Quote Originally Posted by bluesp View Post
I agree that yesterday was a tough watch, but our opening goal showed the potential for forward play that we were lacking under MM. There's much less pointless lumping of the ball and we've seen the potential of the younger players. What we don't need, in my opinion, is a knee jerk reaction by going back to someone like Warnock. He did a great job overall but left us with an ageing squad, way too many contracts ending at the same time and virtually no thought towards youth policy. What we have now is a better style of play, younger players being brought on fairly carefully and seemingly good quality loans. Patience is what is needed
Whatever happens, definitely NOT Warnock. He and the board are responsible for where we find ourselves now. If we got him back here it would set us back even further and destroy even the tiniest signs of green roots in our squad.

The board rarely gets anything right but this time it's crucial. I think longer term we need a younger, reasonably experienced and in my opinion foreign manager who can gradually develop the squad into a modern footballing outfit. To get to that stage Tan and the board would have to agree not to interfere in the project apart from providing the necessary investment. Without that agreement I cannot see a quality manager coming here.

In the interim it looks like a temporary manager will be needed quickly but it must be one who will not make the longer term transition even harder to achieve. I just think the board should avoid any knee jerk cheapy cheapy option and pull it's finger out.