How many points for January?

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

Looking at the rest of the games for January, I can not see where we will pick up any more points.

 

If North Leigh play like they did when we went there and we got hammered big time, they will take the points.

 

I dread to even think about the Windsor game, and traveling to Truro with their line up, I can see the point we picked up against SYCOB being the sum total for January.

 

As for the B&B cup against Marlow, well our cup form this season is rather poor.

[Wizard( RWG )]

I wouldn't mind betting either, that apart from Truro our budget equals or betters most in this league.So where do you think the fault lies?

[Guest Anonymous]

The managements tactics are astoundingly poor.

 

Back to back defeats against N leigh and windsor

 

and we are in the [****!!****] again. Funny thing afyer the

 

last hammering we got i remember sweetman saying

 

it wouldnt happen again. The management should do

 

the decent thing and resign now, maybe put luke evans

 

in temporary charge untill we get a decent manager,

 

and please no more mr nice guys just someone with the balls for

 

the job.

[Guest Anonymous]

maybe put luke evans

 

in temporary charge untill we get a decent manager !!!

 

 

 

is that a joke !!

[Guest Anonymous]

Seems like the pro Sweetman supporters yes 5 wins out of 22 games have all gone quiet. At least if we brought a new manager in now it might install some fire into the players and a change of tactics would not go a miss either.

[grandad]

Apart from Mudge, is it you anon, who would want it anyway? At our level when you change the manager, most of the team changes. Do we really want yet another relegation fight, with yet another new set of players. We will not go down, we will get sucked into the fight, but we will be safe. No point changing now. If we do get rid of Sweets, are all the antis going to accept the likes of Mudge or worse, Jarvo at the helm?

[Guest Anonymous]

Surely you lot could do a lot worse than jarvo,look what he has achieved at sycob over the last two seasons.

[mal316]

Who says that the team has to change if the manager is changed?

 

Look what happened at Windsor last season when Keith Scott took over. Two players left and two were brough in, hardly breaking up the side. It was all about how the side was managed.

[windsorian]

Exactly,on paper slough have good players i cant understand why they are near the bottom.

[Matt]

We have a squad of players that individually are miles better than those that played for us last season. The problem in my opinion is that Sweetman doesn't know how and where to play them.

 

We keep getting overrun in midfield which puts pressure on the defence, and because we're trying to play with wingbacks, they haven't got the opportunity to get forward. As a result the three forwards (all 20 goal a season players) are left too isolated and we're reliant on long balls. We just can't play all three strikers. I'd prefer to see us play full backs and wingers and play a standard 4-4-2, because I think you can have good success by exploiting wide areas and stretching defences in this league. We haven't been doing this and that's why the strikers haven't had the service I think they deserve. The fact that Platt still has 13 goals in 24 games is just testament to how good a player he is, whilst Romeo also has a good record. I just feel sorry for Danny Jordan, he started off playing well but doesn't look comfortable at the moment.

 

Unless the management realise the current system isn't working, we're going to get spanked by Windsor again, beaten by Truro, and then we're into February where on paper, we surely should be picking up some results.

 

Whether changing the manager is the answer or not, I'm astounded that we're still persisting with the current formation and tactics.

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

Agree Mal, a good manager will be able to work with almost any player and get a performance out of them.

 

However Sweetman has "hand picked" his players and still can only manage a decent performance in about 1 in 4 games. He is failing to demonstrate the management skills required, even more so considering the budget and potential of the players available - on paper they are one of the best teams in the league, but are not living up to that rating on the pitch.

 

The thing that gets to me most is last season I could understand the poor performances due to the massive number of players coming and going, the limited budget, the club fighting to stay afloat, and an inexperianced manager who encouraged the players he had.

 

I did not mind travelling away last season and see us getting done 4-1 - the above reasons were understood and accepted. What I find unacceptable is that the current manager has had the pick of the players he wants, he has a good budget, a stable club, and he was bought to the club as an experienced manager who's only management technique is "seconds" - yet we have won no more games than last season.

