I was far ftrom happy when Les was given the job to be honest, I felt a seasoned campaigner who knew the lower leagues well would have been exactly what we needed. But I dont think anyone else wanted the job, at least didnt want the job under whatever constraints PJ had told them there would be. So Les stepped up and accepted the job, he knew all too well the mess the club was in and also knew how truely difficult it was going to be to survive. Under his stewardship we have improved and have become a more durable side, and when we have had positive results Les has rightly been given praise and a good slap on the back. That said if he gets praise when we do well he must accept the criticism when we are poor.
Saturday was very disappointing and the players for the first time in a long time did not look interested. We were out battled, out played and out thought by a very poor Oldham side. Unfortunately for us in my opinion there are too many average players in this current side and some who are simply not up to scratch. Gornell and Curran although cant be criticised for lack of enthusiasm but are hopeless in front of goal, Mclaren, Mahon look like they have come here to simply play out the end of their careers, Shuker flatters to decieve, there is obviously something about Barnett that noone like because although he signed a contract in the summer never gets played. In short it is a hastily assembled disjointed poor team.
It worries me that a team who are 3rd from bottom cant motivate themselves for a home game against one of there main rivals.
To me as always their is only one person who should be blamed for the mess the club is in. These are the reasons why we are were we are to be honest it has sod all to do with Les Parry or Shaun or Cheif:
1/ Sacking Ronnie (Wish you were here) Moore. The man perform,ed wonders last season and I am sure would already have had plans in place to bring in players to replace the ones who were leaving. Missing out on the playoffs by 2 minutes was hardly failure.
2/ Cutting an already slim wage structure even thinner.
2/ Appointing a man who simply had no idea what so ever about how to run a football team and allowing that man to sign players unhindered until the entire seasons budget was blown.
3/ Allowing said man to continue in charge even after it was painfully obvious to every one in football that he was doing a bad job, the squad was inbalanced and simply not playing we rapidly had the worst goal difference in the whole of the country.
4/ Sacking the manager well after a lot of damage had already been done, and allowing a PhYSIO to take charge on a temp basis.
5/ Allowing that temp basis to go on for weeks while we lose more ground and dont have the ability to sign any new players.
6/ Deciding that despite there being dozens of managers out of work that the key to survival was to give the job to the physio on a full time basis.
PJ is league 2 the new direction you were planning to take the club in? Because tbh that is were we are going to end up and anger frustration should be aimed firmly at your door. Yes you were once the saviour of the club however now it seem you are going to take the club full circle and send us down the toilet. Am totally cheesed off with the whole sorry situation and reckon if we lose our next 2 game that are both on the road we can start planning trips to Crewe and Bradford next season. Of course relegation will bring with it its own problems, falling gates and less season tickets being sold, coupled with another cut in the wage structure.
