Is Hargreaves fit for purpose?
Posted: 06 Mar 2015, 09:50
To be fair I think many teams would like to have Alan Devonshire as Manager as it seems he has a very good eye for a player however having just played Braintree and looking at their results are they any better than your team? I am not sure,they play nice football and have a couple of very good players (Akinola is definitely one of the best players I have seen in the Conference this season yet has only scored I believe 4 goals.) However I would say they were better than the side we played at Plainmoor but NOT better than the team performance you put in at the Mem. As for an eye for a player I would say CH did pretty well to get both Young and Bowman who IMO are up there with the best in this division. I would also add that I believe I am right in saying that Devonshire is a VERY experienced Conference Manager.
Fans opinions on Managers are always very interesting and we are no different in some ways as although we are top of the League there are still some with questions against Daryl Clarke.
I always say that the main part the Manager plays is in Team Selection, signings and even more importantly the way the team plays. I say the way the team plays because that is the one he has total control of whereas the others are pretty well governed by other factors such as signings are governed by how much money you have and also location plays a big part. It is certainly true that northern teams and London teams have a big advantage on getting players due to loower wages up north and more teams and of course more teams and better quality available within London. Team Selection is obviously governed by the players he has available and this can often be "other managers players".
From that I would wonder how you lot feel Ch has done in terms of the way he plays the team. From the two games against us and the televised Barnet games he certainly seemed to change things around and early on in the season you seemed to be able to score goals for fun.
I always think that mid table is the most difficult area to judge whether a Manager should be sacked or kept.
Looking from the outside I would say from the responses on this thread that the majority are probably still in favour of CH and so he will probably be kept. Usually forums are 90% against the Manager when they are eventually sacked and fans can definitely govern the Managers future. Lose the fans completely and the Managers days are numbered.
Good luck. You can go on a good run now with the fixtures you have left as most clubs good runs seems to coincide with a lot of games against the bottom clubs minus the odd freak result ie Telfords win at Wrexham.
Fans opinions on Managers are always very interesting and we are no different in some ways as although we are top of the League there are still some with questions against Daryl Clarke.
I always say that the main part the Manager plays is in Team Selection, signings and even more importantly the way the team plays. I say the way the team plays because that is the one he has total control of whereas the others are pretty well governed by other factors such as signings are governed by how much money you have and also location plays a big part. It is certainly true that northern teams and London teams have a big advantage on getting players due to loower wages up north and more teams and of course more teams and better quality available within London. Team Selection is obviously governed by the players he has available and this can often be "other managers players".
From that I would wonder how you lot feel Ch has done in terms of the way he plays the team. From the two games against us and the televised Barnet games he certainly seemed to change things around and early on in the season you seemed to be able to score goals for fun.
I always think that mid table is the most difficult area to judge whether a Manager should be sacked or kept.
Looking from the outside I would say from the responses on this thread that the majority are probably still in favour of CH and so he will probably be kept. Usually forums are 90% against the Manager when they are eventually sacked and fans can definitely govern the Managers future. Lose the fans completely and the Managers days are numbered.
Good luck. You can go on a good run now with the fixtures you have left as most clubs good runs seems to coincide with a lot of games against the bottom clubs minus the odd freak result ie Telfords win at Wrexham.
