by Gullscorer » 10 May 2014, 13:12
Burnhamgull wrote:
Wasn't he supposed to motivate and inspire them to do the business in a relegation scrap this season?
He eventually did, to judge by most match reports, winning three of their last five games after a run of four defeats, albeit too late to save them from relegation. A deflated approach by the players to the final game against Wycombe was understandable (if not acceptable) in view of the fact that they were already relegated by that time. And given what he had to work with when he came in, to overcome the air of defeatism in the camp in the time available was always going to be an almost impossible task. Who knows if the hiring of a more experienced manager would have done the trick, but the budget wasn't there and it wasn't to be. And so we look to the season ahead, and if the final few games of the last campaign are anything to go by, there is certainly cause for at least a little optimism..
[quote="Burnhamgull"]
Wasn't he supposed to motivate and inspire them to do the business in a relegation scrap this season?[/quote]
He eventually did, to judge by most match reports, winning three of their last five games after a run of four defeats, albeit too late to save them from relegation. A deflated approach by the players to the final game against Wycombe was understandable (if not acceptable) in view of the fact that they were already relegated by that time. And given what he had to work with when he came in, to overcome the air of defeatism in the camp in the time available was always going to be an almost impossible task. Who knows if the hiring of a more experienced manager would have done the trick, but the budget wasn't there and it wasn't to be. And so we look to the season ahead, and if the final few games of the last campaign are anything to go by, there is certainly cause for at least a little optimism..
