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Post by rickyqpr on Apr 16, 2023 7:48:04 GMT
Why we are being relegated.
Managers
Warburton fell out with Hoos & Ferdinand. Even if Warburton was correct, the results for his last few months were awful and he was on dodgy ground being stubborn. He has not managed a club since. Coaches and players associated with Warburton were released (including Barbet). Eustace was deemed part of the same mindset and released to do a better job at Birmingham than any of his QPR successors – including two fingers double over QPR.
Beale signed his own team. Hoos and Ferdinand had to tell him that the sweet shop was eventually closed. Beale wanted another striker in Cameron Archer, QPR were later to settle for Lowe and Martin! Beale sulked and walked.
Critchley was the obvious choice to succeed Beale. A manager can not succeed once he has lost the dressing room. I am not sure that Critchley ever had the dressing room though. Countless players not available, he tried changes and rotation, but his dour delivery after Beale’s exuberance was destined to fail.
Ainsworth had been at the same club for 10 years with players that he had known throughout. He was the gaffer, with his own style. He had no experience of walking into a team to turn around its fortunes. Looking way out of his depth, the groans when he took off Chair yesterday were as much for the like for like change rather than the removal of Chair. Playing two lumps up top while we are being overrun in the middle, he looks lost. Repeatedly caught on the transition with no answers. These are not his players, and he probably deserves a rebuild, but I will be amazed if he is still here at Christmas.
Hoos and Ferdinand must take their share of the blame. We need a barrier with our daft rich owners, but it is a thankless task. Ferdinand takes a lot of stick. If he lets the manager buy his own players (Beale) or if strays from the strategy (all). I think both will depart in the Summer. I am not convinced the next lot will do any better though.
Now the players:
1. Dieng – One of the top 3 keepers in the division. However, he used to catch the ball, now he punches. He used to hold the ball, now he droips it. He used to distribute quickly and accurately and now he labours away and then hoofs it. He will come good with his new goalkeeping coach when he moves in the Summer.
2. Kaskay - will feel at home in the First division.
3. Dunne - is not a right back – repeat after me!
4. Dickie – what on earth has happened to him? A shadow of his former self. Has the habit of putting his boots on the wrong feet so his passing sees the ball sail inti the stands or come down with snow on it. Completely lost his way.
5. Clarke-Salter – our only mobile central defender managed only 12 games this season. If it were not for his injury record, he would be playing in the Prem – but that is like me saying that if I were younger and better at football, I would be playing for QPR – I am not! He will be gone in the Summer to a Championship side.
6. Johansen – His legs are gone so cannot play in a two-man central midfield. So Gareth plays him in a two man midfield with like for like substitution with Dozzell.
7. Willock – Gone from being ‘unplayable’ under Beale to ‘unplayed’ under Ainsworth. Currently nursing his hamstrings ahead of his Summer move.
8. Amos – our only midfielder with pace. Another hamstring injury means he has probably played his last game for the club, out of contract in the Summer.
9. Dykes – never stops working, moves into space, but no-one passes, rarely scores. Even yesterday he kept going. He will jump at the chance to leave in the Summer though.
10. Chair – Always works hard. When faced with two markers, he has to try to beat them rather than pass. Think he cares though, but he will be gone in the Summer as well.
11. Roberts – Has his own allocated bed in the treatment room. Leeds want to unload him in the Summer. Not to QPR though
12. Our best player
13. Archer – out of contract in the Summer. I would not be surprised to see an extension though.
14. Martin – Says it all that he starts every game and he is our captain. Sums up our season nicely. Out of contract in the Summer.
15. Field – Player of the Year – does the work of two or sometimes three, collecting cards along the way. Had a go at Paal for the first goal yesterday – he tries and he cares, but he will go in the Summer – far to good for Division One.
16. Hamalainen – 4 year contract, back next year for Division One – good old Nico – and thanks Les!
17. Dozzell – Or ‘dozy’. He was expensive, and not good enough. He will see his old club Ipswich take our place in the Championship and see them smile about how much we paid for him.
