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"Selahattin and I will be at the Lane this coming Saturday and Tuesday. In my view, there is time yet to cement our place in the play offs. We need to string together a row of wins and quickly. We have the players to do that and the heart and passion. We just need to pull together and get the job done. This is not beyond us."
 



Jim Phipps
15 March at 09:26 ·
A point from a game away is only good, if we are consistently winning at home, which we are not. At this stage of the season, in our circumstances, a point from a game away is still better than a loss, but is not good enough to keep us safely in playoff contention. The form must improve in the matches remaining.
 
WalthamstowBlade said:
"Selahattin and I will be at the Lane this coming Saturday and Tuesday. In my view, there is time yet to cement our place in the play offs. We need to string together a row of wins and quickly. We have the players to do that and the heart and passion. We just need to pull together and get the job done. This is not beyond us."
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Tbh that doesn't fill me with any confidence!
 
The end is near i think. McCabe has been on the mixer to them both. Theyre all quickly loosing patuientce
 
Could be wrong but given his comment last week that automatic promotion was the target, it sounds like Mr Clough has 3 games to save himself.
 
New CH Selahattin bites yer legs. If I were Nigel I wouldn't bank on being here next season if we fail to make the play-offs. I think the writing is on the wall.
 
I have said it before, and sound like a broken record, (but my glass half full is tottering after last nights performance and the attempt to hold on to a 1-0 whilst demonstrably unable to defend crosses and corners), the next game.is SO critical now. Bur reading this thread, seemingly even more so than I mused with Mrs HB as we drove down the M6 last night. Hope I don't sound tooo negative, but am still emotional...
 
Having spoken with him this morning... He is as royally pissed off as the rest of us.. And the excuses NC is coming out with are wearing thin
 



If we don't win on Saturday, at home, I fear the crowd will turn nasty, the board surely have to be cognisant of the fact that, seemingly a proportion of our fan base are very disgruntled with the current level of performance and style of play.
 
WalthamstowBlade said:
"Selahattin and I will be at the Lane this coming Saturday and Tuesday. In my view, there is time yet to cement our place in the play offs. We need to string together a row of wins and quickly. We have the players to do that and the heart and passion. We just need to pull together and get the job done. This is not beyond us."
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That's almost as if we're not in the playoff spots. We're fifth, Flynn and Basham are back and we've got Vale on Saturday. A game that under normal circumstances we'd expect to win. Everything to play for. Let's finish strong so we go into the playoffs with confidence.
 
I think there was an interview at the start of the season where Phipps outlined the expectations. It would seem fair to assume that Clough was tasked with getting promotion from this division and while there is still a chance it is unlikely that there will be a change in management - particularly when you remember what happened when Wilson was removed (in pretty similar circumstances, results and position-wise).

Clough has also made a rod for his own back as he's not getting the results with a squad he's been allowed to build. Frankly, for all the talk of two defeats in 10 games, the results from the last five games just are not good enough:

Crawley 1-1 Sheffield United
Sheffield United 1-2 Peterborough
Sheffield United 1-2 Fleetwood Town
Scunthorpe United 1-1 Sheffield United
Walsall 1-1 Sheffield United

In addition, despite the fact that we've not kept a clean sheet in 11 games, Clough has continued to ostracise the one fit centre half on the books. Rather than spending £1.5m on a fourth right back in January, why did he not address that glaring weakness in the squad?

Phipps seems to be a logical man, underneath the passion and Blades-speak. He will not be happy with the decisions being made by the management team at the moment.
 
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Don't want to see a change of manager again so soon but this could be true if the 3 home games this coming week don't bring about the desired results.
 
dingledog said:
If we don't win on Saturday, at home, I fear the crowd will turn nasty, the board surely have to be cognisant of the fact that, seemingly a proportion of our fan base are very disgruntled with the current level of performance and style of play.
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The presence of the Prince's two right hand men tells it's own story. Sounds like they want to get a sense of the general feeling as much as anything. As with Wilson, now is not the time for a change though so it's a right royal (ahem) mess if they don't like what they see and hear.
 
Our FA Cup antics and league surge last season built up such a head of steam that you'd have expected us to blow the playoffs apart had we nudged into the 6th spot.

