SW4don wrote:
I'm not one for wanting managers sacked, I was adamant that we shouldn't have sacked Robinson, yet right now I'm getting towards the stage of wanting neilson to go, as much as I hate managers being sacked. Throughout the whole time that my family have been going to games, there's never been a question about going to a game. Every Saturday or Tuesday, if there's a game on, weve just gone without any hesitation. These last few weeks have been the first time that there have been questions about whether to bother going to a dons game. That, to me, says a lot about how this team is playing, and the style of football that RN is implementing. I know during the Robinson era lots of people were pining for some more direct football. Well here it is folks. It's dire. I miss the days where we were trying to play football the right way. The 'mk dons way'. Even if we were losing I backed the team becaus we were always trying to play the right way, and we had a manager who was passionate about the club, who got the club and the city, and who connected with the fans. We have none of that any more. You can see what is happening at charlton, KR is a quality manager, and it's a classic case of not appreciating what you've got till it's gone. We need to get our identity back. This group of players is far better than what is being served up at the moment, this means that they are being poorly managed. Things need to change soon else it won't be long until RN is out of the door.
Spot on for me that. I’d also add that I’m sure this is the most expensively assembled squad in our history (even allowing for inflation before any pedants chip in), and RN’s been given funds to bring in players that would have been financially out of reach for the previous incumbent. Even the experienced loanees are of a level we’d never have secured previously.
Given that, we’re masisvely underperforming in my view. There’s no simple fix though and getting rid of RN is only going to make the situation worse from a financial perspective, irrespective of whether it changes things in terms of results. Lots of his signings bought into his project and are with us for the long haul contractually. Any new manager would find their hands tied as to what they could do to manoeuvre players about and get in their own choices.