I really do not understand the logic in the discussion of replacing Sheridan at all for the rest of the season. In every game since he’s arrived, we’ve shown glimpses of what we can achieve if we play at our best. We’ve got a window kicking off in a few days where hopefully a few players that continuously let us down this season will be offski and Jewell will have been working his magic in the background to land the reinforcements we need. I agree with others and stand by my previous comments that we’re really not far off from being a decent team that can compete in the top half of this league.
It’s been a tough season so far, not a lot of joy and a lot of tired legs. Our previous manager bottled it from the fight and fuck off because his heart wasn’t in it. Now, if there are players that don’t have have the heart to wear the shirt, earn their wages or perform to the standard expected of them - quite frankly they can fuck off. In John Sheridan and Tommy Wright I trust to sort the team out, get them playing well and turn this ship around.
Regardless of who the manager is, who the owner of the club is, none of that has an impact on Baudry making one of his million diagonal passes actually reach a red shirt, nor does it have any impact on Grounds ball watching like a tree stump as an opposition striker breeze past him OR does it prevent Kovar from being beaten on his near post.
We have some of players to do this, we’re not a million miles away from turning this around but where we would normally have time in between games, but due to Covid, the games are coming at us faster than we can recover.
I have no doubt the players had the riot act read to them at half time against MK and the impact from the management team on the bench was that we made 3 subs at half time that made a massive difference. Unless someone can point it out to me, not once have I see anyone give Sheridan or Wright credit for that on here.
Stop the negativity, get behind the good players we have that will make a difference and let’s kick on. Reality check. This is Swindon Town and we’ve got a transfer window to sort this team out and get firing again. Don’t write off the Board or Management without giving them a chance to play their full hand. If we’re still fucked by mid-Feb, then whinge and complain all you like.
I can explain the logic in replacing him. he is making the same mistakes EVERY single week with his lineups and is not learning from them and doesn't know how to create a team to attack which ends up being boring as fuck to watch.
3 subs at half time may have made a difference, (we were 3-1 down at home!) just like at the end of most matches when changes are made. It is showing he is reactive and not proactive in his selections.
at the start of the season we started getting some good performances- not as much results. now we are getting consistantly shocking performances and shocking results.
we had more rest than Franchise last match, we had extra time on the training pitch, we have players returning from injuries. we get smashed 4-1 by a team close to us the league table.
Sheridans record so far:
11 games- average goals scored 1.09, average goals conceded 2.09.
Pre-Sheridan:
9 games- average goals scored 1.66, average goals conceded 1.77.
He is lining up with players in the wrong positions, in a defensive mindset and we concede more goals and score less as a result. I have seen enough shit from swindon sides in the past to know what a relegation side looks like.
Kovar
Fryers- Conroy- Odemayo- Caddis (Hunt)
J Smith (Stevens)- Grant (Lyden) - M Smith- DJ (Hope)
J Smith- Pitman
This is not a team deprived of goals and a team that would win 2 in 11. This is not the horrific squad that our peformances and results reflect.
Instead we see the same failing cb partnerships and our best cb in midfield, no natural full backs starting, no strike partnerships and an imbalance all over the shop. for all of jonny smiths criticism he is our most creative player going forward- he clearly players better with a caddis and options of support. this gaffa played him at lwb recently!
As much as I detest Wellens for leaving, our results and performances would be nowhere near this standard. You can forgive results, you can't forgive the performances like that every week and i honestly think its all down to the selections, formations and instructions that are forcing them.
Likewise mistakes happen- we have had about 3 seasons worth of mistakes already this season. Sheridan can't be blamed for some of these errors- but its not like we have played well except for them.