Somehow this season run-in doesn't instill me with the same faith, regardless of whether we retain our spot in 5th (or more likely 6th, at this rate). I wince every time I load up the league table and see the cavalry galloping up towards us with the bit very much between their teeth and the teams above us continuing to eek out results, consolidate their positions and edge away from us. :(

I can't see Clough being ousted after this season if we don't get promoted as his achievements since he came in can't be overlooked. However, I strongly expect the powers that be to lay out some very succinct demands and key performance indicators - and the ramifications should they not be met - for the '15-'16 season.
 
Deano's Shorts said:
Our FA Cup antics and league surge last season built up such a head of steam that you'd have expected us to blow the playoffs apart had we nudged into the 6th spot.

Somehow this season run-in doesn't instill me with the same faith, regardless of whether we retain our spot in 5th (or more likely 6th, at this rate). I wince every time I load up the league table and see the cavalry galloping up towards us with the bit very much between their teeth and the teams above us continuing to eek out results, consolidate their positions and edge away from us. :(

I can't see Clough being ousted after this season if we don't get promoted as his achievements since he came in can't be overlooked. However, I strongly expect the powers that be to lay out some very succinct demands and key performance indicators - and the ramifications should they not be met - for the '15-'16 season.
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Bloody hell - them KPIs are getting everywhere !
 
Remember Micky Addams? One of the first things he did after he arrived was set on extra backroom staff. Apart from not instilling much optimism it was, at least, an honest admission that the Blades job was huge after Port Vale.

Are we witnessing something similar with NC? It's obvious that, after nearly 20 years as a manager, he's still 'learning on the job.' The Derby job was a huge step-up after Burton and, again, his Derby years suggest that no firm strategy was in place. Trying not to repeat his mistakes at a similar-sized club, he's gone the other way and hired players, willy-nilly, with a total disregard for what positions needed filling.

Like everybody, I so wanted NC to succeed but I fear the end is nigh. This time next year - when there's every chance we'll have set on another poor manager - people will look back on this Clough era fondly - the cup runs, the late surge last season. But don't be blinded to the fact that we're treading water and results have now got embarrassing. Where do you think we'd be in March 2016 with NC in charge?
 
grafikhaus said:
Remember Micky Addams? One of the first things he did after he arrived was set on extra backroom staff. Apart from not instilling much optimism it was, at least, an honest admission that the Blades job was huge after Port Vale.

Are we witnessing something similar with NC? It's obvious that, after nearly 20 years as a manager, he's still 'learning on the job.' The Derby job was a huge step-up after Burton and, again, his Derby years suggest that no firm strategy was in place. Trying not to repeat his mistakes at a similar-sized club, he's gone the other way and hired players, willy-nilly, with a total disregard for what positions needed filling.

Like everybody, I so wanted NC to succeed but I fear the end is nigh. This time next year - when there's every chance we'll have set on another poor manager - people will look back on this Clough era fondly - the cup runs, the late surge last season. But don't be blinded to the fact that we're treading water and results have now got embarrassing. Where do you think we'd be in March 2016 with NC in charge?
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Honestly - about the same again. If we keep NC, I can't see us suddenly being the sort of team that wins 3 or 4 nil on a regular basis. We'd try and be the team we were at the end of last season, getting clean sheets on the board, and taking games 1 or 2 nil. I think we'd be better than this season (defence can't be much worse), but still a playoff side with that mentality.
 



grafikhaus said:
Remember Micky Addams? One of the first things he did after he arrived was set on extra backroom staff. Apart from not instilling much optimism it was, at least, an honest admission that the Blades job was huge after Port Vale.

Are we witnessing something similar with NC? It's obvious that, after nearly 20 years as a manager, he's still 'learning on the job.' The Derby job was a huge step-up after Burton and, again, his Derby years suggest that no firm strategy was in place. Trying not to repeat his mistakes at a similar-sized club, he's gone the other way and hired players, willy-nilly, with a total disregard for what positions needed filling.

Like everybody, I so wanted NC to succeed but I fear the end is nigh. This time next year - when there's every chance we'll have set on another poor manager - people will look back on this Clough era fondly - the cup runs, the late surge last season. But don't be blinded to the fact that we're treading water and results have now got embarrassing. Where do you think we'd be in March 2016 with NC in charge?
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Bearing in mind Derby have only won twice in the last 10 games is Clough the best man to run a Clough squad?
 
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