18. Lowe – Currently being kept out of the team by 35 year old Adomah. He left Drewe totally exposed and cannot bother to track back. Back to Bournemouth in the Summer and then off to another Championship club I guess.
19. Kellman – Not in the Orient starting 11 and out of contract in the Summer.
20. Richards – We only have to buy him if we do not get relegated. Looks talented, but has hardly been seen. Back to Brighton and the off to another Championship club again.
21. See 12.
22. Paal – Was outstanding when he joined. Overlapping and crossing. Now upset and angry, his luggage is in the KLM departure lounge for the 8th May. Such a shame though. An example of a player who showed so much and now offers very little.
23. Masterson – Offloaded because we signed Balogon. Doing well at Gillingham, has mobility that we badly lack. Out of contract in the Summer
24. Owens – Injured yet again for most of the season. Apparently, playing well for the B Team now. Out of contract in the Summer
25. Shodipo – Shipped out to Lincoln, been injured again, but scoring goals for them. Out of contract in the Summer.
26. Balogon – To me the signing that said it all. Beale wanted him and we abandoned the strategy to sign him. Played well at times, but was a liability at other times. Yesterday he was supposed to be marking Gyokeres, a tricky task. He took a yellow for a professional foul. Then he lunged again for a second professional foul and missed completely, injuring himself in the process. Had he connected it would have been a red – and we had him for ‘experience’. His spat with the fans, his injury record and now he is out for the rest of his days with us….dear me, here you have it!
27. Laird – brilliant under Beale, another example of a player who has real talent but is no longer applying it. Being kept out of the team by a centre half. Manchester United have an option of a further year, I wonder now if they will just extend and sell.
28. Gubbins – not given a chance
29. Drewe – Given his chance, exposed, but let down by his teammates.
30. Armstrong – Injured, exciting, injured, exciting, injured, injured etc
37 Adomah – always tries, always cares, but at 35 should not be starting, surely? Regular starters Albert + Martin + Balogon + Joihansen = 135 years – so much for our academy!
41 Iroegbunam – Yet another good Beale signing who was a different player when daddy left for another woman. Currently injured, back to Villa in the Summer.
So there you have it. How many of that squad think they are going to be here next season. How many care that much? How many need to stay fit for the Summer transfer? Gareth has one hell of a task, but he could help himself a little more with his selections, set-up and substitutions, or I fear we could drop straight through next season. It is that bad.
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 16, 2023 8:17:52 GMT
Good piece. I think it's a little unfair to say Warburton not managed since. He's been coach at West Ham for the last year.
I guess the other question: Do we stick with Ainsworth who hasnt worked out too well; and assume with his own team he'll compile; he'll do better.
Or axe him (with that contract) and go for who?
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Post by rickyqpr on Apr 16, 2023 9:17:40 GMT
Good piece. I think it's a little unfair to say Warburton not managed since. He's been coach at West Ham for the last year. I guess the other question: Do we stick with Ainsworth who hasnt worked out too well; and assume with his own team he'll compile; he'll do better. Or axe him (with that contract) and go for who? I wasn't intending to be unfair. Warburton was offered managerial roles (allegedly) but turned them down. Eusatce was said to have been appointed after Warburton turned down Birmingham I think after his experience at QPR, he wanted to either coach or be a director of football. I think that if Ferdinand does leave, the new man may want his own manager. If Ferdinand stays, does he allow Ainsworth to recruit his own players? If Ainsworth is subsequently sacked, we will have anotrher bunch of players that the new manager does not want - and off we go again. So the chronology of the Summer will be interesting. |
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 16, 2023 9:33:25 GMT
Also if Ferdinand, Hoos, go - WHO would do this axing and hiring...Sounds like turmoil ahead
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Post by harr on Apr 16, 2023 9:59:18 GMT
Needs to be done, we have been told for years how we have the best coaches, Directors of Football and others at the Club.
It’s not the case, owners just tell us what we want to hear.
