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Time to go Critch?

  • Yes

    Votes: 143 76.1%

  • No

    Votes: 20 10.6%

  • Not sure

    Votes: 25 13.3%
  • Total voters
    188
Macseasider said:
Well after that aberration I think a few people might feel differently.
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Still no.

Form is really poor and needs to improve but not sure sacking him is the answer. Any suggestions we should get a new manager before the transfer window don’t make much sense to me as the club have shown nothing that shows they’d be prepared to work with a new manager when it comes to recruitment. We sacked Appleton last season and let big Mick get his players and that went well.

Critchley has a lot of questions to answer now and these types of performances away from home can’t continue. It’s inexcusable at this level and that’s down to him.
 
Shiggy said:
Still no.

Form is really poor and needs to improve but not sure sacking him is the answer. Any suggestions we should get a new manager before the transfer window don’t make much sense to me as the club have shown nothing that shows they’d be prepared to work with a new manager when it comes to recruitment. We sacked Appleton last season and let big Mick get his players and that went well.

Critchley has a lot of questions to answer now and these types of performances away from home can’t continue. It’s inexcusable at this level and that’s down to him.
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No surprise from you. You just like to be different.
 
Shiggy said:
Still no.

Form is really poor and needs to improve but not sure sacking him is the answer. Any suggestions we should get a new manager before the transfer window don’t make much sense to me as the club have shown nothing that shows they’d be prepared to work with a new manager when it comes to recruitment. We sacked Appleton last season and let big Mick get his players and that went well.

Critchley has a lot of questions to answer now and these types of performances away from home can’t continue. It’s inexcusable at this level and that’s down to him.
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Still no????? You must be either related or retarded 🙄
 
Yes he needs to clear his desk.I think sadler needs to do good buisness in january or sell club.Critch got what he wanted out of the game61% possesion,isn’t he on tv saying if you have most possession, you should be up there,has he seen table.
 
Shiggy said:
Still no.

Form is really poor and needs to improve but not sure sacking him is the answer. Any suggestions we should get a new manager before the transfer window don’t make much sense to me as the club have shown nothing that shows they’d be prepared to work with a new manager when it comes to recruitment. We sacked Appleton last season and let big Mick get his players and that went well.

Critchley has a lot of questions to answer now and these types of performances away from home can’t continue. It’s inexcusable at this level and that’s down to him.
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Why would you want him to stay, bring in new players, get sacked, then a new manager comes in to work with players he doesn't even want?

Please explain your rationale?
 
I think that shambles tonight was the last straw for the remaining Crtichley backers myself included who l have given the benefit of the doubt since he returned. The players body language said it all for me after going 1 down again and it’s clear they don’t like the system and have possibly lost faith in Critch. We shouldn’t worry whether he has a 4 year contract there will be a clause in there that he leaves with fuck all if potted after last time.
 
Shiggy said:
Still no.

Form is really poor and needs to improve but not sure sacking him is the answer. Any suggestions we should get a new manager before the transfer window don’t make much sense to me as the club have shown nothing that shows they’d be prepared to work with a new manager when it comes to recruitment. We sacked Appleton last season and let big Mick get his players and that went well.

Critchley has a lot of questions to answer now and these types of performances away from home can’t continue. It’s inexcusable at this level and that’s down to him.
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Stubborn . Refuses to learn from his mistakes.
Team selections often beggar belief . Does that equate to another coaching badge or the sack ?
 
I’ve sat on the fence until now even though I didn’t want him back. We should have learned our lessons from reappointing Appleton and Larry.
Thankfully we’re too good to get relegated, but as for promotion we’ve no chance under this current set up.
I wouldn’t mind if we were losing and the football was entertaining but it’s like Chinese torture.
 
Shiggy said:
Still no.

Form is really poor and needs to improve but not sure sacking him is the answer. Any suggestions we should get a new manager before the transfer window don’t make much sense to me as the club have shown nothing that shows they’d be prepared to work with a new manager when it comes to recruitment. We sacked Appleton last season and let big Mick get his players and that went well.

Critchley has a lot of questions to answer now and these types of performances away from home can’t continue. It’s inexcusable at this level and that’s down to him.
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I hope u r having a laugh, but this is now beyond a joke
 
Olliesoffhistrolley said:
Stubborn . Refuses to learn from his mistakes.
Team selections often beggar belief . Does that equate to another coaching badge or the sack ?
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I don’t disagree with you on some of that I’m just trying to picture what happens next. Who do we get? Will the club have recruitment plans in place so that we’re not caught on our toes in January? Because we definitely need to improve the squad. Critchley is largely responsible but at the end of the day it’s largely the same squad as last season who were awful in the champ.
 
Martonmosser said:
Still no????? You must be either related or retarded 🙄
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Ok. At the end of the day most of you jumping on this thread in delight have wanted him out since day 1 so it’s no surprise this is the standard of the debate.

as I said I’m not saying this is acceptable but once again… sacking the manager isn’t always the answer
 
Shiggy said:
I don’t disagree with you on some of that I’m just trying to picture what happens next. Who do we get? Will the club have recruitment plans in place so that we’re not caught on our toes in January? Because we definitely need to improve the squad. Critchley is largely responsible but at the end of the day it’s largely the same squad as last season who were awful in the champ.
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Does it ** matter ! He's clueless, the second half of the Champ season told us that, PNE away ! I'd take you as our manager over Critchley and that really is saying something !
 
