Do you have confidence in Marathe/Board to find a replacement manager who will deliver? - Poll of the Day (10th Nov)

[1964white]

If Farke is fired.

Do you have confidence in Marathe/Board to find a replacement manager who will deliver?

[Jimstorrie]

Voted no.
Should only sack DF if they already have someone lined up. Dithering, as seems their way, is the worst they can do.

[1964white]

Voted no.
Should only sack DF if they already have someone lined up. Dithering, as seems their way, is the worst they can do.

I'm expecting lots of dithering, Jim.

They wasted half the transfer window, then bragged about how well they did in the summer.

[1964white]

Once again, I have no confidence in the board whatsoever!

[Pullhard]

It’s a No from me also.

Really hope they prove me wrong.
Really hope they have taken lessons from 1) the Marsh debacle and 2) the mess they created at Rangers.
Really hope they have a candidate 99% lined up before they pull the trigger on DF.
Really hope they don’t procrastinate.

I live in hope.

[lufc1304]

No. I would have if Steinson (sic) and the ex Newcastle guy were still around but given how our pursuit of summer transfers went, I have zero faith that they'll get this right if/when it happens.

[DDB220]

They have the best part of two weeks to find a replacement.

There is no shortage of managers who will want a crack at the EPL. But they need to get the process right, hopefully some lessons have been learned from the Rangers debacle.

That nagging Dejavu feeling from our last season in the prem is hard to ignore though.

But I will be very very surprised if DF is still the manager after the international break.

[YorkshireSquare]

The issue is a bunch of players who don't fit the managers system and weren't what he wanted this summer.

Blame your manager if you back him and bring in the players he needs to play his system. If you don't want to back his system, bring in someone who plays the way you want to. But given how our summer signings are playing, I'm not sure I have considence in the direction they want to go in.

[Jaydog]

Imagine coming in as the new boss with the 4 games we have coming up.

[The Subhuman]

The issue is a bunch of players who don't fit the managers system and weren't what he wanted this summer.

Blame your manager if you back him and bring in the players he needs to play his system. If you don't want to back his system, bring in someone who plays the way you want to. But given how our summer signings are playing, I'm not sure I have considence in the direction they want to go in.

I think Farke is slow to act, he has to take some responsibility for the poor summer and we hear he fixes on a player for too long and other targets get snapped up while we hum and haw.

His management style is similar, late subs, very late to take out of form players out of the team. You have to make quick decisions in this division.. Sunderland did, we make an offer for Diarra or Sadiki, Sunderland immeadiatly come over the top then we think about it for a while. We're told we didn't want to improve our offer so we let said players go, it's more likely we ran out of time..

Also there's no scouting experience on our player recruitment team, we basically dismantled it prior to the summer.

[Musicman1965]

I really hope that the board are already sorting out the possibility of potential replacement but the list of candidates that are available are not exactly an upgrade imo. I don't know about the board really, how much were they responsible for the recruitment, was DF involved on an equal level, its all a bit up in the air without the facts.

[YorkshireSquare]

I think Farke is slow to act, he has to take some responsibility for the poor summer and we hear he fixes on a player for too long and other targets get snapped up while we hum and haw.

His management style is similar, late subs, very late to take out of form players out of the team. You have to make quick decisions in this division.. Sunderland did, we make an offer for Diarra or Sadiki, Sunderland immeadiatly come over the top then we think about it for a while. We're told we didn't want to improve our offer so we let said players go, it's more likely we ran out of time..

Also there's no scouting experience on our player recruitment team, we basically dismantled it prior to the summer.

Oh, I definitely see his weaknesses. But the question was around faith in the board to replace him. Do they bring someone in and go all out backing their style, bring someone in who fits the sytle they want to play or bring someone in and have this miss match again?

[Carrick Dave]

Whoever they bring in will have to work with the squad as it stands, with little hope of changing it much in January - loans being the most likely scenario.

Given the current shortcomings on the pitch it’s hard to see what anyone would do to make a radical difference.

So a new manager who’d deliver? Not in the short term.

[CUSSIE01]

Imagine coming in as the new boss with the 4 games we have coming up.

Perfect time to come in with very little expectation of points and the chance that the players will get the new manager bounce and produce a couple of shocks. Any manager worth his salt should be relishing those games.

[The Subhuman]

Whoever they bring in will have to work with the squad as it stands, with little hope of changing it much in January - loans being the most likely scenario.

Given the current shortcomings on the pitch it’s hard to see what anyone would do to make a radical difference.

So a new manager who’d deliver? Not in the short term.

Solomon is struggling in Spain so he might be available in JAN ...

[Victor_Notts-17]

No confidence in the board whatsoever…

[Jammy 07]

Voted no.

Marathe is all good intentions but I guess we should wait to see what happens regarding the stadium before getting too down hearted because at the end of the day the long term plan is more important than short term fixes.

[The Subhuman]

We don't have any specialists at the sharp end. It's not Marathe's first sport, Kinnear left (funny how we got worse when he left) The player recruitment team (I'd imagine will also have a say in a new manager) are what's left after we wielded the axe, (rookies and the dreaded middle management left, basically)

Farke is probably the only football brain left at the club and he ain't helping select a successor

[Clacton White]

Judging by their transfer activity, not sure they know what they are doing , so why would they know what to get in a coach / manager when they don't know what the club needs on the pitch .

[1964white]

Not one of our members seem to have any confidence in our board, which is a massive concern!