Whether we get relegated or not we need this big clear out, we can’t afford all these wages in League One.
The season has been a disaster, not one of our coaches has had any impact after Beale.
We have lost more games 3-0 and above at Loftus Roads since records began.
Instead of Loftus road fortress it has become Loftus road freebie.
From what I have seen of Ainsworth so far not really convinced he is going to get us going, four points from 9 matches is shocking.
In the defeats he has had we looked clueless in all of them.
Yesterday a tee shirt rolled up in Coventry goal would have kept a clean sheet for 45 minutes.
Ainsworth is full of talk, little action and you have to be playing your best 11 available, we are not.
We have all the roles in place if we are a Premiership side, we are a million miles from that.
We are team on more than half a seasons form that would equate to getting 20 points in a season, that’s how low we have become.
Teams like Luton and Millwall have left us a mile behind, in fact 23 clubs in the Championship have.
This for me has been the worst I have ever seen a team perform with the littlest amount of passion or will to play for QPR
I can remember games back when were in League One before, I can remember the players we had, most pretty average but the main thing was they
Actually tried.
This bunch can not be bothered, they are going through the motions and Ainsworth has failed to make any impact whatsoever .
To be frank we deserve to be relegated as we are the Team in the League that shows the littles interest to fight to stay in it, so in my books pretty
fair if we go.
Adding to that Reading, Wigan lost points and Cardiff couldn’t sign any players because of their owners, probably without these instances we would already be rooted in the bottom three.
One word to me sums up everything around the club not just the players, GUTLESS
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 16, 2023 12:17:17 GMT
And all the "We lost Beale" anguish...So many clubs lose their managers (or fire their managers) They may slip up a bit. Or they may have that bump. But no one like us. And Luton for example have just kept jogging along. Manager left. Manager appointed. On they go.
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Post by powerpump on Apr 16, 2023 12:42:11 GMT
The title of this thread is spot on. We are down and we need to accept it and just hope we can do better in what is in effect Division 3.
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Post by londonranger on Apr 16, 2023 15:25:01 GMT
Rickys shrewd analysis of whats going is dire. Almost like whats the point of playing any more games. Just concede them. Where are the owners What are they doing or do they not care.
We go down can we even stay in the next division. Perhaps will slide down even further unless there is top class Decision making by ownership. Really hard to take this demise.
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Post by Lonegunmen on Apr 17, 2023 10:23:22 GMT
I hoped Les enjoyed Hong Kong while we were losing to Coventry.
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Post by nomar on Apr 17, 2023 16:54:54 GMT
Rickys shrewd analysis of whats going is dire. Almost like whats the point of playing any more games. Just concede them. Where are the owners What are they doing or do they not care. We go down can we even stay in the next division. Perhaps will slide down even further unless there is top class Decision making by ownership. Really hard to take this demise. I said this weeks ago. This club would actually show more integrity if they just forfeited the remaining games, because what they are doing every time they step onto the pitch is a mockery and an affront to the beautiful game. The other 2 teams that go down with us can hold their heads up high. They tried their best but were just overmatched in this league. There is no shame in that. But this bunch of wasters are going down because they genuinely cannot give a single you know what. Every single person representing this club should hang their heads in shame. |
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Post by robindubois on Apr 18, 2023 8:13:41 GMT
Just read Wildthings comments on WLS - has anyone told him there are only 4 games left. Talking about Clarke-Salter and Roberts getting a "few minutes" before the end of the season being great news, needing to get the back four playing with more confidence before he allows them to play a passing game to feed Chair and Willock (if he plays them)
Then of course the great return of Roberts from Leeds - named on the bench against Coventry but pulled up injured in the warm up on Saturday.
Still stay ever hopeful - beat Norwich on Wednesday and then another 2 or 3 points .......probably still not enough with some 6 pointers between the teams around us still to come.
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Post by rangersman on Apr 18, 2023 12:56:08 GMT
Because we are run by morons with zero ambition, coupled with a shower of overpaid imposters on the pitch. It is not hard to work out, say hello to div 2 very soon.
