AmericanTangerine
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Thought I'd take a look at all 6 of Sadler's full time appointments to get a better picture of his record...
Simon Grayson; 6 July, 2019- 12 February 2020. 29 P; 10 W, 9 D, 10 L
Neil Critchley; 2 March, 2020- 2 June 2022. 94 P; 39 W, 24 D, 31 L
Michael Appleton; 17 June 2022- 18 January 2023. 27 P; 6 W, 8 D, 13 L
Mick McCarthy 19 January 2023- 8 April 2023. 14 P; 2 W, 3 D, 9 L
Neil Critchley 23 May 2023- Present. 44 P; 21 W, 10 D, 13 L
The big picture takeaways;
1. He really hasn't gotten many of his appointments right.
It's not great reading is it? 4/5 of the appointments have been abject failures with very little value brought to the club at all. How much do you think we've paid in compo to Grayson, MA, and MM? A couple million? Running a football club is hard, but some of those decisions like MA and MM were so obviously the wrong ones.
The squad at MA's disposal was NEVER going to suit his style of play and when we had the players that did we went and got a dinosaur.
Whoever they bring in next has to have a good understanding of the squad and what is required to get the most out of the players.
To be fair to him the initial Critch appointment was a masterstroke that worked brilliantly. Promotion and then a solid season in the Championship really brought us a long way and I am not prepared to say that the progress made then has been undone (I still think structurally we are on the right trajectory), but the next move we make (whether it is keeping or letting Critch go) will be decisive to what our future will be.
2. 3/5 of the appointments have been former faces.
It's happened too many times now to say it's just an aberration, Sadler feels very comfortable appointing men formerly associated with the club and it puts the club in a tough position. Grayson, Appleton, and Critch came in and split opinions greatly making their job unbelievably more difficult than it had to be. For any of those three to succeed they would have had to overcome a ton of pressure from fans which was just too much to ask especially when things went south.
I actually think one of the reasons why Critch Mach 1 was able to succeed was that everyone in and around the club backed him as a man with new ideas, but now that can't be said at all.
Whoever we bring in next HAS to be an outsider. A new man with fresh ideas that we can all get behind.
Pete Wild
Brian Barry-Murphy
Stephen Bradley
Mike Williamson
Out of those I really fancy Mike Williamson, a young up and coming manager who plays an attractive style of play, if MK Dons fail to go up this season we would be fools not to look at him.
Simon Grayson; 6 July, 2019- 12 February 2020. 29 P; 10 W, 9 D, 10 L
Neil Critchley; 2 March, 2020- 2 June 2022. 94 P; 39 W, 24 D, 31 L
Michael Appleton; 17 June 2022- 18 January 2023. 27 P; 6 W, 8 D, 13 L
Mick McCarthy 19 January 2023- 8 April 2023. 14 P; 2 W, 3 D, 9 L
Neil Critchley 23 May 2023- Present. 44 P; 21 W, 10 D, 13 L
The big picture takeaways;
1. He really hasn't gotten many of his appointments right.
It's not great reading is it? 4/5 of the appointments have been abject failures with very little value brought to the club at all. How much do you think we've paid in compo to Grayson, MA, and MM? A couple million? Running a football club is hard, but some of those decisions like MA and MM were so obviously the wrong ones.
The squad at MA's disposal was NEVER going to suit his style of play and when we had the players that did we went and got a dinosaur.
Whoever they bring in next has to have a good understanding of the squad and what is required to get the most out of the players.
To be fair to him the initial Critch appointment was a masterstroke that worked brilliantly. Promotion and then a solid season in the Championship really brought us a long way and I am not prepared to say that the progress made then has been undone (I still think structurally we are on the right trajectory), but the next move we make (whether it is keeping or letting Critch go) will be decisive to what our future will be.
2. 3/5 of the appointments have been former faces.
It's happened too many times now to say it's just an aberration, Sadler feels very comfortable appointing men formerly associated with the club and it puts the club in a tough position. Grayson, Appleton, and Critch came in and split opinions greatly making their job unbelievably more difficult than it had to be. For any of those three to succeed they would have had to overcome a ton of pressure from fans which was just too much to ask especially when things went south.
I actually think one of the reasons why Critch Mach 1 was able to succeed was that everyone in and around the club backed him as a man with new ideas, but now that can't be said at all.
Whoever we bring in next HAS to be an outsider. A new man with fresh ideas that we can all get behind.
Pete Wild
Brian Barry-Murphy
Stephen Bradley
Mike Williamson
Out of those I really fancy Mike Williamson, a young up and coming manager who plays an attractive style of play, if MK Dons fail to go up this season we would be fools not to look at him.
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