Malpas.......

[Berniman]

I haven't been critical of Malpas up until now as I thought he deserved a chance to stamp his own style on the squad.

After the Carlisle game I really thought we'd turned the corner and the days of attractive, free flowing football were about to return.

Now I think that he's on to a loser: he's never had fan support (If Ling had got the job, we'd all be singing 'Martin Lings Red and White Army') but it appears the players aren't supporting him either. Ifil and Aljofree aren't being asked to do anything more than they were under Sturrock, but for some reason they've forgotten how to competently defend.

To be honest I feel a bit sorry for Malpas, a lot of supporters don't want him , never did and were very negative from the off. The more results go against him, the more people will jump on him.

I don't know anything about what goes on behind the scenes, but I just think that having Byrne and Williams as his assistants was a bad move. If Malpas stays in the summer it wouldn't surprise me if they left.

I still won't slag the bloke off, if he's here next season and our first 15 games yield the same results as we've had recently, then I'll want him out!

My worry is, if we do give him 15 games next season and he isnt up to scratch and then we get rid of him we've wasted another season.

A new guy will come in and we'll have to give him 10-15 games to find his feet, then another few months to bring in his own players. Then give him the summer to do his own pre-season....

If Malpas isnt up to the job, the time to get rid is the end of the season as soon as the last match is over....so the new manager has the summer and pre-season to do what he wants.

At this moment in time I see no point in wasting the pre-season on Malpas because he'll be gone by November

Spot on!



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[Mark Hanrahan]

Why appoint him in the first place unless the board are going to give him proper backing, even in the midst of fierce criticism from the fans? At this point in the season, surely we've got to gear up to him getting a proper pre-season under his belt and allow him to put his stamp on the squad (personnel, training, tactics) and make a judgement from there. We all saw what Wise managed to do with a relatively shite squad, just by getting them fit, motivated and organised. OK so Wise was a 'bit of a name' but in Malpas we're supposed to have one of the games most well qualified and astute coaches.

Based on the perfoermances so far, my jury is out but I personally want to give MM a fair crack of the whip. The new owners are building for the long haul - which is a massively refreshing change after the 13-odd years we've had to suffer - and I'm concious that we need to adjust/temper our short-term ambitions and actions accordingly.

[Mark Hanrahan]

Why appoint him in the first place unless the board are going to give him proper backing, even in the midst of fierce criticism from the fans? At this point in the season, surely we've got to gear up to him getting a proper pre-season under his belt and allow him to put his stamp on the squad (personnel, training, tactics) and make a judgement from there. We all saw what Wise managed to do with a relatively shite squad, just by getting them fit, motivated and organised. OK so Wise was a 'bit of a name' but in Malpas we're supposed to have one of the games most well qualified and astute coaches.

Based on the perfoermances so far, my jury is out but I personally want to give MM a fair crack of the whip. The new owners are building for the long haul - which is a massively refreshing change after the 13-odd years we've had to suffer - and I'm concious that we need to adjust/temper our short-term ambitions and actions accordingly.

[SWINRICH]

Has anybody thought that the team of coaching staff around him isn't up to the job eg. Adie Williams who I saw rather pissed in the Old Bank the night before the Southend game. Byrne seems to rant too much probably discouraging the players and the goalkeepers don't seem to have improved under Granvilles coaching. Things under Sturrock weren't so much better but with the likes of John Blackley coaching the defence they seemed to improve. Allow Malpas to bring in his own coaches. I believe they could be the problem. Give Malpas the satrt of next season with his own players and possibly his own coaching team.

[STFC Bart]

Let hinm start next season and you will see a sharp drop in season ticket revenue- this is why i think he will be gone in the summer if the current form continues

[figgis]

malpas deserves a chance next season. maybe if he brings in his own team and gets some money to spend we may push on. cant get my head round why the same players can look so useless compared to sturrocks regime its almost as if king has come back and the players have gone back 3 years.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Rob we don’t have any divine right to beat anyone in this league and I agree things were not Amazing under sturrock but with the same set of players he did not have a bad run like this did he?

