You're right - it's not always the right solution

AN was the right man at the right time, and I was all for giving him plenty of time. We went down, he'd have learned, he knows how to get us up, was my thinking.

However, we line up the same every game, everyone and his dog has worked out how to stop it working, and we use the same formation even when the right players for it aren't playing (I said before the game yesterday that Oliveira couldn't do Jerome's job - work hard, run the channels, hold it up, all of that - Oliveira is a different type of forward from that. If I and most other City fans can see that why can't our manager?). We can't defend - we criticise the players a lot but we've had quite a few different players at the back and the same failings keep coming through. Who was supposed to be marking which player where? We still seem not to know. Etcetera.

I'm not saying there isn't a great manager in AN - there may well be. I was glad when we appointed him. Right now, though, he's a square peg in a round hole. Someone needs to get a grip on this squad and get it playing to its potential at least.

Every manager has a sell-by date at a given club, apart from a very very few, and AN has passed his with us.

I'll always be grateful for a fantastic day out at Wembley and a great rollercoaster - I'll always think well of him, and hope he does well anywhere he goes unless he ends up at scum. But time for him to move on is well past, sadly.

Posted By: Old Man on November 20th 2016 at 11:04:27

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Is there any evidence the Board are actually thinking of acting (NCFC) - Old Man, Nov 20, 10:29:14
- I think this comes down to how big a personality (NCFC) - DH Yellow, Nov 20, 10:42:41
  - does Moxey have the desire/leverage? (NCFC) - CWC, Nov 20, 12:34:48
  - I doubt he'll get the push this week but after seemingly inevitable defeat at Derby ..... (n/m) (NCFC) - CROYDONCANARY, Nov 20, 11:53:22
- Sacking the manager (NCFC) - Yarf, Nov 20, 10:33:29
  - In this case sacking the manager is exactly the right course of action. (n/m) (NCFC) - dear prudence, Nov 20, 10:43:54
  - There is plenty of evidence that suggests (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 20, 10:40:45
    - We've changed managers (NCFC) - Yarf, Nov 20, 10:55:10
      - You're right - it's not always the right solution (NCFC) - Old Man, Nov 20, 11:04:27
        
        Hard to disagree with you on much of that (NCFC) - Yarf, Nov 20, 13:18:38
        
        Could have written that myself - spot on OM. (n/m) (NCFC) - Kirrie, Nov 20, 12:50:25
      - Ok, do you think if we still had Mike Walker in charge we would still (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 20, 11:03:26
        
        Certainties for the play-offs? (NCFC) - Yarf, Nov 20, 13:26:34
        
        If we still had Mike Walker in charge (NCFC) - Charles21, Nov 20, 11:25:19
        
        ANs head would fall off (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 20, 11:29:49
        
        And did his head fall off? (NCFC) - Charles21, Nov 20, 11:32:36
      - Stopped reading after the first paragraph (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 10:59:23
        
        Sounds like you realised instantly (NCFC) - Charles21, Nov 20, 11:22:50
        
        Or he's a bit mental (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 11:28:01
        
        Or that's an easy (NCFC) - Yarf, Nov 20, 13:28:02
    - VMT (n/m) (NCFC) - Drinklebells, Nov 20, 10:52:49
  - And costs shed loads of money (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Nov 20, 10:38:36
    - Which buying canos, Naismith, oliveira and Pritchard didn't (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 20, 10:40:45
      - No, it did I think (NCFC) - Charles21, Nov 20, 10:42:07

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