To those that want Mickey out...

[Acker79]

Honestly, would you give him more time if he didn't walk away to play second fiddle at Leicester? I mean if he left because of family or health issues, or because he was offered the England job or some sort of higher calling that we'd all accept as a reason for leaving us.

How much of you wanting him out now is down to a feeling of betrayal because he left us when we were heading for the Championship so he could be number two at a club that was also heading for the championship?

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Nothing to do with it.

Everything to do with us being shit.

 

[Acker79]

We have played poorly, but we've also played fantastically. We have had terrible performance, matches where we wonder if the players are even trying, but we've also had the players give their all and show their desire and ability. So the few bad performances alone can't be why people are calling for him to go.

He was given time to build a team last time around, the fans weren't calling for him to go then, were they? He didn't start tearing up the table until his second season.

Is that because of the betrayal? Is it because we were so close last year, whereas the year before he joined us last time we weren't exactly going anywhere?

 

[Brighton Breezy]

We have played poorly, but we've also played fantastically. We have had terrible performance, matches where we wonder if the players are even trying, but we've also had the players give their all and show their desire and ability. So the few bad performances alone can't be why people are calling for him to go.

He was given time to build a team last time around, the fans weren't calling for him to go then, were they? He didn't start tearing up the table until his second season.

Is that because of the betrayal? Is it because we were so close last year, whereas the year before he joined us last time we weren't exactly going anywhere?

He was given time last time because we were shit, in the league below and had not just finished SEVENTH and been promised PROGRESS.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Would there be more people saying things like this if he wasn't here before?

If it was anyone else, then I'd imagine there'd be a number of more people questionning him at the minute.

 

[Chesney Christ]

I'm not bothered by his original "betrayal" in the slightest. I'm bothered by the fact we sacked a very good young manager last season, despite coming seventh, and we have replaced him with someone who seems to have developed into a long ball merchant with an eerie infatuation for Colin Hawkins and Adam Virgo.

 

[Chesney Christ]

He was given time last time because we were shit, in the league below and had not just finished SEVENTH and been promised PROGRESS.

Exactly. Why do people STILL keeping comparing it with the last time he took over? Its totally f***ing different.

 

[judewri]

GET WILKINS BACK

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

GET WILKINS BACK

Or not.

 

[saltash seagull]

why do people keep on about him having time last time? we finished 24th,24th and 17th in the 3 seasons before he took over last time we finished 7th last season
if it wasnt mickey anybody else would be under so much pressure at the moment

 

[Zesh Rehman]

Nothing to do with that, i wasnt bitter at all when he left before.

 

[king Wombat]

we may have finished 7th last year.. but we were never in any real danger of getting into the playoffs.

And, the football under wilkins was predominantly gash.

 

[itszamora]

we may have finished 7th last year.. but we were never in any real danger of getting into the playoffs.

And, the football under wilkins was predominantly gash.

Oh FFS this argument of 'well, we were seventh....but.....erm, we were still REALLY SHIT, honest' is starting to wear very thin now. I suppose all you lot were weeping at games and chastising the players and manager when our 'predominantly gash' football kept picking up points at home and away.

It'll be a f***ing miracle if we finish seventh this season but hey ho that'll be fine for some people because of who we have in charge regardless of actual performances on the pitch. Ridiculous.

 

[Nemesis]

Oh FFS this argument of 'well, we were seventh....but.....erm, we were still REALLY SHIT, honest' is starting to wear very thin now. I suppose all you lot were weeping at games and chastising the players and manager when our 'predominantly gash' football kept picking up points at home and away.

I suppose shit performances under Wilkins are acceptable but not for any other manager?

Last season we were shit for a lot of the time-we picked up points when we had no right to. I can't remember the number of times I left Withdean wondering how such a shit performance didn't see us on the end of a deserved battering- but it was a considerable number. It seemed to be a regular feature of last season hearing large numbers of fans yelling "Wilkins, do something" or "Sort it out Wilkins". Not just one or two games either. I sit in Block E close to the dugouts and witnessed many heated exchanges between supporters-bought about by the standard of play so I'd say that all was not as rosy last season as you'd like us to believe.

 

[Ernest]

Makes you wonder how we got 69 points last season if we were so shit

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Nothing to do with it.

Everything to do with us being shit.

Nail - Head

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Last season a lot of the time-we picked up points when we had no right to. .

WTF?

Can you please explain to me how that is a BAD thing?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

At Crewe we played like League 1 champions elect. We beat Man City in the Carling. Significant wins against Leicester & Millwall. 3 games away from Wembley in the JPT , a good chance of progressing to the 3rd round of the FA cup and getting a big club at Withers. These tend to be forgotten when we think of the humiliation of losing to Walsall , Scunny , Leeds & Carlisle , drawing with Hereford etc. We get the results when there are 11 men playing together as a team and when 1 or more doesn't put in the effort it all goes tits up whereas under DW we still played shit and picked up points.

 

[Nemesis]

WTF?

Can you please explain to me how that is a BAD thing?

Taken out of context.

Read the original post and my response-don't just select one line.

Here, I've done it for you:

Originally Posted by samparish
Oh FFS this argument of 'well, we were seventh....but.....erm, we were still REALLY SHIT, honest' is starting to wear very thin now. I suppose all you lot were weeping at games and chastising the players and manager when our 'predominantly gash' football kept picking up points at home and away.



I suppose shit performances under Wilkins are acceptable but not for any other manager?

Last season we were shit for a lot of the time-we picked up points when we had no right to. I can't remember the number of times I left Withdean wondering how such a shit performance didn't see us on the end of a deserved battering- but it was a considerable number. It seemed to be a regular feature of last season hearing large numbers of fans yelling "Wilkins, do something" or "Sort it out Wilkins". Not just one or two games either. I sit in Block E close to the dugouts and witnessed many heated exchanges between supporters-bought about by the standard of play so I'd say that all was not as rosy last season as you'd like us to believe.

 

[sammy]

I suppose shit performances under Wilkins are acceptable but not for any other manager?

Last season we were shit for a lot of the time-we picked up points when we had no right to. I can't remember the number of times I left Withdean wondering how such a shit performance didn't see us on the end of a deserved battering- but it was a considerable number. It seemed to be a regular feature of last season hearing large numbers of fans yelling "Wilkins, do something" or "Sort it out Wilkins". Not just one or two games either. I sit in Block E close to the dugouts and witnessed many heated exchanges between supporters-bought about by the standard of play so I'd say that all was not as rosy last season as you'd like us to believe.

Agree nice one glad to see someone with a level head