There's a suggestion that a lot of folk think Coyle is doing a good job..
stand up and be counted..

I am firmly in the must be fired from a cannon camp together with his chums, hopefully pointed in the direction of Scotland.

Some could see what was happening over a year ago. The biggest supposed attribute was Coyles motivational ability. It hasn't worked, if indeed it ever did, for over a year. There are some managers who you can see have the kernel of something worth sticking with even though their team may be struggling at a point. Coyle has used up all his excuses.

I believe that apart from the shite coaching/training and the astonishingly inept tactical decisions he may well now irritate the majority of the squad to such a degree that they are actually demotivated by a combination of that ineptitude and his happy clappy temperance loving attitude. Ah you say, but surely they are very well paid individuals who should put up with any amount of shit from a clueless tit. But no one else in another type of job would if they could see it was damaging their credibility with future employers. No, they would want to get out and move to another employer but they cant if they are tied into a term contract. So the only way for a footballer to protest if the idiots in charge do not wish to hear is to play poorly or feign injury. Perhaps. Sounds a bit far fetched but I would have said the current prospect was also far fetched only just over a year ago.

To those who say we wouldn't be in this position if we had CYL and Holden playing regularly, just ask yourself why both have been out for a season or more. Injuries caused by thoughtless selection in high risk friendlies or aggravated by being brought back too early after a hugely damaging injury. No satisfactory replacement signed in January for Holden despite NRC being the only available defensive midfielder Coyle seems to rate enough to play until he is broken too.

The whole team management set up is amateurish. If I didn't know differently it would be almost plausible to believe that the whole scenario had been deliberately planned to cut the cost base of the club in half ready for a quick return as a leaner meaner team.

We are going down and there will be no immediate happy return from a year in the Championship wilderness with this clown in charge.

Our last manager had a good record of getting sides promoted.

getting a bit sick of this now.
wtf has Coyle being Scottish got to do with it?

I think you are sitting on the fence... would you sack him or not? it's a simple question - but you are avoiding it.

I would have thought there was powerful evidence on which to construct the case against without resorting to revisionist fiction
'high risk friendliest' lmao
Did we not have an upright Muamba and Pratley in Jan? Are they not defensive mid types? Personally
I don't much care for Pratley but he was here! Or were they pretending to be injured with the others, feck me Muamba must get a bafta cos until I read that I was sure he'd been dead for 78 minutes..? But now... And how did Mears manage to break his own leg?
I've never seen that much bollocks crammed into so few paragraphs, unless you're Richard littlejohn ?

I dunno, maybe it just adds insult to injury. (This coming from a scot!)

Though it doesn't seem to affect Supa John...

The major injuries we've had this year are just bad luck. Plain and simple. All teams play friendlies, against lower teams, the LCY injury was just awful, rotten luck. Same with Wheater, went to clear the ball....bang. Mears, well we don't know the full situation but I'm assuming given we don't lose a player in training every week that was bad luck as well.

The recovery periods for these players though and the number of muscular strains and injuries we seem to have had this season, especially the recurrent ones, I'd begin to question the medical staff and fitness people we have at the club. Too many have tweaked hamstrings and calves, and then been back, then out again. Too many have returned from injury for a week then broken down again (and not just major injuries either, Mears was back then out, then back for the ressies then injured again, Eaves has been similar I think, and Steinsson the same). I question whether we've got the same level of expertise we once had in the fitness, medical and sports science areas.

Irrespective of all that, the fact that we visibly are knacked with 15-20 minutes to go in games, is absolutely shocking and needs addressing for next season, one way or another.

I wonder what we shall eventually hear about Clueless when he eventually heads off?

Not a fat lot, given the level of players (you think they'll have autobiography deals?) and the lack of Explosive Evidence post-Megson

Pratley was purchased as an attacking midfielder, mainly for his goal-scoring record, as far as I can ascertain. The friendly against Newport County would certainly be high risk in my opinion, as would friendlies against other non-league opposition such as Chorley or Radcliffe. Why risk one or both of our best players in such a meaningless game - previous managers have played reserves/youth against such sides with good reason.

Muamba would certainly have been classed as a defensive midfielder so I deliberately didn't mention him as one of Coyle's crazy strategic decisions although we all know he wasn't exactly favoured with an automatic starting place before he had his terrible problem. Mears had his leg broken on the training ground by that big useless fanny Knight, according to the club PR people. Again, there was not much point in pointing to a peripheral right back who did have plenty of cover as one of Clueless' more hilarious decisions.

No, you are right to say there is evidence enough to condemn Clueless already. But to say that some of my points about inconsistencies are bollocks means that you do have a prosaic approach to our current situation which only highlights your own unquestioning acceptance of an official version which may - I stress, may - be as much bollocks as you or I have ever written on the subject of BWFC.

Friendlies - we didn't get invited to the emirates cup or such - You take what you can get, football is a contact sport every challenge is potentially high risk.. five aside in cushioned zorbs won't get you fit for the season.. You can easily argue pitting top class against lower class opposition will allow for the thoroughbreds to operate at less than full on thus reducing risk? In sport as in life shit happens.. We have to play someone and as far as I recall do trot a lot of youth and fringe reserves in pre season. In sport as in life - Shit happens..
Holden went to a renowned specialist and seems to have been misdiagnosed such that an underlying injury was missed and actually aggravated by the rehab for the apparent injury.. Shit happens.. my source for that is holdens own twitter and interviews, [assuming it was him?]
Midfield - we had cover Pratley was available, attaked minded he may be, Vela seems similarly inclined but not using him on Sunday in a defensive role is held up on here as OC's lack of ability.. If Vela was the answer Sunday? Pratley was available as defensive mid.. as ever cake - eat it everyone wants it all ways and will filter it to fit an arguement
injuries - with advanced diagnostic available it's quite difficult to "feign' meaningful injury..
See Mears..
Prosaic? unromantic and lacking poetic beauty.?. I'll plead to pragmatic.. what will be will be..
i'll leave concocting bizarre conspiracy theories in the complete absence of scant available evidence to you..

Friendlies - we didn't get invited to the emirates cup or such - You take what you can get, football is a contact sport every challenge is potentially high risk.. five aside in cushioned zorbs won't get you fit for the season.. You can easily argue pitting top class against lower class opposition will allow for the thoroughbreds to operate at less than full on thus reducing risk? In sport as in life shit happens.. We have to play someone and as far as I recall do trot a lot of youth and fringe reserves in pre season. In sport as in life - Shit happens..
Holden went to a renowned specialist and seems to have been misdiagnosed such that an underlying injury was missed and actually aggravated by the rehab for the apparent injury.. Shit happens.. my source for that is holdens own twitter and interviews, [assuming it was him?]
Midfield - we had cover Pratley was available, attaked minded he may be, Vela seems similarly inclined but not using him on Sunday in a defensive role is held up on here as OC's lack of ability.. If Vela was the answer Sunday? Pratley was available as defensive mid.. as ever cake - eat it everyone wants it all ways and will filter it to fit an arguement
injuries - with advanced diagnostic available it's quite difficult to "feign' meaningful injury..
See Mears..
Prosaic? unromantic and lacking poetic beauty.?. I'll plead to pragmatic.. what will be will be..
i'll leave concocting bizarre conspiracy theories in the complete absence of scant available evidence to you..