MJP_Exeter
Well-known Exeweb poster
1/ I personally would trust the board to make the right choice, Just because they got GC Wrong, doesn't mean they will do so again. Ultimately though it is a pointless question as they have proven there won't be a situation in which he will be removed. Of the out of work managers whom where in the championship, Gary Rowett or Alex Neil would be of most interest in getting in, but tbh I would prefer someone like MT or PT at appointment time they came in, someone different, not from the scrapeheap of terrible managers like the GC Appointment. Although how realistic an option either of those are would be questionable, but tbh that doesn't detract that Caldwell has been a really poor appointment and doesn't detract from the fact he is lucky to still have a career in football management in the football league. Ultimately the club / trust over 20 years have gotten 4/5 appointments spot on, one bad appointment doesn't mean they will pick the wrong one next time round. I would however like someone in the ilk of Steve Perryman as part of the process if possible.For the voters who voted GC out on the poll, I have a couple of questions.
1) Do you have a replacement in mind?
2) Where do you think we should be sitting in league 1?
3) How much and where will we find the budget to remove GC?
Will be interesting to know if anyone can even answer one of these questions truthfully.
We're too quick to want a change without actually realizing what it entails. in my opinion removing GC is out of our budget.
2/ We don't get the best out of the players we have, this season or last. That is now evidenced and down to Tactical approach / set up and that is down to GC as when we changed things in March last year, we started picking up results. GC's tactics have worked for on glorious spell in August, other than this, his tactics are a complete waste of the side we have. We haven't changed a game and gone on to win from a losing position this season through subs that GC has changed the game with. Our position atm is a little bit false and we are beginning to embark on another barren spell of results. We are in serious danger of going down and yet our manager presses ahead with tactics and an approach which simply aren't getting the best from our side. If we go down, then we fully need to look at why the club didn't act and why GC didn't change anything. If i felt he was getting the best from the squad then it is different, but we clearly are not getting anywhere near the best this side can produce and that is down to GC. Cheltenham are a good example of a good manager getting as much as possible from a poor squad, we are a good example of not getting anywhere near the best from an average squad.
3/ Our chairman has said we can afford to fire him. The club have gambled on giving him more players and hoping for the best. To me it feels the longer we cling onto the hope GC will turn out ok, the longer we will be suffering across the next few seasons. Sometimes it is the right decision to remove someone from their position.
It has been 15 months since GC Was appointed, the evidence is clear imho that he was a poor choice and our performances / results on the pitch show that clearly. To be blunt it was clear in Dec 22 that he was the wrong choice for me. Unfortunately the evidence currently only suggests he was a poor choice. If we fail to beat Shrewsbury next week, we are fooked. The vast majority of people have waited and waited and waited for the improvement only to see us invest in players in January and largely have a decent January window, only for it to seemingly further confuse our manager and expose his tactical ineptness further.