Manager patience

The only manager I've openly asked to be sacked on here, was my beloved Keith Hill. As much as I did love him, I was in a tiny minority by that point and there was no way that I could defend him anymore after a shocking run of results and football on display. When he brought Hassell back in against Millwall (in midfield) and we finally won a game, I thought it might improve. But in both of his last two home games in charge, he seemingly dared the board to sack him, in my opinion. After doing well with Stones and Hassell in there, and dropping Done and Wiseman, he reverted back to the latter pair against Blackburn and we watched on as they both had nightmares in (in my opinion) one of the worst 45 minutes of football I've ever watched at Oakwell. The sight of then RNL and Stones on the touchline at half time, ready to come on and replace Done and Wiseman was the tipping point for me. He knew he'd fudged up.

When tha picking Wiseman over Stones, you're not doing yourself any favours. Although both have since gone on to be international footballers...



I was gutted when Ritchie was dismissed. I felt close to that squad of players, felt they were a good representation of us and the town, and I always thought Ritchie and Holden cared. That day in Cardiff will always be with me though, what a day.

Davey should never have got the job and I hated the majority of that period under him. The cup run glossed over much of it and seemingly gave him extended time because of it. My dad stopped attending in that period, such was his dislike for Davey, so that grates on me. I'd agree with others that sacking him when they did was bizarre.

Robins didn't like the budget cuts and scarpered. He's done it again recently. But I was upset at his departure as he always came across as a lovely bloke and we were, to be fair, making small steps forward under him even if I didn't always agree with his recruitment strategies.

I couldn't stand Flicker by the end of his time here. I felt conned, lied to. However, I also felt sacking him was harsh and summat I didn't agree with. Not saying he'd have turned it around, we'd won one game in 18 or summat daft, our worst start ever wasn't it? But the bloke did somehow oversee a remarkable recovery job the season before and for that deserved the full season, in my opinion.