In fairness to Andy Ritchie

Maybe he didnt think these kids mentioned could do a job for us at Championship level,he seemed to have been mislead when he signed Mannone being told he could go straight into our first team when he clearly couldnt,it wouldnt be fair to blame the young keeper but our demise started with his mistakes,ideally we want experienced players to come in.

 

RE: In fairness to Andy Ritchie............Repeat

In fairness to Andy Ritchie
He is a good motivator of players and promotes a good team spirit
But, he see's a problem in the side and dosen't sort it
He has known, like the rest of us have known, that we need a centre half and 2 strikers since we were in the 1st division
He hasn't dealt with this problem
Therefore he must be removed from his job
And in saying that I am fooooking absulutly pissed off because i have had to post it
Because in Andy ritchie we have a good manager but he has got a flaw in his managerial approach that does not allow him to succeed

 

loads of people said we needed a centre half and striker last year

but we still went up..

 

Despite our transfer innactivity

We were lucky.</p>

Factiest fact in the world of facts.</p>

Rode our luck </p>

 

but sacking a manager isnt the answer..

 

No

but neither is intransigence</p>

If this is the case.</p>

Grown men have a propensity to be stubborn as mules and childish. GS &amp; AR are, I suspect, no exceptions.</p>

 

RE: but sacking a manager isnt the answer...........Why????

If he wasn't getting the best out of the players you would sack him
But he is
But if he wouldn't bring better playrers in, you would also sack him
So its a hard one to call
But Shep has been saying for sometime about the problems regarding Ritchie
So he has to go.........and I'm pissssed off about it - big time

 

What is the answer then.?.......................................................nt

 

too true -

andy robinson - england rugby union case in point.

 

we have been down the road of sacking managers

got rid of bassett cos we were only 10th in this same division ... problems rolled on from there really

 

Agreed

All downhill from there (well, appointing super John wasn't the best decision either). Bassett should've stayed longer, although I can't remember the details of him leaving, so perhaps I'm talking crap.

 

RE: we have been down the road of sacking managers

Yes, but we are in a different situation now. The board can't sit and watch as this Club drops back into the Ale House League. AR will force their hand unless he signs players.

We saw the weaknesses of this team last season and we have a weaker squad now than we did then. The players he says are not good enough for us to sign on loan have gone to other Championship Clubs. It doesn't exactly paint AR in a good light does it.

AR has to be seen to be doing something to get us out of the mess we are in and he is doing nothing by the Chairmans own admission. If he was a manager in Industry he would have had his P45 weeks ago.

 

RE: why did he get a keeper on loan...

Bates is listed as a defender in the Playfair Footbll Annual.

 

and paul hayes is listed as a 6'3" goalkeeper from switzerland

according to skysports

 

Not as simple as that...

 

See Ritchies comments today.