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Post by surreychad on Apr 18, 2023 13:28:52 GMT
Rickys shrewd analysis of whats going is dire. Almost like whats the point of playing any more games. Just concede them. Where are the owners What are they doing or do they not care. We go down can we even stay in the next division. Perhaps will slide down even further unless there is top class Decision making by ownership. Really hard to take this demise. Every single person representing this club should hang their heads in shame. This is doing a lot of people a massive disservice, there are a lot of people behind the scenes who have no involvement in how the club performs on the pitch and are doing a brilliant job to keep the club going and support the wider community, outside those people you are spot on. |
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Post by hitmanrangers on Apr 18, 2023 17:27:19 GMT
Some really good points here.
My take on this is the sense of inevitable . Being super critical, if we go back to season 20/21, the one after we sold Eze, nearing Christmas we were on a downward spiral and one I feared that we would be dragged into relegation battle. Money spent didn’t really improve the team at the time.
Dykes - it was clear that he would not be a reliable goal scorer at this level but works hard - nothing has changed
Dickie - struggled when he first joined in a back 4 - same issue now
Dieng and Dunne - lacked sufficient 1st team football experience and prone to individual errors - same issues now
Chair - our hope to replace Eze at some level but too inconsistent and has not really improved despite having over 150 games now in the Championship. It was a tough ask to step up for Eze and so it has proved
Willock - again very little experience , injury prone and also inconsistent. Not yet proved himself for a full season and still the same issues when we signed him.
That season only turned around when we signed Austin and Johansen. Austin gone and replaced by Martin, an older less mobile player. Johansen’s legs have gone and not effective anymore for us.
So I see this season has turned out how 20/21 was heading, before those signings which are now no more, therefore a sense of inevitability.
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Post by nomar on Apr 18, 2023 19:28:24 GMT
Every single person representing this club should hang their heads in shame. This is doing a lot of people a massive disservice, there are a lot of people behind the scenes who have no involvement in how the club performs on the pitch and are doing a brilliant job to keep the club going and support the wider community, outside those people you are spot on. Good point. |
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Post by robindubois on Apr 19, 2023 8:13:43 GMT
This is doing a lot of people a massive disservice, there are a lot of people behind the scenes who have no involvement in how the club performs on the pitch and are doing a brilliant job to keep the club going and support the wider community, outside those people you are spot on. Good point. I have been a QPR supporter since before many who read or post on here were born. I consider myself to be a representative of the club, defending against criticism, promoting the club and its history etc. I must admit I have been unusually very critical lately after the stupid appointment of Ainsworth and what he is doing. But I like many fans are not hanging our heads in shame - we have done nothing wrong other than maybe those who constantly run down those at the club and call for constant change. Instead I hold my head high as a true QPR supporter who if I survive that long will be supporting the team again next season which ever division we are in. I can see 3 points tonight coming our way tonight as strange things happen- then maybe this thread will quite down for a couple of days. For any who want to give up on QPR, feel free, join a well known poster and switch to Arsenal - then hang your heads in shame when they blow the PL title to Man City again. |
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Post by Macmoish on Apr 19, 2023 9:18:54 GMT
Would never give up on QPR....Even if we plummet into non-league. And I'm sure that's true for most or all of us.
When that STUPID proposal to merge Wimbledon and QPR; some said "it will put us in a higher league." I said at the time...I'd rather QPR in Div 4 (or wherever) than QPRWimbledon in the top flight (or FulhamQPR etc)
But not in the slightest bit confident we even get a point today.
Disappointing, disappointing season!
