Every Saturday":2m0nrcvo said:
I dont see why our expectations have to be so low ...
Our "expectation" ought to be the Championship - and if not the Championship to be near the top of the league above
If we were in the Championship competing against much bigger clubs then I would say "lets be patient" - but we are not
We are one of the biggest, best suported clubs in this league, with (by all accounts) a very competitive playing budget. If we were in the league above we would still be one of the biggest clubs. Right now, we are punching way below our weight. We are underperforming "big style" - and that's why so many longstanding fans are getting seriously upset and seriously angry with the current manager
We are simply not making progress - we pass the ball around in circles (if we can manage to win the ball off better teams like Dorchester Town) and but we are going nowhere. We are so weak and vulnerable. We are near the bottom of the bottom league and have just been dumped out of the FA cup by a team over 40 places below us - and its simply not good enough
Argyle fans deserve better than this - Plymouth Argyle should be much much better than this
Good managers dont need years to turn Argyle around in the lower leagues. What we desperately need is a good manager
Spot on.
A long-term plan to develop a young team playing pretty tippy tappy football is all well and good and in the long-term. I agree with it. But given how far below where we should be, it needs to be tempered by a 'needs must' philosophy in the short-term, and what this club needs is to get out of League 2 as soon as possible. It should be a matter of utmost urgency. Failure to do so will only be detrimental in the long-term because it will mean falling attendances, declining income, and hence a lower budget, making it even harder to get out of the league. The development might bring additonal income but that will be offset to some extent by falling match day and merchandise revenue.
It seems to me there is a laid back, naive and idealist philosophy running through the club at the moment, and that is reflected in the lack of progress. Urgency, pragmatism, realism - that's was needed. Somebody at the club needs to get a grip and take the lead in driving the club forward by it's bootstraps and a manager is needed that recognises what is required to get out of this division and can build a team capabale of achieving it in whatever style is most effective, which for me certainly isn't Fletch's version of tiki taka that merely shows how naive he is as a manager.
