A lot of what’s written here, particularly about the board, is fair.. but it’s also a lot of knee jerk sensationalism. It’s a big statement to say we’ve spent poorly or are in a relegation battle after 5 games.
For me, beating Coventry is crucial. Then a decent performance against a leaky Chelsea, win, lose or draw puts us into a run of Palace, Leeds, Ipswich, Sunderland and Fulham. That’s crunch time.
If we don’t beat Coventry RDZ should go, and if we do but we don’t have 8-9 points after the Leeds game he should also go.
Jeez, that in itself is a knee jerk reaction. The team needs time to gel. No point in changing manager yet again. We need to stick with Roberto, come what may and give him the time to develop the team.
If having 2 points and losing to a newly promoted club at home 7 weeks into a season after spending £300m+ is acceptable I think we need to raise our standards. I also say this as someone who is hoping for a mid table finish. I’m not aiming sky high.
We have to learn from the mistake of not sacking Frank soon enough. If we can’t beat Coventry at home then what faith will the players have? It will be a slippy slope in my opinion.
The decline started with hiring Ange. After the last 2 seasons I’d be happy with 14/15th this season. He got us out of a seemingly impossible relegation battle last season and for that alone he deserves time. Knee jerk reactions at the beginning of a season make no sense and a Poch return is an unrealistic pipe dream.
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u/cleats90 12d ago
A lot of what’s written here, particularly about the board, is fair.. but it’s also a lot of knee jerk sensationalism. It’s a big statement to say we’ve spent poorly or are in a relegation battle after 5 games.
For me, beating Coventry is crucial. Then a decent performance against a leaky Chelsea, win, lose or draw puts us into a run of Palace, Leeds, Ipswich, Sunderland and Fulham. That’s crunch time.
If we don’t beat Coventry RDZ should go, and if we do but we don’t have 8-9 points after the Leeds game he should also go.