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Post by rickyqpr on Apr 19, 2023 9:38:13 GMT
I have been a QPR supporter since before many who read or post on here were born. I consider myself to be a representative of the club, defending against criticism, promoting the club and its history etc. I must admit I have been unusually very critical lately after the stupid appointment of Ainsworth and what he is doing. But I like many fans are not hanging our heads in shame - we have done nothing wrong other than maybe those who constantly run down those at the club and call for constant change. Instead I hold my head high as a true QPR supporter who if I survive that long will be supporting the team again next season which ever division we are in. I can see 3 points tonight coming our way tonight as strange things happen- then maybe this thread will quite down for a couple of days. For any who want to give up on QPR, feel free, join a well known poster and switch to Arsenal - then hang your heads in shame when they blow the PL title to Man City again. Yes, hindsight is a frustrating quality at times. Ainsworth could have been a good appointment once we were relegated, he knows that division better than anyone. The only ones who could have turned the tide would have been the old stagers - the ones that have seen it all. I know many Palace supporters who were horrified about the Hodgson appointment - and yet..... Warnock at Huddersfield - even he said he did not know how he managed such success. But McCarthy at Blackpool shows that it does not always work. No doubt had QPR tried it, we would be talking a Blackpool rather than a Palace! There is no one managerial appointment that pleases everyone, and even the popular appointments soon falter with results. I am usually accused of being a 'happy clapper' and I am usually the last to want change, but I started this thread because it has never been harder to go along and support. Even when we were broke, there was a survival coming together. Now it just feels broken, lost and impossible. Had we secured the necessary points, I think we had a chance to rebuild and go again. Relegation this time around looks much more of a bitter pill to swallow. But no matter what, my support remains committed. As ever it is the hope that kills. |
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Post by robindubois on Apr 19, 2023 12:07:30 GMT
I have been a QPR supporter since before many who read or post on here were born. I consider myself to be a representative of the club, defending against criticism, promoting the club and its history etc. I must admit I have been unusually very critical lately after the stupid appointment of Ainsworth and what he is doing. But I like many fans are not hanging our heads in shame - we have done nothing wrong other than maybe those who constantly run down those at the club and call for constant change. Instead I hold my head high as a true QPR supporter who if I survive that long will be supporting the team again next season which ever division we are in. I can see 3 points tonight coming our way tonight as strange things happen- then maybe this thread will quite down for a couple of days. For any who want to give up on QPR, feel free, join a well known poster and switch to Arsenal - then hang your heads in shame when they blow the PL title to Man City again. Yes, hindsight is a frustrating quality at times. Ainsworth could have been a good appointment once we were relegated, he knows that division better than anyone. The only ones who could have turned the tide would have been the old stagers - the ones that have seen it all. I know many Palace supporters who were horrified about the Hodgson appointment - and yet..... Warnock at Huddersfield - even he said he did not know how he managed such success. But McCarthy at Blackpool shows that it does not always work. No doubt had QPR tried it, we would be talking a Blackpool rather than a Palace! There is no one managerial appointment that pleases everyone, and even the popular appointments soon falter with results. I am usually accused of being a 'happy clapper' and I am usually the last to want change, but I started this thread because it has never been harder to go along and support. Even when we were broke, there was a survival coming together. Now it just feels broken, lost and impossible. Had we secured the necessary points, I think we had a chance to rebuild and go again. Relegation this time around looks much more of a bitter pill to swallow. But no matter what, my support remains committed. As ever it is the hope that kills. All good points and most importantly as you say it is the hope that kills. No one is more disappointed with our situation than I am and I think that is because of the start of season we had. If we had started poorly and been involved in a season long battle in the lower reaches then I think reactions would have been different. It is the incredible unexplainable decline that hurts and leads to the knives being out for anyone or everyone involved with the club and even fans turning on each other. Maybe I am biased about Ainsworth but we knew the style of play he would introduce and that we do not have the players who are good at that - so why appoint him to save us? Mission impossible. If we had already accepted relegation (which I doubt) why not leave Critchley in charge and make a change in the summer - at least his style of