Sack the manager?

If only Sadler had realised last season it's never too soon to sack a manager.
I wrote at the end of August when we got beat 1-0 by Blackburn that if he didn't sack him, we'd go down.
 
Sadler's Brylcreem said:
If only Sadler had realised last season it's never too soon to sack a manager.
I wrote at the end of August when we got beat 1-0 by Blackburn that if he didn't sack him, we'd go down.
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There have been some a couple of weeks ago saying if we keep Critchley we go up as champions and now some are saying we’re getting relegated….Football….it’s a funny, fickle world
 
fcblackpool said:
In fairness he had been in charge since 2022. In NC case it's twenty past eight..

Having said that, this can't go on and I'd pot.
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Then what happens if the next manager has a poor start after 5 games?

You just keep sacking them? Gets expensive that doesn't it?

Or does it just apply to Critchley and say, Dobbie, would be given lots more time in your BFC?
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
Then what happens if the next manager has a poor start after 5 games?

You just keep sacking them? Get's expensive that doesn't it?

Or does it just apply to Critchley and say, Dobbie would be given lots more time in your BFC?
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First you reform the Meanley Warriors and kidnap all connected with hiring a new manager, and hey presto! You have a chance.
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
Then what happens if the next manager has a poor start after 5 games?

You just keep sacking them? Gets expensive that doesn't it?

Or does it just apply to Critchley and say, Dobbie, would be given lots more time in your BFC?
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This is what worries me, if the fans (I'm not singling out fcblackpool here, btw) got their way, we'd have a new manager every 6 games.
We can't keep doing this, especially when not one of us have the slightest confidence in the board hiring the right man as soon as the last one is out the door.

Talk of binning someone after 5 games and 1 defeat is ludicrous, no matter who the manager is. Unless we're in a relegation battle after 25/30 games, he has to stay and be given time to work something out.

Like binning 352 for starters.
 
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When we look back in history like Morty for example they seemed to on the whole pick the players and their positions that most of the fans would also choose. Which makes it even more bizarre choosing managers that the fans did not want.
 
BlackpoolsFinest said:
This is what worries me, if the fans (I'm not singling out fcblackpool here, btw) got their way, we'd have a new manager every 6 games.
We can't keep doing this, especially when not one of us have the slightest confidence in the board hiring the right man as soon as the last one is out the door.

Talk of binning someone after 5 games and 1 defeat is ludicrous, no matter who the manager is. Unless we're in a relegation battle after 25/30 games, he has to stay and be given time to work something out.

Like binning 352 for starters.
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It's 100% people seeing their arse because Dobbie wasn't given the job, how dare the chairman not go with their wishes.

If Dobbie had this start there'd be pleas for patience from the same group.
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
It's 100% people seeing their arse because Dobbie wasn't given the job, how dare the chairman not go with their wishes.

If Dobbie had this start there'd be pleas for patience from the same group.
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No I don't think it's that. I think it's fans having watched the Dobbie team - after the shit served up by Appleton and McCarthy - then watched the Critchley team and deciding that they preferred what Dobbie served up. As simple as that. No politics, no agenda, just good football.
 
I think it’s a bit of both .

Dobbie exploited the attacking quality we had at the time and it sort of worked .

I’m not sure Critch has that type of quality available to him.
 
Critch simply has to be given time now. It’s not looking great so far but to sack him this early just isn’t feasible.

Hope to god we get some reinforcements before the window closes and things start clicking.

For me, if we had kept Appleton last season, we would have stayed up. The loan singings in Jan would have made a huge difference if played in the correct way and not the way MM set up.

It’s early days in the season and you’ve just got to trust that Critch actually has a plan.

Who we would bring in if things become untenable for Critch is another question but Dobbie would be the obvious one.
 
I read somewhere that Appleton is being linked to the Charlton job probably just because he is available.
 
Simon isn’t going to sack NC, to do so would be to admit he got it wrong. That doesn’t mean he won’t be having a word in his ear to sort it out.
 
BlackpoolsFinest said:
This is what worries me, if the fans (I'm not singling out fcblackpool here, btw) got their way, we'd have a new manager every 6 games.
We can't keep doing this, especially when not one of us have the slightest confidence in the board hiring the right man as soon as the last one is out the door.

Talk of binning someone after 5 games and 1 defeat is ludicrous, no matter who the manager is. Unless we're in a relegation battle after 25/30 games, he has to stay and be given time to work something out.

Like binning 352 for starters.
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Thanks.

My philosophy is simple. Do it once, get it right and job done.

The powers have failed miserably with that. My fault? Of course not.

The minimum requirement is he needs an exp No 2.
 
Oh just maybe he wants to get sacked, off to China with SG not as his number 2 but in some coaching role, probably 5x his BFC wage too.
 
