Chris Beech

Wizaard said:
Struggling?
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I think even you will admit we should be doing a lot better than we are right now.

And yes we’re struggling to get out of this league by some distance when you look at teams like Stevenage Lincoln and Oxford above us FFS.

It’s been a shocking season but I called it right last August when so many thought we would piss promotion.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
I think even you will admit we should be doing a lot better than we are right now.

And yes we’re struggling to get out of this league by some distance when you look at teams like Stevenage Lincoln and Oxford above us FFS.

It’s been a shocking season but I called it right last August when so many thought we would piss promotion.
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Struggling is where Fleetwood are, not where we are.
 
I don’t think he’s the right man to take us into a higher division but every credit to the fella. Done a good job. There’s only one man I want. Mr Neil Warnock.
 
I think fans generally want a ‘name’. The skills to be a manager are similar at all levels. Chris Beech is doing an excellent job and would do a lot better than Critchley in my opinion.
 
Done well with them but don’t think he’s the guy for us.

Pete Wild/Michael Duff both much better shouts IMO. Unlikely shout - Liam Rosenior could be available soon, Hull fans don’t seem too pleased with him. Don’t see him falling to us mind.
 
A_Tense_Grin said:
That's fine. Will just have to accept much lower crowds next season. You carrying on supporting failure.
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I am not supporting failure, i personally see it as a longer term project rather than the instant success which i think a lot of people were expecting. As they say Rome wasn't built in a day.
I do think it will be right in the end, he may go who knows, that's the joy of it all, personally i just let it happen i can't make anything change so why bother getting stressed and wound up. It is what it is.
 
If Simon wants to continue with ex players, Kevin Phillips has started his managerial career well. Purely hypothetical though as he won’t ditch Critch.
 
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Critchley, with a few seasons in the top 3 divisions, is deemed to need an experienced second in command, yet you seriously think Chris Beech is the man to replace him?

Unbelievable.
 
Wizaard said:
Critchley, with a few seasons in the top 3 divisions, is deemed to need an experienced second in command, yet you seriously think Chris Beech is the man to replace him?

Unbelievable.
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To be fair, Wiz, some managers don't need anyone to hold their hand, Carrick for example... who thought he'd have such an impact at Boro? Evo has taken to management like a duck to water. Some people just make good managers and others don't, despite their qualifications.
 
A_Tense_Grin said:
My only issue is that he also plays 3-5-2 albeit successfully.
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Quite a pertinant point you conclude with there, A_T_G. Should we not be looking at farming Critch out on a sabbatical to AFC Fylde, with him possibly being coached, personally, by Chris on the finer points of how best to employ the 3-5-2 formation?

As Critchley clearly hasn't a clue, I strongly suspect he might have to be virtually indoctrinated in the actual practical workings of the system, which, with any luck, might just require him to spend upwards of 6 months receiving tutelage from one of BFC's more illustrious 'old boys'. At least, by the time he returns, Critchley will have some inkling of how the system operates.
 
Wizaard said:
Critchley, with a few seasons in the top 3 divisions, is deemed to need an experienced second in command, yet you seriously think Chris Beech is the man to replace him?

Unbelievable.
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Why the consternation, Wiz? I rather get the impression the poster has touched a nerve for having the audacity to suggest Chris Beech should possibly be lined up as replacement your all-time hero, Neil Critchley, an individual who, despite having quite an extensive record 'in the top 3 divisions' of English football, has actually achieved very little in the game - if you overlook the promotion he 'helped' secure for BFC all those years ago.

It really comes as no surprise that an individual who has achieved so much with a team a little further down the 'football pyramid' has been mentioned as a possible future candidate for the managerial hotseat, should it ever become available, at BFC.

What, pray tell, is so 'unbelievable' about that?
 
Wizaard said:
Critchley, with a few seasons in the top 3 divisions, is deemed to need an experienced second in command, yet you seriously think Chris Beech is the man to replace him?

Unbelievable.
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What is unbelievable is thinking Critchley is the right man to take us forward. It literally does make matter how much experience you have if you consider Connolly a viable option at left wing back.
 
tarantula said:
Why the consternation, Wiz? I rather get the impression the poster has touched a nerve for having the audacity to suggest Chris Beech should possibly be lined up as replacement your all-time hero, Neil Critchley, an individual who, despite having quite an extensive record 'in the top 3 divisions' of English football, has actually achieved very little in the game - if you overlook the promotion he 'helped' secure for BFC all those years ago.

It really comes as no surprise that an individual who has achieved so much with a team a little further down the 'football pyramid' has been mentioned as a possible future candidate for the managerial hotseat, should it ever become available, at BFC.

What, pray tell, is so 'unbelievable' about that?
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Because we bemoan the lack of experience of Critchley then suggest people with no League experience at all, just because they played for us.

No one is suggesting we go get the new manager of Guiseley, but if he'd played for us, he'd be a viable candidate for some 😉
 
Wizaard said:
Because we bemoan the lack of experience of Critchley then suggest people with no League experience at all, just because they played for us.

No one is suggesting we go get the new manager of Guiseley, but if he'd played for us, he'd be a viable candidate for some 😉
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There's an unhealthy obession with ex-players becoming our Manager.
Evo tops that list but I do know a handful of Bolton fans, which I accept isnt necessarly representative, and they classify him as boring and negative.
The problem for me with Critch, along many, many others, is that he needs someone with polar opposite views alongside him.
 
tarantula said:
Quite a pertinant point you conclude with there, A_T_G. Should we not be looking at farming Critch out on a sabbatical to AFC Fylde, with him possibly being coached, personally, by Chris on the finer points of how best to employ the 3-5-2 formation?

As Critchley clearly hasn't a clue, I strongly suspect he might have to be virtually indoctrinated in the actual practical workings of the system, which, with any luck, might just require him to spend upwards of 6 months receiving tutelage from one of BFC's more illustrious 'old boys'. At least, by the time he returns, Critchley will have some inkling of how the system operates.
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I think a lot of people on here haven't got a clue, and those comments above in bold just enhance my comment, God help us.
 
The current season isn’t yet over and the playoffs are still in reach.

Even if we miss out by a couple of points it’s no disaster given we all recognise there’s probably a little more to come from this squad.

You’d be daft to not think we‘ll be competitive in the transfer window again.

Stability breeds success.

And for those calling for Critchleys head at least you know if he doesn’t get promotion next season that’s a failure in Sadlers eyes
 
Sticking with Critchley would suggest that SS is happy wasting everyone’s time, wasting his own money and losing supporters along the way.
 
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