That’s complete nonsense."Paul Cooper" wrote:I am concerned that we will end up in a relegation fight if we keep Patterson.
http://www.oddschecker.com/football/non ... relegation
That’s complete nonsense."Paul Cooper" wrote:I am concerned that we will end up in a relegation fight if we keep Patterson.
Woking probably deserved to beat us too. If it weren't for Cole's heroics they would have done."recordmeister" wrote:40/1
Wow. That's worth a punt!
Fav to go down in odds order:
1st- Lewes (who beat us) are 1/20
3rd - Grays (who beat us) are 4/7
5th - Woking (who we drew with) are 5/4
6th - Forest Green (who beat us) are 7/2
8th- Barrow (who beat us) are 9/2
9th- Altringham (who beat us) are 7/1
10th - Weymouth (Who beat us) are 14/1
So, of the 10 faves to go down, we have only beaten THREE of them.
Hummmmm...
Perhaps Lenegan should consider £100k on it, then if we were relegated, at least the clubs debts would be paid off."recordmeister" wrote:40/1
Wow. That's worth a punt!
Errr no. All that would result in is Ian Lenagan £4million richer and OUFC still £4million in debt."GodalmingYellow" wrote:Perhaps Lenegan should consider £100k on it, then if we were relegated, at least the clubs debts would be paid off."recordmeister" wrote:40/1
Wow. That's worth a punt!
I also agree that the constant changing of managers is not helpful. However, we need to aware that we not simply heading towards a season of pointless mid-table mediocrity. We are heading towards a relegation battle so its is highly unlikely that the season will be over by Christmas. It might only just be starting by then and a decision needs to be made as to whether Patto has the skills to avoid the trapdoor into oblivion."Geoff" wrote:We've tried the Manager Merry-go-round and it doesn't work. Persevere with Patterson until the end of the season. As someone said earlier, he's still learning his trade and will only improve.
Having seen the pre-season games, how many people were calling for his head based on the players he had introduced? Hindsight is a marvellous thing.
As a lily-livered liberal, my natural inclination is to agree with this. However, my reactionary streak is gaining ground and it won't take many more results/performances like Saturday for it to become the dominant voice. That said, I still have grave doubts that another change of manager will make any difference at all. Maybe David Kemp was right after all......."Mooro" wrote:I will continue to pin my colours to the mast of keeping him to the end of the season at the very least - this constant clammering for his demise since almost day one has been embarrassing and completely blinkered to the lack of success the revolving door has achieved in the past.
I know some were against him from day one because of the way he was appointed (although quite how much faith these people should have put into a committee of IL/NM & JS to pick the right man from a host of applications is another matter).
Of course I'm not happy with the current situation, but I dont buy this relegation battle argument and I'm not convinced anyone coming in would be any more likely to drag us into the playoffs than Patto would be if he could put together a little run of results.
He also seems to have at least tried to give us somethings that we have not had for a while (youth progression, some decent home games, wingers).
I would also have favoured having more lower paid players than hanging his hat on a few stars, but that may be a lesson he will have learnt for next season.
Give him the whole season to learn and perhaps he may learn and develop into the manager that will take us somewhere good.
Good point, well made. On the Crawley forum earlier today I found a nice demonstration of the fat fraudster's motivational skills. As you probably know, Evans had a draconian ban (much harsher than the standard "touchline" ban) imposed on him earlier this season. Well, let the results speak for themselves:Given that Steve Evans is being touted as an alternative is in itself enough to make me not want to risk a change...
Really? Based on what? 3 points off the bottom 4 is pretty worrying to me. The home form is just about keeping us above the bottom 4, but recent performances against Grays, Dorchester and Histon worry the hell out of me."Snake" wrote:That’s complete nonsense."Paul Cooper" wrote:I am concerned that we will end up in a relegation fight if we keep Patterson.
http://www.oddschecker.com/football/non ... relegation
As it happens, I think those odds are over-generous from Skybet, as most bookies have been offering about 16-1 recently, which was before the Histon thrashing. Anyway, if you click on the betting link today you’ll see most bookmakers offering around 14-1 for our relegation."Paul Cooper" wrote:Really? Based on what? 3 points off the bottom 4 is pretty worrying to me. The home form is just about keeping us above the bottom 4, but recent performances against Grays, Dorchester and Histon worry the hell out of me."Snake" wrote:That’s complete nonsense."Paul Cooper" wrote:I am concerned that we will end up in a relegation fight if we keep Patterson.
http://www.oddschecker.com/football/non ... relegation
I wouldn't even use the 'we are too good to go down' argument as I am genuinely not convinced.
Hope you are right though..