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I'm afraid he's right and his detractors can disagree all the live long day it doesn't make them right. His sacking was very harsh if measured against performance.
It's emphasised further by the fact that his proven and experienced successor can't get a decent performance out of them.
An alternative view would be that he left the club with a bloated squad devoid of talent in key positions and that has hamstrung his successor. Measured against performance his sacking might have been harsh but that doesn't seem to be the reason behind his departure: that would be his refusal to accept that his decisions might have been substandard.
I think if a manager is allowed to spend circa £3M on transfer fees in League 1, they bloody well should turn a team into promotion contenders - at the very least.
2014/15 league cup semi final: successLet's check that statement against his objectives:
2013/14 - keep us up: success
2014/15 - promotion: failure
Ultimately, he failed. Whether he stood a chance is a different matter but I don't think you can say that, ultimately, he wasn't a failure. Anyway, he's only got himself to blame.
It's relevant in that one of the ways you judge performance is by the resource they had at their disposal. In that way, a bloated squad goes in the "against" column.Here's another alternative view. He was getting a tune out of some players and the current manager isn't (not that I blame Adkins). Admittedly it is likely because Clough built that squad and knew more about the players in it.
The sensible thing would have perhaps been to stick with a man that they had allowed to build the very squad you speak of. Perhaps he could then take them on a step further like he had already done right before they sacked him.
This view that he has "bloated the squad" and made it useless to the next bloke is neither here nor there. He was preparing a squad for his own tenure, not for someone else's. Hence that argument is entirely irrelevant.
Was he promised more from the board that he did not get?Let's check that statement against his objectives:
2013/14 - keep us up: success
2014/15 - promotion: failure
Ultimately, he failed. Whether he stood a chance is a different matter but I don't think you can say that, ultimately, he wasn't a failure. Anyway, he's only got himself to blame.
I would love to know what triggered the sacking though. I can only think it had to be sight of the list of players Clough wanted to bring in and the board didn't like the look of them.
Having said that they would struggle to do any worse than Adkins signings, none have which have been a success.
It's relevant in that one of the ways you judge performance is by the resource they had at their disposal. In that way, a bloated squad goes in the "against" column.
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