Are you sure you are looking at this realistically, who was on trial him or us?Plus surely an interim has to impress to get a permanent deal. Nigel hasn’t and can’t blame injuries for that
In simple terms results under his tenure haven’t been good enough. That’s all I’m bothered aboutAre you sure you are looking at this realistically, who was on trial him or us?
Kingy had 30 games with no success including mass recruitment and three big transfers in. People used to joke about short term conclusions, maybe having the next boss in the stand so you can flip them at half time is the answer.In simple terms results under his tenure haven’t been good enough. That’s all I’m bothered about
Yep, that injury thing ignores the fact that other teams suffer equally, if not worse. Doncaster had a hugely depleted side and still beat us. Carlisle got promoted last season with a ridiculous amount of injuries, that we’ve never got close to.Very strange to give him such a long contract, unless there are other people in the background who have agreed to this. Not convinced this is the right decision at all, but at least the current uncertainty is ended.
In his statement Palios again uses injuries as an excuse for our poor performance, which (perhaps) Norris aside simply does not wash.
Yes I agree constant change only ends up in failure. The length of the deal shows Nigel is committed and hopefully he’ll be backed by Palios in January.Kingy had 30 games with no success including mass recruitment and three big transfers in. People used to joke about short term conclusions, maybe having the next boss in the stand so you can flip them at half time is the answer.
We can't change every ten matches because results aren't good
Offloading some of them will be difficult, Pike and the 3 young lads who signed together are on short term deals, Norris may return to Liverpool, I would hope we can keep Apter but the likes of Hughes, Hockenhull who don't get a look in are still under contract so be harder to moveI’m sure Nigel won’t want a relegation on his CV so must have been given some assurances about January. However we already have a squad of 31 players and you would assume we really need to offload some deadwood before bringing more in.
Adkins has worked in the Championship level, clubs if not in that league, his package starts at £250k pa going upwards. We haven't paid anything approaching that. Nigel has decided he is happy to work with us at a huge discount. No one else could compete with this deal.Of course it all means the same coaches and voices, the same ‘team behind the team’ that Dawes had. I was hoping we’d get a completely fresh coaching team in but obviously that costs money.
I think we’ve lost 5 in a row in all competitions so Nigel has done well out of it getting a 2.5 year deal. Would be interested if Palios spoke to anyone else but unlikely.