Neil Warnock is a bit of a toss pot- That's why people are reluctant.
I think those who don't have a boner for Warnock are probably able to see beyond the hype and swashbuckle.
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Certainly been a depressing trend since they opted to give Warnock another shot back before the 19/20 campaign. Albeit you could give them the benefit of the doubt on that decision, sticking with the manager who had galvanised the club and the fans (however this was not my preference at the time).
But they then since went on to Neil Harris, did not come with a strong resume and was recently sacked by Millwall. A decision that really lacked any ambition and always came across as a cheap option.
Then came McCarthy, again a sensible enough decision at the time considering the circumstances, bring in an experienced manager on a short term contract. It almost appeared that someone actually knew what they were doing. But then they decide to offer him a permanent contract before the season was done, there was no need and they removed any other option to explore off the table.
A record 8 defeats on the bounce later and they find themselves in the cycle of rewarding whatever coach is available on the staff to have a go. First Morison, and then Hudson and now Whitehead.
I cannot foresee any decent manager looking to build something at this club joining in the near future. It'll likely just be the usual motley crew who do the managerial merry-go-round who are happy to rock up somewhere and pick up a cheque. Depressing.
This final 3rd thing. !!! We are shit at playing from back to front.
One of the main reasons we are poor in the final 3rd is we cant get the ball there quick enough. By the time we do opposition defences are behind the ball.
As a team we are ok at defending. Its not because of a particularly strong back 4.
We have no playing style. We cant play a passing game and we cant play a long ball game. We can just set up to not concede and somehow nick a goal.
Apart from Micks 5 man centre halves its the worst football ive witnessed for years.
witcoop on twitter reckons Warnock and also we will try to bring Hugill back in
After today's game I formed the opinion that little was going to change under Hudson and better to change things now than wait any longer. Like most who watch City 'in the flesh' week in week out, I don't think we're that bad a squad, it's just we don't have the right mix of players - something which has probably only become obvious as the weeks roll on. There are few options in attack insomuch as we started today with Harris on the right wing and ended with Davies on the right wing. Defensively we're OK, we can stroke the ball around in midfield OK, but that's it - literally. We've run out of ideas and things aren't going to change with the status quo. Relegation would be a disaster, and could be a league 1 side for years, so the Club has made the right decision, this time, in changing the manager before it's too late. We saw what Morison was able to do when he brought in Hugill etc, so let's hope the new man can do the same.
Feel a bit for Mark, with everything around the club it's not the ideal first stint in management and it probably wasn't a decent amount of time.
But it was probably the right decision. We weren't improving.
I just struggle to see who we attract at the moment. Will almost certainly be a short term appointment.
I agree that NW would be unsuited to this squad but saying the type of football isn’t at fault, I’m not so sure. It’s horrendously slow, we spend minutes ponderously moving up the pitch then all the way back again. This was the biggest time waste of today that hindered us throughout.
If I had the choice of Warnock until the end of the season or a choice arrived at by this board if left to their own devices I'd take Warnock every time.
With this board who knows who they would bring in?
Probably bring James Rowberry back or something.
Maybe the current squad aren`t earning enough to be able to afford to pay Colin a slice of their appearance money if selected?
Maybe the agency employing his son don`t have enough available players on their books for him to sign if we are freed up from the transfer embargo to pay transfer fees?
Clough took a rag bag bunch at forest and got them up then made them champions
Kenny Burns was towards the end of his career and playing as a striker for Birmingham City when clough used him as a centre back
It's not as if all the players are one inch high and four foot wide and can only play on the wing
I'd rather go for Ainsworth or Joey Barton than have Warnock back