Shiggy said:
Ok. At the end of the day most of you jumping on this thread in delight have wanted him out since day 1 so it’s no surprise this is the standard of the debate.

as I said I’m not saying this is acceptable but once again… sacking the manager isn’t always the answer
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Although he wasn't my first choice, I was OK with the appointment. However, it hasn't worked and I do think that sacking him is the answer. If he's in charge on Monday it will be toxic. We should save him from that ordeal ...
 
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Look, I know a lot of people are angry and they definitely have a right to be. But I’d love to have a reasoned discussion regarding what happens if we do sack Critchley?

What would the expectations then be? Still promotion? Would a new manager have the time to work with heads of recruitment to bring in the right players? And who would this new manager be?

Also, why do we seem to be letting the players off every week? The only players I see who get genuine stick are Connolly and CJ due to some concocted affiliation with the manager.I’m not saying I want our players to receive abuse but why is it always on the manager? Like I said it’s largely the same squad who were really poor last season.

Critch has been underwhelming this season, no doubt about it. But I do think it’s more complicated than our current position being solely down to the manager. From what I’ve seen the only players in our squad who haven’t been either bang average or inconsistent are Dougall, Rhodes, and Dembele. Is this squad really all it’s made out to be?
 
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Shiggy said:
I don’t disagree with you on some of that I’m just trying to picture what happens next. Who do we get? Will the club have recruitment plans in place so that we’re not caught on our toes in January? Because we definitely need to improve the squad. Critchley is largely responsible but at the end of the day it’s largely the same squad as last season who were awful in the champ.
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Agreed a change of manager is less than ideal at this point . I just don’t see any future here for Critchley so give it Dobbie or Bowyer or both . Both have served the club well in different capacities , I feel both would relish the challenge and tbh I think either would be worth the risk . But would Sadler back them with money ? No idea .
 
bleed_the_freak said:
Why would you want him to stay, bring in new players, get sacked, then a new manager comes in to work with players he doesn't even want?

Please explain your rationale?
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Is him being sacked really an inevitability? Especially if he’s properly backed in the January window?

Obviously no one wants to end up in the situation you’ve just described but there’s also plenty of other outcomes.

He’s stubborn and safe and that has to change. He’s learnt from mistakes before and I’d like to think after the last few away games he’ll learn again. Otherwise I’ll finally join the dark side and say we should probably replace him.
 
Olliesoffhistrolley said:
Agreed a change of manager is less than ideal at this point . I just don’t see any future here for Critchley so give it Dobbie or Bowyer or both . Both have served the club well in different capacities , I feel both would relish the challenge and tbh I think either would be worth the risk . But would Sadler back them with money ? No idea .
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Can’t be Bowyer for me. Seems like a nice guy and did well for us last time but under very different circumstances.

Dobbie i’d obviously get behind
 
I don’t want him sacked because of our home record and the fact it’s a long term appointment which is the right one, all things considered. The play offs are still easily possible despite this horrible week.

However, he needs to adapt and stop this predictable garbage away from home, which seems to be designed solely to give struggling teams 3 points!!

The players also need to take responsibility.
 
Olliesoffhistrolley said:
Agreed a change of manager is less than ideal at this point . I just don’t see any future here for Critchley so give it Dobbie or Bowyer or both . Both have served the club well in different capacities , I feel both would relish the challenge and tbh I think either would be worth the risk . But would Sadler back them with money ? No idea .
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Are the team not good enough or is it the manager that's not good enough? Both maybe?
 
The thing is we are too close to the January window to get rid now, there’s a good chance that deals are already underway and we also don’t know what’s happening with Marv and Kenny so the outs and ins will require management and to change right now could be disastrous.

Of course it could work out well but I feel if he was to be potted it should have happened early November .
 
Mike_BFC said:
I don’t want him sacked because of our home record and the fact it’s a long term appointment which is the right one, all things considered. The play offs are still easily possible despite this horrible week.

However, he needs to adapt and stop this predictable garbage away from home, which seems to be designed solely to give struggling teams 3 points!!

The players also need to take responsibility.
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Losing successive games to teams with dreadful current form gives me little hope of even mid table dreadfulness.
 
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Realistically he is not going to be sacked this season. For me it's a question of will Critch swallow his pride and fcuk off this experiment and wierd formation and try to fix things whilst still being able to play possession based football but from a more traditional platform ie 4231/432/442. Or will he make it hard on himself and keep trying to flog a dead horse which I think will lead to him getting dogs abuse.
I also think this squad is nowhere near as good as some seem to think it is so we need to spend some dosh on proper established quality players rather than freebies
 
Mike_BFC said:
I don’t want him sacked because of our home record and the fact it’s a long term appointment which is the right one, all things considered. The play offs are still easily possible despite this horrible week.

However, he needs to adapt and stop this predictable garbage away from home, which seems to be designed solely to give struggling teams 3 points!!

The players also need to take responsibility.
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He has shown his stubbornness, don’t expect changes to his predictable approach . For me the only hope would be a decent no 2 but , I suggest it is all too late .
 
Shiggy said:
Is him being sacked really an inevitability? Especially if he’s properly backed in the January window?

Obviously no one wants to end up in the situation you’ve just described but there’s also plenty of other outcomes.

He’s stubborn and safe and that has to change. He’s learnt from mistakes before and I’d like to think after the last few away games he’ll learn again. Otherwise I’ll finally join the dark side and say we should probably replace him.
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Why back a dead horse? Critch has been using the same failed tactics and game plan since Calderwood let go of his hand and the thought of Simon giving him any money to play with makes me shudder?

We could sign Messi and Critch would start him on the bench..
 
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