Shiggy said:
Wow. Aren’t you clever!
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No fans proved bright amid their failure to threaten season ticket boycotts.

A threat last year could have prevented Appleton's rehire.

One this summer might have averted Critch's return and ensured quality buys.
 
AngelBFC said:
I think it’s a bit of both .

Dobbie exploited the attacking quality we had at the time and it sort of worked .

I’m not sure Critch has that type of quality available to him.
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‘Not sure’ ?

Dobbie had Bowler, Rogers, Fiorini, Yates, Patino and basically everyone Critchley currently does in an attacking sense.

Dobbie literally could only play attacking football as there was no defence or midfield of adequate quality to speak of.

If Critchley had that wealth of attacking talent I’m fairly sure we’d be playing a much different set up.
 
paulco said:
No fans proved bright amid their failure to threaten season ticket boycotts.

A threat last year could have prevented Appleton's rehire.

One this summer might have averted Critch's return and ensured quality buys.
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You’re absolutely right. A business with zero income is going to spend massively to appease the people not spending with the business…
 
paulco said:
No fans proved bright amid their failure to threaten season ticket boycotts.

A threat last year could have prevented Appleton's rehire.

One this summer might have averted Critch's return and ensured quality buys.
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You are thick
 
AngelBFC said:
I think it’s a bit of both .

Dobbie exploited the attacking quality we had at the time and it sort of worked .

I’m not sure Critch has that type of quality available to him.
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Fair point but with all of the parties involved in recruitment these days, do you think we're looking at players who have obvious talent or players who suit Critchley's formation?
 
Pun_1 said:
Hope to god we get some reinforcements before the window closes and things start clicking.
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When CJ and CC always seem to be the answer ahead of good technical players you have to wonder if he will ever drop those two.

So whoever comes in needs to be a world-beater to dislodge either of those two.
 
What's the point in sacking Critchley? With Sadler's shocking record with managerial appointments we'd probably end up with someone worse (if that's possible?) 🤷🤦🤣
 
The reality is it takes time.

You do not inherit a team (albeit one you did help build) that has been relegated and make them winners over night.

Unless we are bottom four in March next year or after, he has at least until Xmas 2024 for me and maybe even the end of that season.

People expect to much to quick these days -
Netflix is not real life.

Let’s be clear, SS is funding the club and not stripping it like the last lot!!!
 
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seasideone said:
The reality is it takes time.

You do not inherit a team (albeit one you did help build) that has been relegated and make them winners over night.

Unless we are bottom four in March next year or after he has at least until Xmas 2024 for me and maybe even the end of that season.

People expect to much to quick these days -
Netflix is not real life.

Let’s be clear, SS is funding the club and not stripping it like the last lot!!!
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A voice of reason SS1
 
Let’s not make excuses. Critchley has had modest success and may be more suited to coach than manager. Time will tell. A manager makes the most of available resources to achieve an objective which this season is promotion and he’s clearly not achieved that yet. People say we’ve just started which is partially correct as he also had pre-season to establish his style and the players are not playing to the best of their abilities as individuals or playing as a team. For me if we are struggling at the end of November he’d have to go. If he does go then expect the rumors to resurface of Sadler looking for a buyer.
 
There were posters telling the rest of us that we had now got the best midfield in lge1. I feel let down and confused. Were they right and it’s the manager who brought them in to blame for not using them properly? Or do people know fuck all?
 
seasideone said:
The reality is it takes time.

You do not inherit a team (albeit one you did help build) that has been relegated and make them winners over night.

Unless we are bottom four in March next year or after he has at least until Xmas 2024 for me and maybe even the end of that season.

People expect to much to quick these days -
Netflix is not real life.

Let’s be clear, SS is funding the club and not stripping it like the last lot!!!
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That wait strategy worked last season.
 
seasideone said:
It worked last time NC was here 👍
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Exactly. Critch will be given time. SS gave him time when fans were calling for his head. He went on to get us promoted.

Critch wont be going anywhere soon. He is dedicated and committed to our football club. He deserves our patience.
 
AngelBFC said:
Exactly. Critch will be given time. SS gave him time when fans were calling for his head. He went on to get us promoted.

Critch wont be going anywhere soon. He is dedicated and committed to our football club. He deserves our patience.
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He's dedicated to his bank account like everyone else.
 
He is being given time. You don't need months to recognise its not working
Dedicated and committed??? With the greatest of respect, you cannot possibly know that. You may assume that, because you're the kind of person who wants to be as fair as possible to people and wishes them all well. But I see a man so wedded, and committed and dedicated, to his own ideas that he cannot change.
Here's an idea, don't sack the manager. There's another way rather than either keep or sack.
It's called BY MUTUAL CONSENT. Go on, sit down, have a chat.
Critchley can't be enjoying any of this either.
 
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