GreennWhite wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 1:48 pm
Fully agree with you White Riot, regarding the pressers, its mostly a waste of time, and would better not having them and just put out a statement via the club
Farke is no different from all the other managers up and down the country. Looks good when its going well, says all the right things, and then when it goes wrong they cant say anything or they are hammered about it. A lot of better managers than Farke have been in exactly the same position and they are so well schooled in it that it just comes out without them having to think about what they say. Of course he has made mistakes, they all do,but he is getting trashed for stuff that he does, and trashed for things that he doesn't do. The problem is if we get rid of him the same thing will happen to the next manager, and one after that, when things don`t go quite right. No one is prepared to wait for things to happen these days, they want it now or yesterday. Lets give him another year ( assuming that we don`t get promoted ) and then see how we go.
Yeah, to be honest I am prepared to give him another year if we don't go up. But obviously, regardless of the club's situation and his qualified "success" this season, the expectation will be much higher: i.e. automatic promotion or I expect he will be sacked next season. From his press conference, and rumours coming out of the club, it's fair to say that he's already been told he will be in charge irrespective of us not getting promotion this season.
I think that's why you see him looking so relaxed in the face of adversity.
We are probably in the best hands possible with DF at the moment. I don't know who we would attract to replace him that would be an obvious improvement at this level? But make no mistake there is a clear expectation from the club that we will achieve promotion asap. He does seem to have a long term plan, which is encouraging. But I still have serious doubts about his ability at EPL level, at times those were allayed this season, but they've all been reinforced by our recent results.
I do believe that Daniel has been provided with sufficient resources to get us promoted this season, so I would view missing out on promotion as short term failure. If, as he indicates, we are taking a long term approach to achieving EPL status and retaining it permanently, then I can tolerate short term pain.
But I do agree with the wise and logical analysis of Cjay, that this season is our very best opportunity to achieve promotion. After this the parachute payments reduce, the impact of the interest on our debts will increase, and we will not be able to offer as strong a squad to DF as the one he currently has at his disposal. The longer we languish at this level the harder it will be to get promoted, as we won't have the finances and quality of players available as we do now The Championship is littered with examples of clubs who are stuck at this level.
I still desperately hope we can get promoted this season, as the club, and especially our brilliant supporters deserve much better than what we've endured for several decades.