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Were we right to sack McGhee

Should we have sacked McGhee

  • Yes. He lost the plot and had to go. Should have gone sooner

    Votes: 51 39.5%
  • Yes. It a shame, he tried hard but nothing went his way

    Votes: 51 39.5%
  • NO, should have had more time.

    Votes: 15 11.6%
  • Depends who we bring in.

    Votes: 12 9.3%
  • Fence, Fence, go paint your F####ing fence

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    129








Brovion

In my defence, I was left unsupervised.
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Jul 6, 2003
19,888
Neutral. Losing Booker could be a blow, he was seen as the ideal middleman between the players and management. What went wrong?
 




JJ McClure

Go Jags
Jul 7, 2003
11,114
Hassocks
As much as I wanted him out, I think he hasn't been given enough time this season. If things continue to go tits up then it may be a case of "what if we'd given MM a bit longer?"
 




zego

New member
Jul 10, 2003
1,626
You have to ask if we can compete in the league at any level with a youth team. Talented and willing, but inexperienced.

Dependent on a few senior pros, vulnerable when missing. Would they have lost at Bristol if Guy B had been fit?

Without money we can't buy players, nor can we buy a top manager. The next might be experienced, but past sell-by date. Given that there is to be a change, I hope it is somebody much like the team, young, talented, probably unknown, but very very keen to prove they can succeed.
 


Yes we were right as it is time for a change but the bloke is very unfortunate not to have had the financial backing of the club when he really needed it. He did make a lot of mistakes but at the end of the day his best players were sold and not replaced so his task was always going to be near impossible.
I think the sacking of Booker is a good move, time for a clearout to make way for the new regime.

Funny how he is sacked just as the transfer window closes. The club can site lack of confidence in MM for not investing in new players, and the new guy has now missed the opportunity to buy. Once again the club gets away with not investing in the team. Call me an old cynic but I think that was a very crafty move by the board.
 
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Barrel of Fun

Abort, retry, fail
tommy boy said:
yes we were, but we should've done it before the transfer window closed/waited until it opened again

timing is ODD

I guess Dick thought that MM deserved a chance as he had got us out of this division before and perhaps didn't forsee the fans threatening to stay away. We wouldn't have signed a manager straight away, so I guess the timing is neither here nor there.
 




Gazwag

5 millionth post poster
Mar 4, 2004
30,755
Bexhill-on-Sea
Lokki 7 said:
Funny how he is sacked just as the transfer window closes. The club can site lack of confidence in MM for not investing in new players, and the new guy has now missed the opportunity to buy. Once again the club gets away with not investing in the team. Call me an old cynic but I think that was a very crafty move by the board.


and coming days after we sold CKR to provide cash to pay off McGhee, at the end of the day McGhee puts players names to the board who do the signing
 








Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
62,429
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Maybe during that boadroom split over McGhee's future in the summer, it was agreed to give him the first half-dozen games or so to see how we get on. The encouraging start perhaps served only to paper over the cracks. Then the falling out with CKR, the shambolic transfer window, and the team back down in 17th, finally left McGhee's position unteneble.

Cheers for the good times Mark, but it really was time to go.
 


Brovion

In my defence, I was left unsupervised.
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Jul 6, 2003
19,888
Easy 10 said:
Maybe during that boadroom split over McGhee's future in the summer, it was agreed to give him the first half-dozen games or so to see how we get on. The encouraging start perhaps served only to paper over the cracks. Then the falling out with CKR, the shambolic transfer window, and the team back down in 17th, finally left McGhee's position unteneble.

Cheers for the good times Mark, but it really was time to go.
I think you may be right and but I also think the timing was the WORST possible. If they wanted to sack him they should have done it in the summer and given a new man a chance to settle in, and more importantly the chance to attract players before the transfer window shut. "Shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted" is the expression that springs to mind, as they'd let McGhee start the campaign the should have given him longer. Minority view I know but I'm used to that.
 












The Auditor

New member
Sep 30, 2004
2,764
Villiers Terrace
Lokki 7 said:


Funny how he is sacked just as the transfer window closes. The club can site lack of confidence in MM for not investing in new players, and the new guy has now missed the opportunity to buy. Once again the club gets away with not investing in the team. Call me an old cynic but I think that was a very crafty move by the board.

;)
 






Virgo's Haircut

Resident Train Guru
Jul 5, 2003
4,490
On a train...
Nothing has ever been so right.

Magoo should have gone sooner. We would have had new players, and wouldn't have been left without firepower up front.
 


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