Northampton match thread

Quoted from arryarryarry

There are plenty of games against lesser opposition to try different teams out. He said he knew Northampton were a tough strong side so I don't get leaving your better players out.

Makes sense, for me IH is looking at next season on who deserves a new deal and it will be like this until the end of the season.   and against strong opposition it will tell him more about the squad.

I wouldn't be surprised if he has already made up his mind about Green and Ohman, both late for the match vs Newport and dropped to the bench. IH as put them in the side and is pretty much saying its up to you but they are only letting themselves down.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Jones, Clements, Osborne, Gunning, Asante and Yussuf all of whom lasted about 5 mins and took up valuable cash that could have been used for a decent replacement for Bogle.

Like I said earlier to someone else I’m not comparing Bignot to Holloway. I’m just saying at a similar stage with a similar position Bignot was shown no patience.

I think Olly has built up quite a lot of credit. I defy anybody who has been to games to claim he hasn't made a marked impact in terms of results and entertainment. He has been clear about what he's doing and why. With Bignot there was little evidence of a plan and results and performances got generally worse. I'd have thought it was very clear why one would get more patience than the other.

[quote=584]I think Olly has built up quite a lot of credit. I defy anybody who has been to games to claim he hasn't made a marked impact in terms of results and entertainment. He has been clear about what he's doing and why. With Bignot there was little evidence of a plan and results and performances got generally worse. I'd have thought it was very clear why one would get more patience than the other.[/quot

Oh FFS I wasn’t criticising Olly!

I think when people step back and view it objectively they’ll see it differently. Bignot was not given time. Olly also benefits from having done it at a higher level. The time to judge (both) is after a year in post at least.

I know you weren't criticising Olly, you were asking why he got more patience than Bignot which I was answering. I thought we were a bit quick to sack him but his career since suggests it wasn't the worse decision JF made though whi he chose to replace with is probably up there.

Bignot and Jolley in case anyone doesn’t know, have gone. Ollie is here.
Let’s look forward and not backwards. Roll on Tuesday. 😎

Quoted from KingstonMariner

[quote=584]I think Olly has built up quite a lot of credit. I defy anybody who has been to games to claim he hasn't made a marked impact in terms of results and entertainment. He has been clear about what he's doing and why. With Bignot there was little evidence of a plan and results and performances got generally worse. I'd have thought it was very clear why one would get more patience than the other.[/quot

Oh FFS I wasn’t criticising Olly!

I think when people step back and view it objectively they’ll see it differently. Bignot was not given time. Olly also benefits from having done it at a higher level. The time to judge (both) is after a year in post at least.

But that's the whole point; he wasn't given time because there was no evidence he had a clue what he was doing. No point giving someone time if that's the case and the fact he's had a relegation from the NL and a 20th place finish in the National League North since then would suggest for once Fenty got it right. Olly has made a big difference and we've clearly improved so he will get time and more allowance.

How many times do we have to bring up Bignot again.....there was clearly more to his sacking than just results. It was well documented that the players did not rate or like him.

Quoted from sam gy

How many times do we have to bring up Bignot again.....there was clearly more to his sacking than just results. It was well documented that the players did not rate or like him.

Agreed, it’s like trying to compare ripe apples with pips. Please let’s drop this one.

Quoted from Meza

Makes sense, for me IH is looking at next season on who deserves a new deal and it will be like this until the end of the season.   and against strong opposition it will tell him more about the squad.

I wouldn't be surprised if he has already made up his mind about Green and Ohman, both late for the match vs Newport and dropped to the bench. IH as put them in the side and is pretty much saying its up to you but they are only letting themselves down.

I think even IH admitted he made a mistake.

Plenty of time to check out his players, just don't see the point in pissing about against one of the better teams in the league and pissing off the fans.