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Why is it that patterson seems to be a newly crowned king, by the same people who were baying for blood over the weekend.

He now needs to win the next 5 to 6 games in a row to keep his job, to show consistency, and undo some of the damage he has inflicted over the last 2 years.

The pattoistas will no doubt get all the spin they can squeeze from the result, but unless patterson can win the next 5 to 6 matches, he must go.

What if he wins the next 4, then draws one? Still fire him?

I don't think anyone here on here is getting particularly over-excited. It was a good win, but in context it was,at best, encouraging rather than a sign of long term recovery.

With the financial situation as it (probaby) is, the result on the pitch are pretty irrelevant.

Therefore, better to go out winning and cheering. The Titanic's going down - do you prefer to scramble for a non-existent liferaft, or sit with the band and play a jolly tune?

Besides, I haven't seen many people claiming Patto's a genius. He just didn't make some of the mistakes from the weekend, and the players were obviously motivated by something - we've got to at least give some of the credit for that to Patto until we hear different.

Does anyone else on here hate the use of the word &quotpattoistas&quot?
Is it not possible to want a manager to do well and support him without wanting to have a love child?

I try to have an open mind about our managers, whomever they may be, and was calling for Patto's head after the disasterous team selection and tactics on Saturday was pretty close to the final straw, but that does not mean that I am not genuinely pleased that he got the team playing properly on Tuesday as they did in pre-season and have a glimmer of hope that this maybe the spark needed to turn things around.

And if not, and it turns out to be a flash in the pan, then I will change my mind again. Maybe I'm fickle, but that's what football fans are isn't it? Just ask Rob Duffy. Super Rob one week and Satan incarnate the next.

&quotThamensian&quot wrote:Why is it that patterson seems to be a newly crowned king, by the same people who were baying for blood over the weekend.

He now needs to win the next 5 to 6 games in a row to keep his job, to show consistency, and undo some of the damage he has inflicted over the last 2 years.

The pattoistas will no doubt get all the spin they can squeeze from the result, but unless patterson can win the next 5 to 6 matches, he must go.

Damage he has inflicted over the last 2 years??? For a start he's been manager for less than a year and secondly he took over a totally demoralised team and finished the season with an impressive run of 9 wins from the last 11 games. No manager should be judged until he has had a whole season under his control.

Time for a reality check, perhaps. The win against Cambridge was welcome not only for the result but also because the players seemed to be playing a system, 4-4-2, that they understood.

Obviously this doesn't make Patterson a genius but surely he deserves a bit more time to turn the season around. To set a target of 5 to 6 wins in a row just isn't realistic, I'm fairly certain no other Conference club will achieve this in the next 5 to 6 games. If the players are to be believed they seem to be behind Patterson so perhaps it is time, for us all, to just get off their backs a little. OUFC fans should understand, more than most, that changing a manager is no guarantee of success.

Old enough to be a Turnerista!

I don't think Pattoista is right, I don't think you'd have -ista following on immediately from a vowel.

Pattersonista would be OK (vaya bien but presumably it needs to be a nickname rather than the full surname. This raises the question as to what the standard nickname would be for Patterson and unfortunately my knowledge of colloquial Spanish doesn't stretch that far. I'll ask around a bit.

Pattista, surely?

&quotboris&quot wrote:Pattista, surely?

Pasta?

Someone with fawning and blinkered support for Patterson should surely be a Patsy?

Or, in the mould of those who follow the Tory leader, perhaps a Pattersoon?

On Tuesday I noticed a change in attitudes, I felt very much it was a start of the &quotbunker&quot mentality. us against the world.

&quotSwissbloke&quot wrote:On Tuesday I noticed a change in attitudes, I felt very much it was a start of the &quotbunker&quot mentality. us against the world.

If that's true it's no bad thing, I reckon. At least for results ON the pitch...