To be fair to CH, he did say before the Braintree defeat that the club could push for the play offs. Just a shame that after the Braintree defeat all the players suddenly became 'rubbish' , a 'disgraceful' referee cost them in another game and then Ajala was solely 'to blame' for the draw against Alfreton!forevertufc wrote: Incorrect in my view. Nothing wrong in delivering an honest assessment as to how the game has gone, no manager should come out and say half my players aren't good enough and most will be gone in the summer with 15 games still to play, end of. A skilful manager keeps that to himself.
No wonder the players don't respect CH and play like they want to be somewhere else, what do we or the manager expect when he says things like that in public, but hey, he's told us fans as far as this seasons concerned it's over, done and finished, so who can blame any fan for not bothering now, lets hope we do stay in the Trophy now.
He says a different thing every week depending on how it's gone on the pitch. What's the betting Hemel Hempstead get knocked for 6 and he comes out with 'this team are winners'? Somehow i prefer 'it felt like a win'.
What i see is man struggling with his new job and i'm sure everyone can understand this , what i also see is a man who i don't feel is being true to himself. I don't feel he is willing to take 100% of the flak for bad results and performances always seeking an excusable soundbite with the ultimate goal of self preservation. Most managers do adopt this approach to be fair but nobody ever believes the bullshit unless they are a bit simple. Yes you can say the players have let him down and this and that but he is the gaffer and he is where the buck stops.
The silly thing is, he can blame who he wants but if things go totally tits up he'll still get the chop regardless. Is it not better to foster a positive all in it together approach like the board should have done soon after relegation but failed to do so? Like Dave says, fans will still turn up if they feel he and the players are at least putting it all in to move forwards. As it is now i'm guessing it all feels like they have thrown in the towel and and if you can still part with the money to watch the 2nd most expensive team in the conference go through the motions then it is YOU who will be the ones most satisfied when Torquay pull through this mess and regain their league status.
I say when but at the moment it's probably an if, and a big one at that.
I'll leave the decision making to you lot. Starting with joining the trust and beginning to take some control back off the totally inept board. Maybe in the long term also being in a position to helping give Thea a break both personally and financially because she must be feeling the strain too. She of all people deserves some support for once, she has been totally failed by those around her and TUFC need another short term option if things get desperate to keep the club afloat and to give some help to Thea.
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