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[BruceChatwin]

Kevin McDonald was not (in my opinion) the best choice of manager especially at this stage of the season.

That's a perfectly valid opinion, but you have to qualify it by saying who you think WAS the best choice of manager from the pool of candidates at the time.

[Abrahammer]

The only other candidate we know of was Ian Wright, things could have been worse

[Levi lapper]

Wilsons free now, go get him jed, just to finish off this complete cluster fuck of a season 

[joteddyred]

There was discontent at Hart, but not much towards the club or board, even though we were going down with a wimper.

Looking back, we were fairly placid as supporters in that god awful season.  We were continually waiting for the turning point that never came.  I do remember a few players getting singled out for a bit of abuse towards the end, but Paul Hart took the brunt of it.  He was a poor choice, but you're right nobody attached any blame to the Board.  I daresay there would have been a bit more directed that way if they'd give him the job on a permanent basis.  Thankfully they saw sense.

[JJ876]

It wasn't Malpas' first managerial job in charge, he was Motherwell boss previously.

Not very successfully mind you

You're right he did manage Motherwell but as you've mentioned he wasn't very successful (played 44, won 14 draw 8 lost 22). This was his record as of June 2007 and he was appointed STFC manager in January 2008.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Warnock will be in charge by Friday, response from the team.  That will get them over the line.

It's alright people moaning about the Jed twitter thing, but when the board or management are not talking about what is going on then people are bound to jump on any word, whether it be twitter, rumour or whatever.

Love them or hate them, the communication is piss poor with the new lot, board and management.  They are not making it easy to support their efforts at the moment.  Form has totally flipped since they took charge and they are not saying a word about it.

It hardly fills you with confidence does it, and they wonder why dickheads are tweeting shit like that earlier in the thread.  Even in the bad times with the old lot, you at least were being informed about what was going on.

We were relegated with the old board, but there was far less discontent because we were all in the picture, even though we were bottom of the league.  Here we are sat 6th in the league, seemingly free falling, but still in a great position but because there is no communication people are quicker to attack.

A lot of problems can be alleviated by good communication, or at least adverse reaction to those problems anyway.

Think this sums up my thoughts as well. I was on Twitter earlier and a few were saying what a great job Jed and Co had done and how much hard work they had put in. That's great but in general the fan base aren't aware of that. A lot of questions still remained unanswered about the embargo and I think a lot of people are still skeptical because of that, myself included to an extent.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Looking back, we were fairly placid as supporters in that god awful season.  We were continually waiting for the turning point that never came.  I do remember a few players getting singled out for a bit of abuse towards the end, but Paul Hart took the brunt of it.  He was a poor choice, but you're right nobody attached any blame to the Board.  I daresay there would have been a bit more directed that way if they'd give him the job on a permanent basis.  Thankfully they saw sense.

I think a lot of people had a lot of respect for Fitton and the board at the time. I certainly did. Also although we sold a few key players and lost a few over the summer that squad was easily good enough to stay up hence why we all expected a turnaround.

I remember a few did criticise the board for not sacking Wilson quick enough. It should have been done in December not March. Personally I think Fitton even felt he fucked up that season hence why he stepped down.

[Flashheart]

It's alright people moaning about the Jed twitter thing, but when the board or management are not talking about what is going on then people are bound to jump on any word, whether it be twitter, rumour or whatever.

Love them or hate them, the communication is piss poor with the new lot, board and management.  They are not making it easy to support their efforts at the moment.  Form has totally flipped since they took charge and they are not saying a word about it.

It hardly fills you with confidence does it, and they wonder why dickheads are tweeting shit like that earlier in the thread.  Even in the bad times with the old lot, you at least were being informed about what was going on.

We were relegated with the old board, but there was far less discontent because we were all in the picture, even though we were bottom of the league.  Here we are sat 6th in the league, seemingly free falling, but still in a great position but because there is no communication people are quicker to attack.

A lot of problems can be alleviated by good communication, or at least adverse reaction to those problems anyway.

I know they've not communicated as perhaps they could have done in the past but what are they supposed to be saying now? A statement? To say what?

[Paolo69]

There was discontent at Hart, but not much towards the club or board, even though we were going down with a wimper.

That's true as well but then we wouldn't have wanted to piss off our rich owner/s in case they quit. Just look at Chelsea fans to see how fickle people are. Should they really be venting at Rafa when it's Abomavich who's calling all the shots and making the decisions most of them disagree with?!

We've lost Paolo and i think its a case of wanting someone to blame. At the moment most of our fans seem to have chosen the formation, closely followed by the manager and finally the new board. I think most would lay off the board if we knew they had money like we did Black.

It's not a happy ship for sure, i'm not sure we're in that bad a position though. We're 6th in league one and seem secure financially - at least for the time being.

[Batch]

and seem secure financially - at least for the time being.

This isn't a dig, but why do you think that?

[Paolo69]

This isn't a dig, but why do you think that?

It's fine Batch. I don't really think that - was just providing a counter argument before people started trotting out the "but we don't know if they have any money" argument etc etc...

[kerry red]

If you are a new incoming board I would have thought that keeping the fans on board was one of the most important things to achieve.

The fact there has been virtual silence on what their plan for the club is, is what is causing mild panic.

Being cynical maybe saying nothing and making sure a healthy number of STs are renewed before it becomes apparent the direction the club is going is part of the plan.

Nobody has any actual evidence of what is going to happen, but I, like many others, have just got  a nagging feeling that all is far from well with our club and there may yet be more fall-out to come.

[mrverve]

I honestly don't know what the fans want Jed to come out and say?

Genuine question.

[Flashheart]

I honestly don't know what the fans want Jed to come out and say?

Neither do I.

[kerry red]

Do you not find it strange, though, that Jed & Co have said nothing about their plans (apart from becoming the new Woodstock)?

Maybe they are just interim stand-ins that kept the club from Admin, keeping the boardroom seats warm for some other benefactor.

It is these farcical explanations that are doing the rounds in the absence of anything else