Maybe, but his performance at QPR and realisation he isn’t up to managing big ego players at a reasonably sized championship club has probably hit him hard confidence wise. The debacle at Sunderland clearly did for Grayson and this is a similar scenario in my view. Anyhow we are stuck with him so let’s hope there is another peak, I don’t see it myself. Last night looked like he had lost the players as well as a lot of the fans.
as a No2 I agree, but he left and seemed to want to leave. As a No1 he's been less successful and he's doing a great job as coach at Southampton.
I don’t think I was alone in hoping for, but not necessarily expecting, an immediate return. But I and I think many others are very disappointed in, the performance of both the team and especially the manager, away from Bloomers. I didn’t want Critchley back, which has been obvious from many of my posts, that didn’t cloud my judgement nor detract from my expectations for a decent season. I support the club and, begrudgingly, Sadlers choice of manager. My illusions, I’m afraid have been shattered and my worst fears realised. Critchley according to people who should know is a very good coach, as many have said he isn’t a manager. He still thinks he’s coaching Liverpool youngsters, where results aren’t particularly important. His in game management re subs etc is terrible, when he does make his 70 minute subs they are like for like no matter what is happening on the pitch. He desperately needs another Calderwood to replace his clueless yes men. Some who has been there and done it, someone who isn’t afraid to tell him what needs to happen during a game. Someone to teach him how to be proactive and not reactive. It was proven at QPR he isn’t a manager, and it’s being reiterated here. Giving him more time, on his own, won’t work. Is Sadler has any ambition for a reasonably early return to Championship football he should tell Critchley he’s having an experienced assistant, whether he wants one or not. If he doesn’t agree, he’s at liberty to leave.
Because there's no drum left to bang this season.Been very quiet after last night Lytham.
Normally banging the drum telling us loads more games to play, many points to fight for, there's always a couple of teams above us who will balls up etc etc.
The quiet majority seemed very conspicuous by their absence last night!!
Possibly fewer straws to clutch at
Amen to that Albert. Spot on.
It’s not about sacking him to make the playoffs. It’s about either sacking him or imposing an experienced sounding board assistant to prevent Critchley running us into the ground next season.
Because we didn't make the play offs?
No because we aren’t improving, we are deteriorating and he is doing nothing to resolve that and appears incapable of doing so. I get you don’t agree.
Would an experienced No2 want to work with Critchley?
Sacking him now would be a long term decision I the best interests of the club. I’d back that. Still lots of games to go and nothing to play for either way so zero risk. Allowing him another year to drive us even further into the ground is just a short term easy option.
Would an experienced No2 want to work with Critchley?
Now they all know what he's like (Villa, QPR and this season) they'd probably not be able to get their thoughts through to him
we’ll never know unless we try.
Judged over what period?
since he returned to the club…we finished last season with a bit of pride restored and should have been able to kick on. Instead he’s turned us into the footballing equivalent of a Magnolia living room then blaming the team of painters when it was him who ordered the fricking paint …as soon as his Mrs expressed the need for change and a bit more excitement he’s sat on his arse insisting it’s all fine.
In contention for manager of the month a week ago, don't forget.
I see what you mean Clappers and in my most disillusioned moments I tend to agree. However, think of what it's like for the first 5 minutes after a raft of substitutes in a game. We can look all at sea. Things take time to bed in. After the window - and losing Rhodes to injury - we are a bit at sixes and sevens. We will get going again but, for me at least, it'll be too late this season. So we go again next season.
Utter nonsense. Just the delusional supporter that people like Critchley needs to steal a living.
Absolutely.
I agree with this however let's not forget that a good portion of Holloway's games were in the PL.
Your patience is admirable, but I think misguided. I don’t think Critchley is the answer long or short term. We need to start again from scratch.
Your post flatters to deceive. Our injuries this season have not been that bad, and Joseph came to us injured. Lavery and Kouassi will always get injured due to the nature of the way they play and the fact that Critchley hasn't coached them to play smarter. In fact who has improved under his tenure? Maybe Gabriel but he might have improved under his own cognizance. Our team makes the same mistakes now as they did at the start of the season and seems poorly conditioned compared to our opponents. We fade in the last quarter. We don't know if the club has any more of a plan than the Oyston era because up to now we are in no better position than their time at the club save for some maintenance work. It's not being pessimistic it's being smart to say we've no chance of promotion. Critchley has learned nothing and we play the same way each week. Doing the same and expecting a different result is the hallmark of insanity - well, at least according to Einstein, it is.
Because he's landed himself a nice little earner on the books with Championship side Southampton FC. And tell me, who in their right mind would want to come from a club with ambitions of an immediate return to the Premiership, to one where there is absolutely no sense of passion or spirit, which is managed by a rather non-descript individual whose vocabulary doesn't stretch much beyond issuing a few "Errr" references, and who basically presents as someone totally bereft of ideas, and, given that he is without an able, or capable assistant to maybe guide or advise him, with each passing day, he is beginning to look, more and more, like the proverbial fish out of water.
Yes I was.
I think we also need to factor in that he’s now much more financially secure than when he was here last.
I would agree if I could see some progress and lessons being learnt but there isn't and I'm not.
yep, a fair bit of bollux in that. Holloway managed us in the PL where a win rate percentage is much harder to come by than in L1. for a team like us. And everyone has at least one shit day at work? Well Critchley has managed 32 league games this season so that's 32 days. I'd say over half of those have been "shit" days so god knows why you deliberately understate it by saying at least one. You are simply making excuses to try and justify the shit show we are seeing.
So what..he got us to the Premier, almost kept us there (except for minuscule funding from the Stains and incredibly biased refereeing) and except for a very lucky WHU, nearly got us back again.
There is enough promise with these performances to stick with Critch - we’re still fighting for top 6 with a game to go and have one of the best home forms in the division.
A lot of us are of the same opinion. Unfortunately the ones who matter don’t appear to think the same.
We shouldn’t be fighting for the top 6. We should be at least solidly in there, our home form is irrelevant as our final game is away and our away form is…….
How many relegated teams have a hangover? The three down in the championship the year before didn’t go back up. Pompey have waited 12 years to go back.
I appreciate what you’re saying, but I am not interested in what others have or haven’t done, it’s what we do I’m interested in. As we proved at Peterborough, Pompey and again on Saturday we can compete with any team in this division when we play as we know we can. When the head coach stops slavishly following his possession above all mantra and believes in our attacking style we will all be much happier and, dare I say, in a better league position. I just hope these game have encouraged him to have more faith in the players and change his philosophy slightly.