Martin, can you make a call to Peter Coates to take charge of the situation and end this awful reign of this manager. He has to go this week for the sake of the club. Get Martin O Neil in. Look at the man’s record, and he would get the best out of everyone who played for him, and could actually organise a team to play and understand what they are doing. (Don, Birches Head)Peter Coates is a big fan of Martin O’Neill, or at least he used to be, not too sure these days.
If there was a change Don, you suspect they would have to go down the route of an experienced figure such as the one you suggest.
When will the board realise that our great club is heading towards League One and when will they do something about this? (Simon, SoT)As said below Simon, there is an international break after Albion and Barnsley, that’s when we may get an answer at the current rate of regress.
How much longer can this terrible drift within the club go on for Martin? I think anyone with an ounce of insight understands that Nathan Jones is not working, and is out of his depth. No amount of false promises about how much “good work we do, and how hard we work” can cover over the fact that he is simply not up to the job, and never will be. (Wes, Sneyd Green)One thing is for sure Wes, more and more of those who actually like Nathan Jones are finding it difficult/impossible to defend him any more.
He needs a result, no doubt about it.
When will Jones finally leave? (Craig, Nottingham)The end is nigh if he doesn’t win at least one of the next two Craig.
What angers me is the lack of communication from the board. It's silent. Just nothing on our precarious league situation. (Stuart, Trentham)Tbf, we do ask Stuart, and tbf Tony Scholes did come out of the closet, so to speak, last week, but there isn’t much they can say on the record at such a delicate time for the club.
It’s pretty much a no-win situation for them, just like the players right now.
How long can we go on with Nathan Jones as manager? Results are amongst the worst of any manager in our history. We are in serious trouble and we seem to be happy to go on as it is! (Matt Robinson, Longton)The only thing I will take issue with there Matt is that the owners are not happy, not happy at all, but have clearly shown far more loyalty than most out there would do in similar circumstances.
Even the manager has frequently admitted as much.
Why are we even having this discussion, it is plain as day that Jones simply has to go. I am sure that there is a moderately competent manager out there who can improve on the chaotic mess we have now. (Dev, Northwood)My tummy concurs Dev.
Why the silence from the board? This is the Mark Hughes situation all over again. We will go down if they keep standing by the clueless manager! (James, Tean)Addressed the silence issue below, James.
Interesting how the board has reacted with different speeds to different managers, but then again Hughes influenced Rowett and Rowett is now influencing the Jones situation to some extent.
How many international breaks is this man going to get before he gets sacked? (Robert,Eaton Park)The good news for you Robert is the fact there’s no more international breaks until March after this next one.
Why are they so seemingly hung up on turning international breaks into these artificial moments of decision about a sacking? There's a week until the next game - today is perfect. We've already seen more than enough. (Tom,Stoke)It’s a question of stability Tom and giving the new man a bit of time, all owners would say the same.
The lack of communication from the board must mean that they are happy with our league table situation then? This is the only conclusion I can think of Martin. (Derek, Cheadle)They are definitely not happy Derek.
As for the communication bit, as said before, they probably feel they are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
Their silence also suggests the managerial situation could change very quickly, that’s the kind of territory we are in now, sadly.