play was closer to our players ability. Ainsworth has no experience managing in the Championship apart from his one season with Wycombe, playing the style of football he is trying get us to play now. There was no guarantee of any improvement from any change of manager but an hardened experienced man would have stood more chance. Sad to see Warnock saying that he wants us to go down as he feels closer to Huddersfield Rotherham and Cardiff and prefers them to stay up. There in rests a clue to what went wrong with us in the last 2 seasons. But back to us - if we had already accepted relegation or even accept it now is Ainsworth the right man for next season. Yes he knows league one well but is that the limit of our ambition - to be an average league one club. Surely we should be looking for a manager who could build around a nucleus of our current squad and try to get us back up at the first attempt. Many of our bright young players, take Dickie for example, still have the same ability as they had last season and the start of this. The decline we have seen in him and others imo is more mental and confidence and not knowing what they are supposed to be doing. A few months off with a motivational manager can turn that round. Unfortunately I do not put Ainsworth in that category. Sure he is highly committed to running, effort, long ball and set pieces and fighting the good fight for QPR - but those days are long gone even in the lower divisions. That's why my fear is that if we go down, his style and the cash issues that we will face could well see us fall straight through League One or worse. So it's back to the hope that kills. I still have hope and a strange gut feeling we will pick up 3 points tonight. I may well be wrong and it will hurt, but if I give up hope what do I have left - sit in the garden and watch the fish and frogs in my pond?. |
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Post by nomar on Apr 19, 2023 16:43:17 GMT
I have been a QPR supporter since before many who read or post on here were born. I consider myself to be a representative of the club, defending against criticism, promoting the club and its history etc. I must admit I have been unusually very critical lately after the stupid appointment of Ainsworth and what he is doing. But I like many fans are not hanging our heads in shame - we have done nothing wrong other than maybe those who constantly run down those at the club and call for constant change. Instead I hold my head high as a true QPR supporter who if I survive that long will be supporting the team again next season which ever division we are in. I can see 3 points tonight coming our way tonight as strange things happen- then maybe this thread will quite down for a couple of days. For any who want to give up on QPR, feel free, join a well known poster and switch to Arsenal - then hang your heads in shame when they blow the PL title to Man City again. Robin, I'm not sure where this has come from. My comment was really about the main coaching and management staff at QPR who have really failed this club big time. I should have qualified that in my initial post for reasons of clarity. Irrespective of what happens, I, like most other QPR fans will still follow the club no matter what league (or non league at this rate) we are in. I trust that makes my position abundantly clear, lest there be any cause for even the slightest level of doubt. |
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Post by rickyqpr on Apr 20, 2023 8:27:40 GMT
We don't get told very much about injuries and behind the scene stuff with Ainsworth.
He makes the point that he will always support his players in public and that any issues are kept behind closed doors.
But at the same time, he has said that the major changes will have to wait until the Summer - he is clear that there are issues.
Martin's post match Coventry interviews at one level said nothing specific but did say that the players need to take a long hard look at themselves, both on the pitch and off the pitch.
If he was referring to the night club culture, then that again does not bode well. The names are out there regarding the Saturday night sessions.
Then we had Roberts sitting down after the warmup on Saturday, feeling a twinge, and not being able to come on if required. Was supposed to be back last night - but not on the bench.
Dozzell and Johansen not on the bench - he said he wanted to reward Dixon-Bonner for his hard work in training. He did not come on, but preferred over two more senior players it seems.
Drewe preferred at right back even though he said Laird was fully fit. It was a real risk selecting Drewe last night playing against one of Norwich's star men.
Drewe was badly fouled early on (not punished correctly by Stroud as ever) and he stood up well. But our Manchester United right back not even on the bench with Drewe, Dunne and Adomah ahead of him it seems.
Clarke-Salter off on the hour - but Gareth hopes it is not too serious. Dickie dropped after a woeful season.
Willock sat watching Martin, Lowe and Richards preferred to him. Unthinkable last Autumn.
Gareth may not be airing the dirty washing in public, but there are some obvious conclusions to draw from what we can see.
The status of some players now compared to our purple Beale patch is incredible.
Ainsworth will run out of time. He could be making very brave decisions, or he could be playing Russian Roulette with our future.
