Being a Brighton manager

[Kinky Gerbil]

Oh dear dear dear, when a team loses 12 on the spin you think the manager should stay? bravo!

he only lost 10 didnt he?

mr mcghees record is almost the same

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

He was there well before Christmas. I can remember him bringing his team to Withdean, moaning that the match shouldn't be played

Which was on Boxing Day, wasn't it?

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

mr mcghees record is almost the same

Exactly. Hinsh had one win in twelve, and was hamstrung by far worse injury problems than McGhee has had to cope with, losing two of his key players for most of his reign. I fail to see that McGhee's record this season is much, if at all, better.

 

[London Irish]

I'm coming round to the idea of Wilkins. I wasn't sure at first but look at Watford to see how taking a chance on a less experienced manager *can* work. I think it's a bit of a risk but i think it might be one worth taking..

Yes, but Boothroyd was head coach at Leeds and showed his credentials there and made his reputation there. Wilkins has never coached anyone but kids. I can see why people might be putting his name forward as a replacement, for example, for Bob Booker, but it would be utter madness to give him the top job until he has some kind of track record in men's, not kid's, football.

 

[London Irish]

I fail to see that McGhee's record this season is much, if at all, better.

Hinshelwood lost 10 out of 12 games in charge, McGhee 19 in 42 games this season. If you think that's the same, you are being very droll. McGhee has lost less games this season than say, Paul Sturrock at Sheffield Wednesday.

 

[sir danny cullip]

McGhee has lost less games this season than say, Paul Sturrock at Sheffield Wednesday.

O well done mark! Were going down and they are more than likely staying up, but congratulations on loosing less games this season than Paul Sturrock

 

[London Irish]

O well done mark! Were going down and they are more than likely staying up, but congratulations on loosing less games this season than Paul Sturrock

Well, if you can for a second contain your mirth at us going down, the point I was making was that we have not been cut adrift this season, unlike Hinshelwood's Albion team were and Rotherham were last season.

 

[sir danny cullip]

Well, if you can for a second contain your mirth at us going down, the point I was making was that we have not been cut adrift this season, unlike Hinshelwood's Albion team were and Rotherham were last season.

Yea thats true, what that stat also shows is the amount of games we could have/should have won this year. If we had picked up the extra two points in just a few of the games this year (leeds away for example) we could be safe by now. Easy to say now i know but we really have deserved more in some games this year.

 

[British Bulldog]

McGhee has lost less games this season than say, Paul Sturrock at Sheffield Wednesday.

Very true. But have you noticed that under Mcghee we have won fewer games, And have less points, than any other team in the Coca Cola Championship, League 1 & League 2?

 

[sir danny cullip]

Very true. But have you noticed that under Mcghee we have won fewer games, And have less points, than any other team in the Coca Cola Championship, League 1 & League 2?

O dear...

 

[Seagull73]

Very true. But have you noticed that under Mcghee we have won fewer games, And have less points, than any other team in the Coca Cola Championship, League 1 & League 2?

I have to say this is my biggest concern. Not winning becomes as much of a habit as winning does, and what is going to happen that will suddenly make us go from winning 7 out of 53 League games, to winning say 20/21 out of 46 which we will need if we are going to be in the play-offs next season..?

And that will be nothing to do with a change of division. The reason why we got off to a flyer last time we went down was because we were in pretty good form even though we went down from Div 1, and started from where we left off, despite relegation.

If we go down not winning another game, which looking at us on Saturday is highly likely, I really fear that we will struggle to pick up form and results on a regular basis moving into next season, and I remain unconvinced that a change of manager is definately the answer, although it may help, I believe it's much more to do with an overhaul of the squad, which as everybody knows, we don't have the money to do... So where do we go from here...?

 

[Silent Bob]

Yes, but Boothroyd was head coach at Leeds and showed his credentials there and made his reputation there. Wilkins has never coached anyone but kids. I can see why people might be putting his name forward as a replacement, for example, for Bob Booker, but it would be utter madness to give him the top job until he has some kind of track record in men's, not kid's, football.

But if you replace, for example, Bob Booker with Dean Wilkins then you have the same problem as you have with Booker. The assistant manager is generally too close to the players to ever step up to managing them.

 

[Icy Gull]

But if you replace, for example, Bob Booker with Dean Wilkins then you have the same problem as you have with Booker. The assistant manager is generally too close to the players to ever step up to managing them.

Unlike Boothroyd, Wilkins would not have a large transfer budget. Watford would probably been down the bottom with us if they hadn't been able to sign King and Henderson. That must have some bearing on Watford's success this season.