Sack Collins poll

Well said, Gordon.
Pretty much the same as the previous recurring poll, which ended with a figure of 36% saying Yes.
Done to death & nothing to see here ...the answer is NO
https://barnsleyfc.org.uk/threads/should-collins-be-sacked.326162

 

The home form has season been shocking. The league this season has been the weakest in several seasons. The football is slow and predictable. The exciting high press game is seen rarely and the struggle to break down teams at home showing a lack of quality in the final third and a lack of leadership on and off the pitch. This team and the players we have can be far more incisive and play a higher tempo and that is down to the manager. We a drifting without direction. The last three home game performances have been really poor. Yet some people on here seem to be content and except this. Sorry but things need to improve and that lays with the manager.

 

Much as I think Collins has run out of ideas I think our problems start in the Boardroom. I'm unsure about our new Director of Football who, just like James Cryne, is a data man. Mladen doesn't appear to have done any coaching and yet has been given the remit to "work with our coaches to create and implement a game model and coaching methodology to be used across the club". This new role is not one he appears to have filled at any of his other appointments. I sincerely hope he doesn't try to implement a Pound Shop version of what is the current flavour of the day in the Premier League.

 

Baffled as to why this is being discussed yet again.

The statistics suggest we're a mid-table team, and yet we're on the verge of securing a play-off place. Are we suggesting none of that is down to the head coach? Because it's certainly not down to shrewd recruitment this time. Of course he's made mistakes, and the game on Friday was completely indefensible, but some perspective is required.

 

If we don’t get promoted yes. Not the right time now.

 

Which ones?

 

Most of the offensive measures, we're in the top 3, but defensively, we're between 12th and 23rd in a lot of those.

Granted, the one that matters has us 5th in the table, but certainly offensively we've been over performing for a while in my opinion. It's no coincidence that our drop in form has coincided with Cole having a goal drought and Roberts having a dip in form.

 

What measures though?

 

We're quite strong in terms of XG for and shots per game. We're average in terms of XG against, shots against and clean sheets. But we're one of the worst performing sides in the league for number of tackles and interceptions per game, and the number of times caught offside per game.

 

Perhaps we should have two head coaches. Keep Collins to prepare the team for away games and get someone new in for the home games.

 

One of the worst stats is that we are the top of the league for conceding goals within the first 15 minutes of KO.

 

Which is completely at odds to last season. It's remarkable how different we are from last year, and yet we're on course to finish on a similar points tally.

 

Get the bsb in , some great coaches on here.

 

There you are @SuperTyke

You stopped replying to him when he gave you the statistical evidence.

Hope you've seen this mate.

 

No. He didn't sell Norwood, Mads, Kitch.

 

Not embarrassing Marc more like disgusting.

 

Did we have a poll for Duff before the end of the normal season last year? I appreciate we’re unlikely to amass as many points as last season, but the drop off under Duff was hugely disappointing following the great run we had been on.

We went into last seasons playoffs in poor form, huffing and puffing and struggling for goals. Horrible home defeats at the hands of Posh and Ipswich, defeats at Burton and Exeter and an excruciating 0-0 at Lincoln whilst we watched the automatics slip away.

At least this season we’ve still got 7 games left to make sure of the playoffs and try to go into them in some kind of form.

 

I think theres a big difference between this season and this point last season. Last season by this point we'd just lost to Exeter away after going 12 unbeaten and winning 10 of those.