Tom_1992 wrote:El_Nombre wrote:Tom_1992 wrote:ElNombre, if you read my post you will see that it's not just yesterday's result which is annoying most supporters, it's the continuous week in week out dirge that has ground us down. From the almost laughable press conferences, to bizarre team selections, negative tactics, non existent style of play, no noticeable improvement from the players and a whole load of other factors, I just don't understand how you think JW is the man to take us forward?
I mean, you made a point that there is more to it than this team selection, which is fair ... then you asked me to defend a point I never made.
I don't think he is the man to take us forward. In fact, how he got a contract after the Barnsley shower was beyond me, it was obvious we needed a man with a bit more experience in charge to get promotion, if that is still the clubs aim mind you.
But yesterday was an absolute throwaway, as will Sunday be. He did the exact right thing. We are playing for nothing, anybody who won't be here next season, especially loanees, shouldn't be on the pitch. What do we possibly gain from it? We need to know what a strongest 11 is going to be heading into the transfer window with the inevitable leavers. People getting ate up about yesterdays team selection and subsequent result are delusional.
Fair enough, I minsunderstood you as a Whitney fan. To those that do support him however, what do you actually see week in week out that gives you the confidence that's he's up to the job.
From last season's nightmares against Sheff U, Oldham, Bradford and Barnsley to this season's appallingly long list of failures, the writing is on the wall imo.
Tom - you are mirroring the points I've also been making in that since last seasons closing (important) games, he has taken us backwards (by some distance) and a development manager (which is what he is) should have been taking more stock of his playing assets much sooner than he has done.
No one had any clue what his best options were (including him seemingly) until we put together that short purple patch after Xmas - now he's ditching them at a fast rate of knots because he's realised many of them are either on their way or he's no control of whether they might be here or not - the youngsters then might be forming the new spine of his squad for next season....
I'm not in any way knocking the youth system at the club as I fully understand it's our lifeblood but again, what a clear lack of forsight and detail was shown last night when he bought on the two lads who were like sheep to the slaughter of a Vale side that were fighting for survival... Admittedly, Kory looked a good asset at our level and I'm sure with more gametime will progress well (and god we need him to) but that apart JW simply got it all so wrong yet again....
It was no coincidence that as soon as they got the goal they replaced Eagles (clearly their best player) because they knew that with our team and formation (if thats what it can be called) we just weren't a threat to them.
I'm very worried we are spiralling into a bad period for our club and something needs to change very quickly to stop it happening
