Dundee Hibernian Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 At this same date a season ago, the Warriors sat in 6th, 12 points ahead of bottom club Cowdenbeath, with 14 games played. Today, 6th again, there's a 4 point gap to Forfar at the foot, with the Loons next game. No league wins for over two months either and the highest goals against tally in the division. The management team seems helpless to alter the poor form. Maybe their luck will change, but it isn't looking likely. There isn't a club as poor as Cowdenbeath to save everyone else this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Graft Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 32 minutes ago, Dundee Hibernian said: At this same date a season ago, the Warriors sat in 6th, 12 points ahead of bottom club Cowdenbeath, with 14 games played. Today, 6th again, there's a 4 point gap to Forfar at the foot, with the Loons next game. No league wins for over two months either and the highest goals against tally in the division. The management team seems helpless to alter the poor form. Maybe their luck will change, but it isn't looking likely. There isn't a club as poor as Cowdenbeath to save everyone else this season. But clueless Swift will spin it that we are only 3 points off 4th place and the lads are disappointed but training hard. What he will not point out is, with the exception of Bonnyrigg, every other team has had a least 1 win in their last 5 games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warriors21 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Four points off the bottom of the league and in awful form in the league with a team tipped for the title. Baffled that charlatan Swift is still in charge. He must either be due a packet if we get rid of him or the board are backing him, and I’m not sure which one makes the board look worse because the decision to give him a bumper deal is getting worse by the week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungWarrior Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 At what point do we challenge the board on recruitment, Bomber, Colin, Davie Irons, Swift all failed to deliver but the chairman/board is hailed as doing a great job, the community teams are struggling and although we are supporting the community the core of the club and the ability to keep fans coming through the door is slipping as we see constant failure on the pitch. Another season of dull football, with a strong squad not delivering and struggling performances week in week out while they take our money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Dundee Hibernian said: There isn't a club as poor as Cowdenbeath to save everyone else this season. Not so sure about this. The form table based on the last 10 matches suggests there might be… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 13 hours ago, YoungWarrior said: At what point do we challenge the board on recruitment, Bomber, Colin, Davie Irons, Swift all failed to deliver but the chairman/board is hailed as doing a great job, the community teams are struggling and although we are supporting the community the core of the club and the ability to keep fans coming through the door is slipping as we see constant failure on the pitch. Another season of dull football, with a strong squad not delivering and struggling performances week in week out while they take our money. Brown Ferguson got the team promoted to League 1 in 2017/18, so it's unfair to say he "he failed to deliver", but you're right that Collin McMenamin, Davie Irons and now Stephen Swift have been poor appointments. Three different managers with three different profiles but the same outcome; it's just the way it is, I'm sorry to say. As for Swift, there's nothing really new to add - that's now seven games without a win and four points from a possible 21, and we're now much closer to the bottom of the table than the teams at the top - and there's no suggestion he can turn it around, on the pitch or with supporters. He'll surely be moved on at some point next week otherwise the atmosphere at Ochilview on Saturday when we play Forfar Athletic could be pretty toxic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglum25 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Surely to goodness he will be moved on this week. The experiment has failed and the board need to realise this and act accordingly. If he is still in charge for the next game then we will realise that the board have little ambition. Perhaps the board need to have a meeting with the fans and clearly outline where they see us and what are their realistic plans for the future. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilly Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 It's now a board issue and not a manager issue. There is not one plausible reason the manager can be in charge next week. We are absolutely garbage and with 18 months in the making and probably the best budget in the league that takes some doing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Blackwell Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 What’s all the fuss about? I remember Bomber used to say the target to avoid relegation was 10 points each quarter. Two games to go to halfway and we’re already at 20 points. We could actually still stay up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramid Watcher Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I try to watch as many different teams as possible during a season, and obviously see different styles of play, so who would you like to see as manager at Stenny that would play to the style you want? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 I'd like to watch a team that doesn't concede two goals every match but maybe that's just me! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramid Watcher Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Francesc Fabregas said: I'd like to watch a team that doesn't concede two goals every match but maybe that's just me! Who would you bring in as manager? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_titz Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 24 minutes ago, Pyramid Watcher said: Who would you bring in as manager? Gary Irvine is available 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom & Gerry Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 54 minutes ago, Pyramid Watcher said: Who would you bring in as manager? Good question 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimto90 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Danny Lennon would be my first choice. Didn't end too well with clyde but his overall record is very good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Graft Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Let's just wait and see if our board will act or not or let him go to the end of the season and not renew his contract. They have had several occasions to act and have failed to do so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Blackwell Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Could be wrong, but the fact that this has entered another new week makes me think he will be in charge on Saturday. Given that there has been absolutely zero evidence that we are going anywhere under Swift (other than the Lowland League perhaps) then I don't think this decision is based purely on performances on the park. Can we afford to pay him off, particularly given the money wasted on Bryson and now Brown. I also notice QP returned to Hampden this weekend. What a fecking disaster this is turning out to be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglum25 Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Can we afford to drop to the Lowland League? Surely the directors must have discussed this? He should have been dismissed on Saturday when the bus came back down the road. Let us hope they call him in after training tonight if not as stated Saturday could be very interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramid Watcher Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 49 minutes ago, Moonglum25 said: Can we afford to drop to the Lowland League? Surely the directors must have discussed this? He should have been dismissed on Saturday when the bus came back down the road. Let us hope they call him in after training tonight if not as stated Saturday could be very interesting. I don’t think you are in danger of dropping, but I also don’t think you will go up under current circumstances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilly Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Pyramid Watcher said: I don’t think you are in danger of dropping, but I also don’t think you will go up under current circumstances. We are in as much danger as anyone else. We have the worst form in the league and no centre backs to pick from. Probably be lucky to name 15 players this Saturday and either a midfielder or full back will have to fill in at centre back. We are an absolute shambles. We haven't kept a clean sheet since the opening day. That's absolutely embarrassing for a team with supposed aspirations of doing something this season. No one in our fanbase will believe we are too good to go down anyway, not by a long shot. If we don't get rid of the manager shortly and get someone in to galvanise the place then I really do fear for us this season. Edited December 5, 2022 by Neilly 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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