Kmac

[Didcot ben]

Would just like to thank the board on the appointment of
Kevin macdonald, if it was your intention to blow your chances of
A place in the championship, to have the team play like a bunch of c###
To see attendance drop back down 5000 again, then you have made the right appointment.

[Reg Smeeton]

Would just like to thank the board on the appointment of
Kevin macdonald, if it was your intention to blow your chances of
A place in the championship, to have the team play like a bunch of c###
To see attendance drop back down 5000 again, then you have made the right appointment.

You couldn't possibly do it elsewhere by any chance?

[sonicyouth]

you suck at haikus

[london_red]

Would just like to thank the board on the appointment of
Kevin macdonald, if it was your intention to blow your chances of
A place in the championship, to have the team play like a bunch of c###
To see attendance drop back down 5000 again, then you have made the right appointment.

Not that we're overreacting in the slightest.

KMac first 7 league games, joining midseason with 5 mins of loan window and getting team playing his way on the fly - 9 points

PdC first 7 league games, with a preseason to shape squad and train the team - 9 points

[LucienSanchez]

you suck at haikus

The trolls are out to
Mock all our playoff failings-
Easter holidays

[wiggy]

The trolls they are out to
Mock all our playoff failings-
Easter holidays

Too many syllables in the first line - tut tut.

[thepeoplesgame]

Not that we're overreacting in the slightest.

KMac first 7 league games, joining midseason to take over a team that had only recently gone top of the league with 5 mins of loan window and getting team playing his way on the fly - 9 points

PdC first 7 league games, with a preseason to shape squad and train the team, having inherited a demotivated squad of about eight players following an abysmal relegation season - 9 points

Just adding a bit of extra perspective, and certainly not calling for anyone's head.

[LucienSanchez]

Too many syllables in the first line - tut tut.

Schoolboy error!

[Bogus Dave]

Kevin Macdonald
Aint Paolo Di Canio
Always doomed to fail

[Nemo]

We don't think that the League One player of the year leaving at pretty much exactly the same time had anything to do with our collapse, do we?

[Simon Pieman]

I don't think anyone can defend MacDonald's poor record with any reasonable argument, aside from the disruption of the new year.

That said, I do love the conspiracy that the new owners do not want us to go up.

[BruceChatwin]

The question is, out of the pool of available candidates, who do people think the board should have appointed instead who would have been better?

[Batch]

Hard to answer without knowing who applied and whether we could afford to approach another clubs manager.

[Dr Pierre Chang]

As unimpressive as his reign has been so far - what will really cost us this season is the embargo and the boards failure to lift until so late that our only options were Spurs kids.

Who knows, if it had been lifted a week or two before the loan deadline, the calibre of the signings may have been much better and would also give us an idea of the boards financial muscle. Say the Andy Johnson deal as was as close as believed, had we got him then I would be very confident that we would invest in the summer.

As it stands, I'm not sure if we should expect a fire sale and shoe string budget or a decent bit of investment.

Whether MacDonald was the right appointment at the time is another argument but he will rightly be given the summer to build and then if things start in a similar fashion next season then there will rightly be calls for his head.

[Reg Smeeton]

As unimpressive as his reign has been so far - what will really cost us this season is the embargo and the boards failure to lift until so late that our only options were Spurs kids.

Who knows, if it had been lifted a week or two before the loan deadline, the calibre of the signings may have been much better and would also give us an idea of the boards financial muscle. Say the Andy Johnson deal as was as close as believed, had we got him then I would be very confident that we would invest in the summer.

As it stands, I'm not sure if we should expect a fire sale and shoe string budget or a decent bit of investment.

Whether MacDonald was the right appointment at the time is another argument but he will rightly be given the summer to build and then if things start in a similar fashion next season then there will rightly be calls for his head.

There won't be a fire sale as such, as a lot are out of contract, and won't be re-signing, also we've little in the way of saleable assets outside of Foderingham.

It's my impression that MacDonald was always brought in with next season in mind....the nearly success of this season, had become unsustainable, hence the changes. Jed can say next seasons budget will match this seasons, but nothing makes me believe it...if that was to be the case, the surely they'd have made more effort to keep PdC and his team.

MacDonald's experience is in working with young players....expect to see us pick up some Prem rejects in the summer and some loans to add to what we have left.   Very much an 05/06 effort....if any of the Board are wheeled out to pad out te team photo like Sandy Grey was that season, you know we're in trouble.