Disappointed. I was for his appointment and thought it was the right move and that he would do a steady job.
But it wasn't to be. The tactics were not good enough, some of the comments were cringeworthy and while I agreed with some of his comments on the likes of Johnson, he shouldn't have aired those in public. He didn't seem to be able to motivate or inspire this overrated bunch of poor attitude players that we have at the club either.
Very uncomfortable about the fact that he didn't get a season and the fact that he was mocked so roundly, but as for his tenure here its hard to come up with reasons that justify him not being sacked that are Footballing ones.
Big of you to admit you were for his appointment. Haven't heard many admit that. I wasn't one, but always thought that once he got the job he deserved a crack at it.
Reckon some of his comments were misguided, but I don't think he ever meant to be malicious or offensive. I disagree about the Johnson thing though. He was playing absolutely terribly before those comments, he got it together then for a couple of games after he was slated, gone back to muck again though in the main.
Not exactly TLW to sack a gaffer in less than a season, and he did top the Europa group using mostly second string players (though Ste got him out of a hole)
But. There is a bare minimum in terms of league performances, and we've not been getting that. For whatever reason. And if we had a second half of the season that matched the first, we could very well have ended up in the relegation battle FFS. Risky to change manager now, risky to bring Kenny in at this point, and with 2 massive games in the next couple of weeks (though every game is massive for us now). But it'd have been more risky to stick I'm afraid.
Also we've had three or four opportunities to get back in the thick of things (ie after the Chelsea game) and failed to take them. Can't miss those chances with such regularity. Suggested things were not likely to improve at all over the season, and that would have been serious trouble.
Fingers crossed for Kenny. If it works.............
I nearly hoped there for a sec.