My personal opinion is I don’t think he is up to the job but my opinion does not matter its up to Fitton to decide that .As for people saying he was not taken to by the fans I agree but he could of turned them on his side with points and performances which he simply has not done .

That's the point.  UNder Sturrock we began a run of W1 D1 L6, that happened when we started playing the top hlf teams.  The good run, if that is what we call it, under Sturrock was against teams like Bournemouth, Luton, Cheltenham & Gillingham - all played close to each other.  We have to let Malpas go through that run of games before we can compare.

The teams we have been beaten by, we also got beat by under previous Managers, or at best drew.

That's true Rob but the thing is we never had a complete shocker of a performance under Sturrock like we have seen against Walsall and yesterday. Defence always looked solid even if we were not playing that great. It's just looks disjointed now.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Has anybody thought that the team of coaching staff around him isn't up to the job eg. Adie Williams who I saw rather pissed in the Old Bank the night before the Southend game. Byrne seems to rant too much probably discouraging the players and the goalkeepers don't seem to have improved under Granvilles coaching. Things under Sturrock weren't so much better but with the likes of John Blackley coaching the defence they seemed to improve. Allow Malpas to bring in his own coaches. I believe they could be the problem. Give Malpas the satrt of next season with his own players and possibly his own coaching team.

I wouldn't mind that. Would like to know if Malpas actually wanted to work with Byrne and Williams in the first place? I think Williams will be gone in the summer anyway. He even said himself that he had to impress Malpas with his coaching so we shall see.

[RobertT]

Cheltenham in the LDV?

Sturrock was in charge for some awful games, FWIW.

I'd also probably not rate a 1-0 home defeat against a top 6 team as a shocker.  More....expected.

[Don Rogers Shop]

Rob are you confusing performance and results

[JOHNNY REEVES]

malpas makes iffy look like a tactical genious.

[JOHNNY REEVES]

also the season we were relegated i never got the feeling i couldn,t be bovered to go .this season i missed the carlisle game went yesterday but am very doubtful to be going to the next home game.i didn,t expect this the day we were saved,

[Frigby Daser]

Why appoint him in the first place unless the board are going to give him proper backing, even in the midst of fierce criticism from the fans? At this point in the season, surely we've got to gear up to him getting a proper pre-season under his belt and allow him to put his stamp on the squad (personnel, training, tactics) and make a judgement from there. We all saw what Wise managed to do with a relatively shite squad, just by getting them fit, motivated and organised. OK so Wise was a 'bit of a name' but in Malpas we're supposed to have one of the games most well qualified and astute coaches.

Based on the perfoermances so far, my jury is out but I personally want to give MM a fair crack of the whip. The new owners are building for the long haul - which is a massively refreshing change after the 13-odd years we've had to suffer - and I'm concious that we need to adjust/temper our short-term ambitions and actions accordingly.

Spot on.

[RobertT]

also the season we were relegated i never got the feeling i couldn,t be bovered to go .this season i missed the carlisle game went yesterday but am very doubtful to be going to the next home game.i didn,t expect this the day we were saved,

Get a grip man, 2 seasons ago we were a hell of a lot worse than we are now.  One of our rare wins was against City and they pretty much outlpayed us with 10 men.  When we won, bar maybe Bourmeouth, it was often a fight against the odds win.  We got murdered in Nottingham, tamely rolled over against some teams at home such as Barnsley who looked like they were a good league above us ability wise on that day.  In fact, 2 seasons ago was one of the worst in our history, this season is merely a normal season in STFC's history.

[janaage]

This is getting crazy, what the hell have the good folk of Swindon been on recently, comparing this season and manager with two seasons ago??  WTF??  I'm close to giving up, not with MM, or the club, but with my fellow STFC supporter.

GET A FUCKING GRIP PEOPLE!!!!!

Is this some sort of wind up, that I'm not in on?