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October 22, 2018, 6:20pm
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Sorry to contradict you but I think you will find a few who wanted him to go. I seem to recall the expressions " clueless ", " out of his depth ", " not enough experience" and a few others. It was always going to be a slow journey ( although I must admit some of the performances were poor and I was starting to have my doubts about his ability) but I kept reminding myself how he helped us to avoid relegation last season. If Slade , the experienced manager , had remained then I think we would have definitely gone down. There are signs that we may have turned the corner and 7 points out of a possible 9 shows good form but I certainly aren't getting carried away with this. IMO MJ will develop into a good manager for us but it will take time beyond this season to see that. Another two transfer windows and I think you will see a squad that will be completely his own and who will work towards his playing ethos. The one area he has very little experience in is recruitment. For all his time at Burnley working with the under 23's , they will all have been players who came from the junior levels so in a way not originally signed by him. He will need time to identify those players he can work with and those he can't. I think JJ is an example of this as he obviously has ability but needs a lot of work in " coaching "  to help in positioning, anticipation and team work. IMO MJ sees this in him and that's why he persists with him. I could be wrong but MJ must see what we see in a game and JJ's contribution is sadly lacking.


Despite like most of us wanting him to succeed I wanted Jolley gone after 6 straight defeats and one of the worst displays I have ever seen against Morecambe. That doesn't make me a bad person as I can only judge what I see. Any idea that he could be a great manager for us is supposition - nobody knows yet.  

From what the last few games have shown, I think he lost his way a bit, tried too hard to find the right formula and made too many changes. He has almost stumbled upon a better line up, but these things happen in football - think of Alex Ferguson all those years ago when one result changed history.

It will be fantastic if we really do have a better future under Jolley; as ever we will just have to wait to see how things pan out.

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So maybe patience would help after 6 games.........
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So maybe patience would help after 6 games.........


To be fair it was 6 defeats that brought on most of the criticism but the poor form, poor tactics and changes of personnel wer there before those games.

I think the jury is still out on the manager. As has been said he found a combination that works better by accident with the injury issues forcing his selection options. But all managers need a bit of luck. Just as it is wrong to lose patience too early it is wrong to be euphoric over an upturn. This team may be a work in progress but we still need to be clocking up some points as well. Points breed confidence.


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To be fair it was 6 defeats that brought on most of the criticism but the poor form, poor tactics and changes of personnel wer there before those games.

I think the jury is still out on the manager. As has been said he found a combination that works better by accident with the injury issues forcing his selection options. But all managers need a bit of luck. Just as it is wrong to lose patience too early it is wrong to be euphoric over an upturn. This team may be a work in progress but we still need to be clocking up some points as well. Points breed confidence.


MJ is learning his trade and I am guilty as anybody expecting too much too soon,

He has learnt from some of the defeats and has been helped from having some players back from injuries and getting back to full fitness,

This season will be a great learning curve for him and I expect a lot better things next season.


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