Can’t argue with any of the above.
Interestingly this was my post from 3 months 3 weeks ago, we had just played Carlton Town away?
I stand by what I said at the time, with the exception that in the 3 months and 3 weeks since this post I am now more convinced than I ever was that the manager is not the right man for the job. That said I expect him to be here for some time so I hope and pray that he proves me wrong!
I’ll use the old post below to save me wasting time writing anything on yesterday’s debacle
Eli, I’m not suggesting a change at the moment, the reality is that the manager’s contract makes that pretty hard anyway. I wouldn’t make a knee-jerk reaction on this although we have played poorly for a number of weeks now. At the moment, like or it or not, the only thing on Gary’s current managerial CV is having taken us down. Personally I think the ‘jury is out’ and the situation would have to be considered seriously if we were dropping down the table come January, especially given some of the quality players in the squad.
What I am suggesting is that the manager needs to consider some of his decisions and has to create a harmonious squad and in the same way as we should not necessarily make knee-jerk reactions neither should he. For example stripping Booth of the captaincy and handing this to Rudd only created another problem, if the captain is a ‘sure pick’ for the team then in what position? Gary needs to look really closely at maximising the full potential of the squad we have, putting players in their correct positions and balancing the budget based upon value for money in the players we have, then systematically he can look to bring new faces in to improve key positions in the team.
Do I think Gary will do this, the answer is probably no. I think he is very much ‘his own man’ and whilst this is not necessarily a bad feature in a manager it worries me that at times this style and this determination can stray into a negative.
TWS, I stand by my previous statement in that your support to the club is exemplary and to contribute to the cause is a tremendous gesture. That said I think you and for that matter anyone else deserves to see their money spent wisely. John McAliskey will hopefully prove to be a good player and we have to give the lad a chance to show this. I believe however he has recently taken a long time (up to a year) out of the game to go traveling and I am not sure that as a club we actually watched him play before we signed him? I may be wrong and if so my apologies, but to be honest TWS it sharpens the need for the money to be spent wisely went it is coming directly from a fan. I had a look on google this evening to read some other comments on him and they don’t sound too complimentary from Wrexham fans www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A23655305 But I repeat, let the lad have a chance and lets see him work hard to show he really wants to play and how good he is.
Mauler and Eli are right too, let’s pad the squad out with two or three local lads who want to play football rather than pick up a brown envelope. The misguided fool in green yesterday shows what a young local lad is capable of, why don’t we have two or three like him who we are bringing on with coaching.
The reasons for asking questions is that I believe they are points of real debate, some will agree, others will disagree. Above all we want to see progress, togetherness and a season that concludes with promotion back to the NPL. Sometimes you have to shake the tree for the fruit to fall off!!! I would rather it was shaken now than get to March and be 12th in the league. Everyone needs to pull their socks up and really really focus on the job in hand.
