Parky

[the_holt_dragon]

Originally Posted by SouthLondonExile

No, L1 is a different level entirely and we may spend 3 years before getting a sniff of playoffs.

There are many teams who've competed in L2 after NL promotion and they didn't score 111 points with a team we are consistently told contains L1 players.

I mean Stevenage are competing for the play offs, so while it would be a step up, I think there is also a danger of overestimating the gap.

[SouthLondonExile]

Originally Posted by Back of the Kop

Or was Parky told in January to reign in the spending ? Marriott and Bolton always felt like 4th/5th choices on his shopping list.

Maybe R&R are tightening the purse strings ?

Not sure given we were going to throw 500k at Armstrong. The only thing that makes me think you could be on to something is our failure to get the lad from Rotherham.

Perhaps he was told he should be comfortably achieving promotion with the team we already had.

[mattwxm30]

I'm torn on it. I love him for bringing us back to the EFL and he obviously has a lot of credit in the bank. I think I've seen enough this season though to see his limitations. The squad we've built has quality but its one dimensional and probably has too much experience and not enough youth and pace. If we're lucky enough to get to L1 I'm convinced he will come unstuck, we're just too predictable

[Midwest Express]

Barring a complete collapse of the magnitude of what happened when Dean Keates left the first time, I don't believe there is any circumstance we change the manager.

[SouthLondonExile]

Originally Posted by the_holt_dragon

I mean Stevenage are competing for the play offs, so while it would be a step up, I think there is also a danger of overestimating the gap.

That is true, but the top 6 tends to be recently relegated Championship teams as a general rule of thumb.

A poor L1 team that should have comfortably beat us was Shrewsbury, which shows the step up.

[Back of the Kop]

Originally Posted by the_holt_dragon

I mean Stevenage are competing for the play offs, so while it would be a step up, I think there is also a danger of overestimating the gap.

Generally the gap isn't that big. The difference in League One is the teams at the top have one or two real quality players up top that punish you for every mistake

The football itself isn't that much better. Still loads of hoofball

[Vorporix]

Originally Posted by Bosnian_red

Jose Mourinho

Realistically - I wouldn't mind someone like Stoke's Schumacher - he won L1 with Argyle playing some truly incredible attacking football with a much lower budget than Ipswich or Sheff Wed. With him Argyle were bound to stay up, but he decided to pack his bags, take the fat paycheck and move to Stoke.

Only reason it's not going well at Stoke is because it's Stoke. Alternative choice would've been ex-Luton Nathan Jones but he's only recently moved to Charlton and they're going to be dangerous next season

Well at least a few names thrown in the hat.

Still find it odd that we are sitting in an automatic promotion place at the business and of the season and the discussion is about replacing the manager.

Still each to their own.

[Lods]

There is part of me that thinks Parky might get until next season provided we get close. R&R have never sacked a manager, so we don't know what it takes for a manager to be sacked under their watch.

I think if we don't go up Parky gets one more window. Might not be the most popular decision but I think it'll be like the National League where you get one chance but if you fail twice you're out.

However at the moment we are still 3rd. We're in a very good position, we just need to shape up. We have the talent.

[the_holt_dragon]

Originally Posted by Vorporix

Well at least a few names thrown in the hat.

Still find it odd that we are sitting in an automatic promotion place at the business and of the season and the discussion is about replacing the manager.

Still each to their own.

Agreed. Parky is the only game in town this season. He has a chance to take us up automatic and then a second chance in the play offs. If he doesn’t take either then that’s the time to ask the question.