Gareth had “desperate” spells because we were in a financially desperate situation most of the time. I am convinced that without him we would now ne a non league club.
With the current squad Gareth would have had them running through brick walls albeit with a bit of shithousery.
I dread next season watching Doddsball and hopefully Dan will get a positive experienced manager in ASAP.
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I totally believe that Wycombe should keep faith in managers as Ainsworth and Bloomfield are testament to that.
But it doesn’t work in every case.
Both Ainsworth and Bloomfield brought plenty of positives despite early flaws. I’m struggling to see what positives Dodds brings. He’s been an absolute disaster and his continued poor decisions are staggeringly bad. It is gross incompetence. He was the wrong choice at the start and is the wrong choice now. In this situation, a change is definitely necessary. That hurts me to say because we are not that kind of club. But we are not the kind of club who has someone in charge completely devoid of any enthusiasm, positivity or nous either.
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For the record, two days later and Dodds should be relieved of his duties.
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there are two opening sentences to compare and contrast
I mentioned yesterday that if we didn’t do well over next three games then maybe Dodds shouldn’t get the summer but maybe I was too quick to judge.
Of the new signings, there are not many making the squad and if they do they are not tearing up trees, the only real exception is Simons.
On reflection, I’m starting to come around more to the opinion that any coach working under the current regime is going to struggle if they do not get a say in transfers OR rather get overruled and the new regime sign players the manager doesn’t rate and are not of the requisite quality.
Of the January signings, who has actually improved us? I’m discounting Bradley as this was clearly a Bloomfield signing, and we needed someone quickly as Taylor got recalled.
Have any of them really added to the current campaign. Our two record signings are nowhere to be seen.
Lowry looks good going forwards but he is not ready for League One.
Back looked very good in his one game but has been injured, maybe benefit of the doubt here.
Berry, Hagelskaer, Westergaard, Norris have added little.
Reach and Simons have been the only one’s who I’d say have been at the requisite level.
Time will tell but I am really concerned about next season because if this data modelling is off and the Head Coach is not getting a final say, I think we could be looking at the wrong end of the table. Regardless of what Mike Dodds does.
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Yes life sometimes contrasts away from what you want.
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Ainsworth had less experience than Dodds, surely?
And don’t Dodds’ results as interim prior to taking the job mean something?
He was literally given the Sunderland head coach job to unite a fractious squad and took them from top 10 just outside the playoffs to the cusp of relegation winning 2 of 13 games while losing 8.
If he was inspiring and brilliant as O’Nien says how do you explain those results and their indifferent form turning to utter sh*t?
Also, how can you compare Ainsworth’s issues with a broken - and broke - squad and club with what Dodds inherited? It’s not apples and oranges, it’s apples and space rockets different!
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I’m worried about our lack of a cutting edge in the last three or four games, the seeming lack of urgency from a whole gang of coaches and for our prospects in the play-offs, but not one for sacking yet. I think this was a tough gig for MD, football is a funny old game and you never know, he may get us up…or turn it around next season. He’s largely stuck with the same players for one reason or another, so it can’t all just be down to him.
Give him a summer and see how we get to grips with next season.
I don’t see the contradiction. If anything, it’s the opposite.
All of us want a manager to stay for a long time. That’s a given.
Just to say I’d also accept us dropping points, and playing badly - like I did with Blooms.
Why?
I supported Blooms making us more attractive and attacking. That makes attending games fun.
Playing ultradefensive, borong football that’s unsuccessful is a much harder project to get behind.
It’s the unwatchable style of football that he’s trying to enforce on the squad that I don’t like. Not the results per se, but the way he wants us to play is just awful.
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I completely agree.
I stay silent then I whisper along to “all I care about is” then slightly louder to “Alex Lowry”. It’s not the lads fault, and he deserves a song of some type but please can someone come up with another one. I feel ashamed uttering even those words in disrespect to Blooms.
“Super Al, Super Alex Lowry” wouldn’t be a bad shout would it?
Personally, I’d much rather be singing “One Matty Bloomfield”. I’d give anything to hear a few hardy souls start singing that immediately after being put through the Lowry song.
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I did on Saturday and was encouraged that others joined in.
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no, Gareth Ainsworth had already managed QPR
This is Mike Dodds’ first managerial position
Alex Lowry’s magic, he wears a magic hat
And when he saw a Wycombe shirt, he said I’m having that.
He doesn’t play for Rangers or Celtic ‘cos they’re shite!
He plays for Wycombe Wanderers’ cos we’re fűcking dynamite
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Gareth Ainsworth managed QPR for 11 games in a caretaker capacity prior to managing Wycombe.
Mike Dodds managed Sunderland for 18 games in a caretaker capacity prior to managing/coaching/overseeing Wycombe.
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Exactly my point, Midlander.
Remind me of Ainsworth’s results as caretaker as well? Did they result in the worst win % in the club’s history? Or were they just a bit ‘meh’ and gave the impression he might not make a team worse?
Can we also Add that one of our most promising and potential Championship bound CB’s has been resigned to being a Bench warmer for large part of the 2nd half of the season?
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Gaz had managed 11 games at QPR, Dodds had done 18 at Sunderland, Blooms had done 28 at Col U.
edit: Oh, I see I’ve just posted what others have already said. Sorry.
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Bradley is better than Low at this moment in time in my opinion, so I have no problem with the latter being on the bench. Plus Low won’t be here next season, Bradley might (hopefully).
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I completely get and understand that but a little rotation wouldn’t have hurt. If there was any chance of keeping him, having him play more regularly would have helped?
fair enough everyone, got that one wrong
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