el punal
Well-known member
Get rid before the start of the season. So 0.
Oh great! So another managerial merry-go-round. Who you suggest the club recruit?
Get rid before the start of the season. So 0.
His team is showing a level of consistency...I don't think many of us actually believe he is the right man do we??
Assuming he is given the summer to build his own team how many games would you give him to prove he is a better manager than he is currently showing?
There's quite a few on here who hint at dark forces behind the scenes; or question the non-football side of the club. I've no knowldege of what goes on in the Amex offices, but from the outside looking in, we would appear to be a well run club looking to do things by the book and responsibly. Yes, you could say investment in players has been poor, as much through selection as willingness to splash the cash, and when compared to say Bournemouth you could say we've gone for infrastructure over player (and player wages). But, we don't seem to be a basket case ala Leeds and Blackpool.
So. what is it this serious problem? I can see football people would get frustrated with Barber and clearly Burke had relationship issues with quite a few, but he's gone. Is it that those on the footballing side don't like having to be more accountable to a non-football person like Barber - is it purely managers getting frustrated that we won't stump up the wages / contracts to bring in the players they want? Or is it something deeper and darker that prevents us being able to kick a football in the direction of a goal?
Sensible post. There is always some conflict between those in control of the purse strings and those whose job it is to produce the goods.
Its Poyet/Garcia/Hyypia/Hughton's job to ask for the money and Barbers/Blooms to say yes or no. Its just unfortunate that it appears the budget controllers have said 'no' a little too often. I know for a fact that Bloom and Brighton are well known in football circles as low/poor payers. You can see that as a good thing or a bad one but clearly its done us no favours this season with the quality of players we have got or bought.
I reckon he will get the whole season unless we are in the utter sh*t.
Bloom and Barber are picking the teams , formations etc etc choosing which players start and where, its so bloody obvious its ridiculous.
The full season, he inhereted someone elses squad and a squad low on confidence. his brief this season would have been to keep us up and it's job done. Next season will be much. much better.
Not sure we have a choice, he has done what he was brought in to do...almost, so deserves the chance. I question whether he will be allowed to get his own players and also whether he will be boring us to death next season. It's telling that it took him eight months to get a job after his Norwich sacking.
That always confused me. For a master of the universe, you think he would know how to construct sentences wouldn't you. Dr who manages it and he is over a thousand years old!