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Thanks Kev - but is a new manager needed?

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Should Maher go?

  • Yes

    Votes: 224 34.0%

  • No

    Votes: 323 49.1%

  • On the fence

    Votes: 111 16.9%
  • Total voters
    658
Maher is our Churchill - our wartime manager, who's shepherded us through our darkest days. For that, we should be eternally grateful.

However, he, the club, and all of us are tired; we're all bruised and carry scars from the previous regime.

Now is the time to find our Clement Attlee - to reset, rebuild and move onto our next exciting chapter. A fresh start; a new era. A time to heal.

If you were born after 1990 none of that would make any sense.
 
I've been sitting on the fence for some time now but recently changed my vote to Maher out........sadly I suspect he may have lost the dressing room.
Personally I can accept losing games but to be honest this season we have shown very little passion or desire from the players.
I cannot believe he could not raise the players up after the Sittingbourne game but whenever I see him interviewed he himself does not appear to be a great motivator.......sad to see but time for a change.
Our new owners are experienced buisness people so sentiment will not stop them from taking action so I suspect they will be listening to the views of our fanbase.
Personally but what do I know........I would remove Kev and install Currie and Benno and therefore give them the rest of this season, the summer and all of next season and review the situation then based on performance and results !
Finally from a positive point of view I am still so happy I have SUFC to support and care about as not long ago it could so easily have been so different.......UTBlues
 
I suppose you could aim criticism at all three coaches. Maybe we should have had someone who is a defensive coach considering we concede regularly from set pieces. None of the three were defenders, yet another imbalance in the clubs personell
 
Fairport said:
I suppose you could aim criticism at all three coaches. Maybe we should have had someone who is a defensive coach considering we concede regularly from set pieces. None of the three were defenders, yet another imbalance in the clubs personell
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On this, can anyone confirm if it's Bentley on set pieces for us? Whoever it is it needs addressing
 
COSU claim to not interfere with football matters but, maybe they should. Most clubs have a chairman who will pull the manager in when things look dire and have a word or give a rocket. Perhaps COSU have, I have no idea, but KM needs to be told things are untenable. We've had Moncur, Hillson, Foran. We have Bonne, Harness, Hayes, Hopper, KAF, Walker, Wind, Kendall and now Parillon. KM has brought players in, which he said he needed to do, but the performances and results have gone from bad to worse.

COSU can point to performances and state factually it's not good enough. They need to tell KM his 'experiment' is falling short of the required standard and he must ditch Maherball and go with a tactic that suits this league and our players. He should be given this one last chance to come good, a chance he deserves, or find himself new employment. Consign sentiment to the bin and let the head rule the heart.
 
onceknownasrab said:
COSU claim to not interfere with football matters but, maybe they should. Most clubs have a chairman who will pull the manager in when things look dire and have a word or give a rocket. Perhaps COSU have, I have no idea, but KM needs to be told things are untenable. We've had Moncur, Hillson, Foran. We have Bonne, Harness, Hayes, Hopper, KAF, Walker, Wind, Kendall and now Parillon. KM has brought players in, which he said he needed to do, but the performances and results have gone from bad to worse.

COSU can point to performances and state factually it's not good enough. They need to tell KM his 'experiment' is falling short of the required standard and he must ditch Maherball and go with a tactic that suits this league and our players. He should be given this one last chance to come good, a chance he deserves, or find himself new employment. Consign sentiment to the bin and let the head rule the heart.
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If you look solely at the league, this just isn't true. Maidenhead is third loss in the league since the mid Nov, with the oher two coming against the teams in 1st and 3rd. Going into Saturday's game we were 2nd in the form table averaging 2.4ppg.

I think there is fair criticism to be leveled at players and management but it has to come from a place of realism and not vibes. Especially if you want to talk about head ruling heart!
 
Looking at our squad most are under contract until the end of 2025/26. I can see next year being more of the same because that's going to need a miracle worker to fix.
 
How about Nigel Worthington? I'm sure he is still looking for a job? Alot of experience, may get something out of the players. However I'm not currently over his recent career, I know he was at York
 
lreed567 said:
How about Nigel Worthington? I'm sure he is still looking for a job? Alot of experience, may get something out of the players. However I'm not currently over his recent career, I know he was at York
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Don’t think he’s managed anyone for about 10 years - would be a bit of a random appointment!
 
Liam AAS said:
If you look solely at the league, this just isn't true. Maidenhead is third loss in the league since the mid Nov, with the oher two coming against the teams in 1st and 3rd. Going into Saturday's game we were 2nd in the form table averaging 2.4ppg.

I think there is fair criticism to be leveled at players and management but it has to come from a place of realism and not vibes. Especially if you want to talk about head ruling heart!
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Forget the supposed run of results and look at the performances, our position in the league, our inability to beat anything other than dross and of late not even that. The form includes three draws and a win against the mighty Brentwood. We may have been second in the form table but the play is abysmal and, as shown, cannot be sustained for any meaningful length of time. When did we win three on the bounce? You speak of realism. Reality is slapping everyone in the face that we are not going to do beggar all with Maherball.
 
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