dons50 wrote:
FilthyDon wrote:
BertieWoostersDonsClub wrote:
Don Direction wrote:
He is actually following Filthy's plan.
Well, considering FD's one of the very few on here who've been questioning whether PW should step down, and we are are all just posting how much we love him, then let's hope he doesn't follow
all that FD writes.
As he didn't with the choice of manager: complete opposite of an experienced one.
But don't mind if he follows most of the rest of the plan. Just so long as FD's backtracking on the calls that PW's lost it and should step down. He still seems to have it as far as I can see.
I think this appointment of Micciche/Millen/Lewie is Pete's last chance with left field/unconventional appointments.
Of course it isn't. It's his club, he's got as many chances as he wants.
You need to stop thinking that he is immune to supporter pressure, when he clearly isn't as supporter pressure lead to Neilson's dismissal, and lead to him giving a 30 minute video interview to respond to fan concerns a couple of months ago.
If enough people were calling for him to move on, it's in Pete's character to step aside. Not leave the club entirely, but leave the decision making to someone more experienced. Pete isn't the arrogant type and wants to keep supporters onside.
Not going to get into another debate about it, but I think you need to reassess your own views on what managers/owners are capable of - you've clearly got Pete figured out wrong. You were pretty sure he wouldn't sack Neilson until the end of the season, you thought he should have given him longer and that things would turn around but Pete got rid.
You have this idea that managers should be given years, and that Pete knows how to run a club perfectly and can do no wrong - when he has admitted several mistakes in the past. He has some experience now, but he is nowhere near as experienced as most football club chairmen.
At the end of the day, Pete is a very nice charismatic guy, who has a track record of mixed to poor decision making. There will be a time when Pete will step aside either through his own decision or pressured by supporters. If this appointment is a failure, I could see that happening - either he will have had enough himself, or supporters will lose trust. Can you really say that if Pete wasn't a nice guy, or wasn't as friendly/approachable, that fans wouldn't have questioned his suitability by now? It is ignorant to think that supporters have no say at all, as I think the opposite was demonstrated on Saturday evening.