Time will tell, but it is a sad list of problems he has apparently inherited.
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Post by rickyqpr on Apr 20, 2023 11:47:41 GMT
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Post by rangersman on Apr 20, 2023 11:55:54 GMT
Errr..............crap board, crap team, crap manager = relegation. There you go, next question?
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Post by robindubois on Apr 20, 2023 12:01:11 GMT
We don't get told very much about injuries and behind the scene stuff with Ainsworth. He makes the point that he will always support his players in public and that any issues are kept behind closed doors. But at the same time, he has said that the major changes will have to wait until the Summer - he is clear that there are issues. Martin's post match Coventry interviews at one level said nothing specific but did say that the players need to take a long hard look at themselves, both on the pitch and off the pitch. If he was referring to the night club culture, then that again does not bode well. The names are out there regarding the Saturday night sessions. Then we had Roberts sitting down after the warmup on Saturday, feeling a twinge, and not being able to come on if required. Was supposed to be back last night - but not on the bench. Dozzell and Johansen not on the bench - he said he wanted to reward Dixon-Bonner for his hard work in training. He did not come on, but preferred over two more senior players it seems. Drewe preferred at right back even though he said Laird was fully fit. It was a real risk selecting Drewe last night playing against one of Norwich's star men. Drewe was badly fouled early on (not punished correctly by Stroud as ever) and he stood up well. But our Manchester United right back not even on the bench with Drewe, Dunne and Adomah ahead of him it seems. Clarke-Salter off on the hour - but Gareth hopes it is not too serious. Dickie dropped after a woeful season. Willock sat watching Martin, Lowe and Richards preferred to him. Unthinkable last Autumn. Gareth may not be airing the dirty washing in public, but there are some obvious conclusions to draw from what we can see. The status of some players now compared to our purple Beale patch is incredible. Ainsworth will run out of time. He could be making very brave decisions, or he could be playing Russian Roulette with our future. Time will tell, but it is a sad list of problems he has apparently inherited. While we are not told very much about what is happening behind the scenes , injuries etc by Ainsworth I do not think we had much if anymore form the last 3 or 4 managers. The man I would really like to hear from, but never will, is Beale. The rot started after his "it didn't happen' talks with Wolves - not a co-incidence in mind. He must have seen/know what was happening and even made some public comments about players no longer doing what he asked them to do. That is a theme that has continued ever since - we are good on the training ground but do not do the same on the pitch. I think only Beale or the players can really say what happened and of course that is unlikely unless someone like Johansen or Albert breaks the silence after the season is over. I have no doubt Ainsworth is making "brave" decisions which he thinks are for the best. But to be honest I cannot see the logic in many of them and lean to the idea that he is playing Russian Roulette with our future and maybe his own. If Willock is fit enough for the bench he must be fit enough to play at least and hour and is someone who can turn a match on it's head in the space of a few minutes. It appears that Ainsworths desire for the long ball game outweighs the use of skill - Laird and Willock out Martin and Drew in - that is Russian roulette. Let's hope if that is his game he is able to dodge the bullet of relegation, but time and odds are running out quickly. |
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Post by nomar on Apr 20, 2023 12:22:49 GMT
Errr..............crap board, crap team, crap manager = relegation. There you go, next question? Succinct and pretty much in a nutshell. |
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Post by nomar on Apr 20, 2023 12:31:40 GMT
At this stage, I actually find myself asking why on earth we would want to stay up anymore?
Why would you want to sit through another 46 game season of this slop? We'd almost certainly get relegated next season and equally as certainly get the lowest points total in the history of the Championship whilst doing so.
We have a manager who would turn us into the Wimbledon crazy gang, which might get you out of L1 but certainly would get you absolutely bummed in the gob every week at this level.
I just feel that over the last 23 games or so no other team in the history of professional football has ever deserved to be relegated more than this lot. Staying up would be the injustice and an affront to football.
Sorry, but the level of effort and application is inexcusable at any level of sport, amateur, professional or even playing with your mates in your back garden.
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