Obviously I didn't see any of the game but again it's clear we failed to perform. Injuries clearly didn't help but to be successful a team has to win matches against the odds. We managed that last season a few times, but not so far this term. I don't think we failed to score for three consecutive games either.
For me, Woking next Saturday is the last chance to put things right. After a bad start, our opponents have taken 7 points out of 9, but surely we'll need to beat this mediocre side if the home fans are to be placated. After that, we have Dag & Red, Gateshead and Wrexham in eight days. Not a prospect I would relish at the moment.
If Brabin does go, I wonder who we would get to replace him. Who is available? Who is affordable? Who would want it? It must be worrying that the Palioses have failed with three managers now, despite giving all of them excellent support.
Unsure how we lined up yesterday, was Norwood the lone striker or part of a front 3 with Kirby and Stephenson? As RLC and others have high-lighted. playing people out of position, like Mekki in central midfield again only makes things worse. What is the point of bringing another winger in Almond, when we haven't given the one we've got a proper chance??
If Woking are mediocre, what, on current form, does that make Tranmere? They have a manager who's clued up at this level and with Brabin in charge next weekend, I doubt we'll win. After that, the next set of fixtures are challenging and while we should get something from Gateshead 's trip to PP, not hopeful about the others with this regime.
It's a moot point the level of support the Palioi gave Rob Edwards, but Adams and Brabin have been fully backed. My fear is that they'll leave it too late to act and only remove Brabin when the automatic spot is long gone and it's touch and go as to whether we'll make the play-offs. A quarter of the games have been played already.
It is a difficult series of questions you pose in terms of replacements. Nigel Adkins is available, probably affordable, though would he drop to this level? He didn't do that well in his last job with the Blades. Others we'd consider are already in post. It's hard to see why Coleman at Accrington or Bentley at Morecambe would come, given they're doing well with L2 clubs. Other options are Dave Challinor at Fylde, but he hasn't been able to get them up, despite financial backing and Jim Harvey at Altrincham, who's sides play decent football, but with little success.