 

The club has moved forward, but the management of the players has not.

 

Jarvis might well have some bad "history" with Slough, but give the man the credit he deserves, he has done wonders with SYCOB. Still not sure I would want him as a manager, but if he got the results and we were where SYCOB are now, how many Slough fans would complain?

 

[Tom]

Originally Posted By: Staines Rebel

Jarvis might well have some bad "history" with Slough, but give the man the credit he deserves, he has done wonders with SYCOB. Still not sure I would want him as a manager, but if he got the results and we were where SYCOB are now, how many Slough fans would complain?

Not a dig at you Staines but I fail to understand why to some people on this forum they believe it is their decision as to what manager the club has.

All I ever hear is "I wouldn't want Mudge" or "I wouldn't want Jarvis". People might not like Mudge and Jarvis as individuals, in fact during his time with us as a player I thought Jarvis did quite well, but surely the decision should be taken for the good of the club, not on a basis of favouritism and if that means hiring either one of them because they are the best candidates then that should be done.

[Guest Anonymous]

Originally Posted By: Tom

Originally Posted By: Staines Rebel

Jarvis might well have some bad "history" with Slough, but give the man the credit he deserves, he has done wonders with SYCOB. Still not sure I would want him as a manager, but if he got the results and we were where SYCOB are now, how many Slough fans would complain?

Not a dig at you Staines but I fail to understand why to some people on this forum they believe it is their decision as to what manager the club has.

All I ever hear is "I wouldn't want Mudge" or "I wouldn't want Jarvis". People might not like Mudge and Jarvis as individuals, in fact during his time with us as a player I thought Jarvis did quite well, but surely the decision should be taken for the good of the club, not on a basis of favouritism and if that means hiring either one of them because they are the best candidates then that should be done.

Good post,its a pity that those who make the decisions dont see it the same way.

[Chris]

IF we were to look at a new manager there is no way we should appoint an unpopular guy. We've done that before and I believe that's a small % of why we are at the level we are at this moment in time.

[Tom]

Why not?

 

Even if they had the best credentials and were head and shoulders above the rest of the other candidates.

 

Fans are fickle if they get results people soon forget.

[Wizard( RWG )]

I realise that we probably don't have the money, but we need a manager in the calibre of ex rebel TERRY BROWN who has a proven record at Hayes and ALdershot and now AFC Wimbledon,what I mean is that type of manager not some ex Sunday football guy.

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

Tom the point I was making about Jarvis was that he does not have the money or a large club structure behind him but he has the ability to get players working for him - even if he could get us promotion I am still not sure that I would want him as manager.

 

The same could be said of Borg and Devonshire, none of the 3 could be regarded as "nice" people but they get results.

 

Some times you have to be tough and ruthless to get results, and football is about results.

 

To ensure the club moves forward the chairman has to make sure the right manager is in place, not just someone who is a nice bloke. The chairman is the man who puts his money where his mouth is when he appoints a manager, and he has ultimate control of who is in charge. The fans dont directly have any say, however a wise chairman needs to keep in touch with the feelings on the terraces.

 

As for players the squad is the best we have had for the last 3-4 years, they just need better management and leadership.

 

 

[richierebel]

talking of unpopular managers George Borg, Devonshire or Dennis Greene not sure which of the 3 i would like!

[Ian]

Quote:

The same could be said of Borg and Devonshire, none of the 3 could be regarded as "nice" people but they get results.

Some times you have to be tough and ruthless to get results, and football is about results.

Steve Browne got results. Want him back or is it not only about results?

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

Browne would not be one of my favorites to take over, and I am sure you would not want him back either, however his performance was 50% better than Sweetmans, and that just goes to show how poor Sweetman is!

 

You also need to look at who appointed Browne, and consider if the current Chairman would be that mad?

 

In any case we are looking forwards not backwards.

 

Do you think that Sweetmans record of 5 wins out of 22 is acceptable?