edwin_price
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The question wasn't directed at me, but I'll answer it anyway. If we're questioning whether Gary is the right man for the job, then I'd argue we'd have to make a decision on it fairly soon.
You either give Gary the pot and let him spend it, or you get someone new in early enough that they can identify what they need and choose their targets, get deals over the line etc. Last time we lost a manager, it took a month for the new man to enter the building. That puts us at December 20th if Caldwell goes in the next 5 minutes. Obviously, I would hope the process would be a bit quicker this time around, if that's what the club decide to do, but we don't really have a long time to decide.
The worst possible outcome for the club would be to stick with Gary deep into December while the form continues, pressure for his removal grows, the idea of giving him a transfer kitty to spend as he sees fit begins to look foolish, etc. We then decide to terminate, late December, take a week or two to get a new guy in... Expensive panic signings that don't really solve the problems we want them to, etc.
Obviously the flip side is we stick with him, he gets a few wins under his belt, the fans cheer up a bit, he signs three or four players in January, including a couple of decent strikers, we pick up and end in lower midtable with a team starting to look like its taking shape. I'd love the latter, but it feels very far away. For me, it was the Fleetwood game when I reached the point when I decided, with a fairly heavy heart, that the best thing for the club is to make that switch ASAP, to give us enough time before january for a better shot at staying up. Respect that people are still hopeful that things will sort themselves out, but everyone will have a tipping point. That tipping point just better not come on boxing day!
