barely changed the name on the manager's office door and people are slating him. It's a bit silly.

This mess isn’t really Dans fault, yes it’s been disappointing, frustrating and all that, but he’s inherited an underperforming squad and it must be a nightmare trying to implement change

You can't be surprised that a lot of people are looking askance at the appointment of a totally inexperienced manager who has lost four games on the bounce and only seen his team score a single goal. Of course that was bound to happen!

Implementing change is fine providing that it's the right change. Asking players of moderate ability to play in a sophisticated and positionally demanding manner strikes many of us as not being the sort of change which will get us out of the hole in which we find ourselves.

Myself and my nephew were saying this exact thing before kickoff regarding the team selection, the only reason I could think of apart from playing for a draw was the state of the pitch.

That's fair enough, I can see why people would/will question his suitability, especially with this squad of players.

In terms of staying up, I don't think anyone including PW knows what the solution is.