02 Nov 2025 09:50:19
Yesterday was another new low.

Talk all week was about fighting back/improved finishing/stop giving soft goals away.

Well that worked didn`t it?

Passive back 5 at home. Azaz can`t control a ball. Fellows predictably dribbles into traffic. Did Downes touch the ball?

Bad recruitment. Bad tactics. It`s got to change. Another short term policy is needed.

We are in a relegation battle and it`s time for an old fashioned pragmatic Manager and some players in January who have some experience. We are expecting too much of promising youngsters who need to be used more sparingly.

Still hasn`t had `enough time to fix things`, but yesterday showed again we are going backwards. Act now SR!

1.) 02 Nov 2025
02 Nov 2025 17:27:05
Rumour I have heard is that spors is actually the one selecting the team, Still can only do tactics with what he has been told to play. I really hope it’s not true, but might explain our recent recruitment and management style/ decisions. At this point some honesty from the board in what they are actually doing to improve this is vital.

2.) 03 Nov 2025
03 Nov 2025 10:24:27
Found an interesting old quote from a Les Reed interview during the Koeman/Puel era, in regards to managers.

Reed said: "If they go after 80 days, fingers need to be pointed at the people who recruit."

I think that alone shows the current shambles of the ownership, how many short-term managers have we had under SR, Constantly buying players to fit a managers style who is sacked within 15 games.

Another quote from Reed:

"Every candidate to replace Ronald was in the system a year before and had a 45- or 50-page document, with a profile. The interview criteria were four pages long. Claude went through three interviews to get the job."

I wonder if this sort of extensive research goes into the current recruitment process.