The Long Game...

[Selly]

DW2 has started disastrously, agreed. But to assume the next person must be better is the exact reason we are here right now. DW2 came to United after we've been in Division 3 for 2 years previously. Why? Because we keep sacking managers to get the next better replacement. Going in circles now, chicken and egg.

Things are bad, real bad. A huge part of the problem is the manager (any manager), another huge part is the panic sackings when things are bad.

Its hardly a massive leap of faith to think this is it?

When we sacked Wilson, the chances of someone doing better were (with hindsight) probably pretty slim.

Whereas if we sack Weir, whats the worst that could happen? We cannot possibly do any worse that we already are, and in fact, we will probably do better.

Basically it isn`t a massive assumption that the next person would be better...

 

[metalblade]

I think fans are totally unrealistic, and this sums it up, no offence here, just generally speaking.

We want someone with a "track record" of success, then you'd have to ask yourself how we'd get such a person into United when they are a success, and we are a penniless Division 3 flop. If they are a success, why a) are they unemployed or b) leave their current, successful post to take over a club that has a track record of panic sackings which would reflect badly on them, through no fault of their own.

I heard fans say after the Crawley game to get Poyet in, well, he's jut gone to the PL, that's why we can't get him. How about O'Neill? Sven? etc etc Think lower and smaller, that's our next appointment. Have Wikipedia at hand when he's announced. Oh yeah, he coached the U-16's under Barry Fry for 2 years, he'll know a thing or two about getting them working hard etc etc etc. Heard it all before.

I'm sure Man Utd fans were wondering who to get in next as they were getting their daggers out for Alex Ferguson in the early days. Look at what he built there after they held their nerve.

We're reaping what we have sown, and more of the same won't work in my opinion. Keep sacking until we get it right, despite the fact that this policy has seen us fall from being a top Championship club always fighting at the top, to a 3rd Division club struggling to shake off our terminal panic attacks at the sight of the Yeovils of this world.

Our managerial record is a disgrace, our response to poor form is a disgrace, our "build for the future" policy is up for sale anytime someone rattles the change in their pockets, yet no matter what I or anyone says, the outcome will always be the same despite the league table for the past 7 years telling you all you need to know... we are moving backwards because of our short-termism.

I know the solution; sack DW2 and get someone else in etc

Always the same lame excuses get trotted out, Sir Alex blah blah blah there was a slight difference when he took over at Man U, he had already won trophies in Scotland and in Europe with Aberdeen who never ever had the resources of Celtic or Rangers. Weir has no such pedigree and I'll go as far as say he never will have while he has a hole in his arse. There are boards of directors who talk a good game others go out and make it happen, we seem in the last 6 or 7 years to have been saddled with the latter, we supposedly have investment so we should be able to attract any league 2 manager, virtually any manager in league 1 and a lot who are in the championship who would still see it as a move to a bigger club lets hope the Prince really does have some ambition because I have seen very little from McCabe in the last seven years. So yes if the ambition is there we could realisticly approach any one of over 50 managers at present in jobs who mostly would be an improvement on Weir.