bring back the cowshed!
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It's not nice calling for someone to lose their job, but sadly this sort of talk is part and parcel of football, even at Christmas. But we pay our money and this gives us the right to criticise the manager, the players, the chairman or whoever. Personally, I agree with everyone on White Review who thinks that the team as a whole is underachieving and that the manager is mainly responsible for this. I also agree that at the moment it looks like we won't make the play-offs this year. However, I do not think Mark Palios will sack Gary Brabin in the near future and I think I can guess why.
Last year, he had to pay off two managers and numerous players. Despite this, he has invested heavily again in the club this season. Now, if GB is sacked, he too will get a handsome pay-off. Assuming we find a suitable manager to work with a chairman who has sacked three managers in just over a year, he will want to bring in his own back-room staff and expect enough money to bring in different players. Added to that, some of the current squad will have to be paid off. On past experience, MP will only allow the new manager to sign players until the end of the season, making it difficult to sign quality (as we found last season). It is far from certain that a change of manager will result in promotion this season. The only thing you can be sure of is that getting rid of GB will cost a lot of money that the club can ill afford.
So, what's the alternative? MP might decide to change GB's target from the play-offs to a top-half finish. He might ask him to make do with the personnel already he has and let things settle. I would suggest he should look at bringing in one or two of the younger players to see what they are made of. This would stabilise the finances and might take a lot of pressure off the manager and team. If things improve and we finish this season strongly, we could plan for next season by extending some contracts, so we have a settled squad. If we look like we are heading for the bottom four (and I read RLC's analysis), then changes can be made later, but I am not so worried as I think there are at least four teams worse than us.
I know this view will not be popular, but the Palios money will run out eventually and sacking GB could be one of the final nails in the coffin of TRFC.
Last year, he had to pay off two managers and numerous players. Despite this, he has invested heavily again in the club this season. Now, if GB is sacked, he too will get a handsome pay-off. Assuming we find a suitable manager to work with a chairman who has sacked three managers in just over a year, he will want to bring in his own back-room staff and expect enough money to bring in different players. Added to that, some of the current squad will have to be paid off. On past experience, MP will only allow the new manager to sign players until the end of the season, making it difficult to sign quality (as we found last season). It is far from certain that a change of manager will result in promotion this season. The only thing you can be sure of is that getting rid of GB will cost a lot of money that the club can ill afford.
So, what's the alternative? MP might decide to change GB's target from the play-offs to a top-half finish. He might ask him to make do with the personnel already he has and let things settle. I would suggest he should look at bringing in one or two of the younger players to see what they are made of. This would stabilise the finances and might take a lot of pressure off the manager and team. If things improve and we finish this season strongly, we could plan for next season by extending some contracts, so we have a settled squad. If we look like we are heading for the bottom four (and I read RLC's analysis), then changes can be made later, but I am not so worried as I think there are at least four teams worse than us.
I know this view will not be popular, but the Palios money will run out eventually and sacking GB could be one of the final nails in the coffin of TRFC.
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