Malpas

[Arriba]

fitton wont get stick because he will act like all chairmen do if it aint happening on the pitch.

[Luci]

Considering we wouldn't have a club if it hadn't been for him, I won't be turning on him at all.

[STFC_Gazzza]

Considering we wouldn't have a club if it hadn't been for him, I won't be turning on him at all.

AGREED, He is like a god!  

[Simon Pieman]

So why does the buck stop with Malpas? After all he was appointed by Fitton.

Imo Malpas has 3 issues to sort out by the end of next season:

1) The balance of the team - currently Zaaboub and McGovern leave us exposed down the flanks. We have two central midfielders who are doing the same job, yet don't seem to work together.

2) The discipline needs sorting out. Too many reds and yellows at the moment.

3) Defensive errors need eradicating.


If Malpas can do those things we will have a team worthy of promotion, or at least provide a sound base to do so. If he cannot do these things he needs to go.

[Don Rogers Shop]

I agree with the above although i think we will be dealing with a total new squad .

Off the top of my head i can think of 8 players who i would move on .

[RobertT]

fitton wont get stick because he will act like all chairmen do if it aint happening on the pitch.

Given the plan is to be up a level within 3 years, then why would he do anything regarding Malpas if we were mid table this time next year?

[Don Rogers Shop]

fitton wont get stick because he will act like all chairmen do if it aint happening on the pitch.

Given the plan is to be up a level within 3 years, then why would he do anything regarding Malpas if we were mid table this time next year?

If we start getting attendances like we did against Huddersfield more often i think this may make up Fittons mind .

[Simon Pieman]

fitton wont get stick because he will act like all chairmen do if it aint happening on the pitch.

Given the plan is to be up a level within 3 years, then why would he do anything regarding Malpas if we were mid table this time next year?

Exactly. I can see us being in a similar position next year too. It's how we go from there in the subsequent season. Anything close to promotion next season would be brilliant.

Fitton has chose Malpas because he was a one club man on the pitch. Clearly Fitton prefers stability over quick success with the manager buggering off at the earliest opportunity.

There is less risk with Malpas in stability terms but we may have to sacrifice short term success. If in 3 years time we are looking stable off the pitch and we then get some cash injections from various sources I would much prefer this to being a yo yo team in the financial shit creek without a paddle. Unfortunately the two seem intrinsically linked, we cannot have one or the other.

[flammableBen]

I think I'd like to have an entire single season under one manager. It's been a while. That either means sticking with Maplas or replacing him at the end of the season. Too many changes. Give him a proper season.

[RobertT]

In which case the plan would need to be changed and a mistake admitted by Fitton.  If mid table obscurity brings crowds of 4500 on a regular basis then we don't deserve shit.  I could understand a need for change if we were suffering in the relegation dofight, that wouldn't be according to plan.  Also, being in the same position in the 3rd season would not be in the plan, at which point Fitton could take action in accordance with his own stated objectives.

[Samdy Gray]

Given the players available last night, I think Malpas got his tactics bang on.

We made a steady start and used MacNamee as our main outlet, then second half we went 2-1 down and weren't giving the ball to MacNamee, Malpas did what was logical and went 4-3-3 and sacrificed Macnamee which IMO was the correct decision. I certainly wouldn't have taken Easton or McGovern off because that would have left us with no midfield and at least Zaaboub offers us something going backwards whereas Macnamee just lets his man run past him.

[janaage]

"whereas Macnamee just lets his man run past him"

You either had a few to many sherberts last night or watched a different match.  McNamee may have been beaten by his man once or twice (which as a winger is acceptable) but he always tracked back and got stuck in.

[Fred Elliot]

"whereas Macnamee just lets his man run past him"

You either had a few to many sherberts last night or watched a different match.  McNamee may have been beaten by his man once or twice (which as a winger is acceptable) but he always tracked back and got stuck in.

Like for the 2nd goal ?

[janaage]

The 2nd goal was McNamee fault, really?  I'd have to see the goal again to agree to that.  Nothing to do with our centre half failing to get up for a header?

[Don Rogers Shop]

In which case the plan would need to be changed and a mistake admitted by Fitton.  If mid table obscurity brings crowds of 4500 on a regular basis then we don't deserve shit.  I could understand a need for change if we were suffering in the relegation dofight, that wouldn't be according to plan.  Also, being in the same position in the 3rd season would not be in the plan, at which point Fitton could take action in accordance with his own stated objectives.

Not really though . This is how my mind works

Malpas has gone on about play offs this season which we have not achieved he wants to get his own players in and improve on the team which we all agree is the right thing to do .If we have not done this by this time next year then I would fully understand why attendances would drop .

4500 for a mid table League1 team is half decent but because we know that 7000 is a realistic target when things are going well this could make Fitton act before he really feels he wants to .