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the latest root and branch review. Kit man's fault all along. Craddock's back next week.

see, I broadly agree - certainly on the time-for-a-change bit ... ... but your posts still somehow manage to wind me up.

out of curiosity, which side is "this side"? 🤔

it is indeed. They've only ever really known harsh authoritarian rulers. Their brief dabble with democracy was a shambles.

On the slide these boys, it'll be a walk in the park. nowt apiece. Evatt praises our resilience and the fact we limited a dangerous / physical / technical / big / small team to few chances. We're the first team ever to achieve negative xg. Or we smash em.

good post. That was my take on it too, but can see how it could be misconstrued.

I think this is the point that resonates the most - I've wanted plenty (most) managers gone at some point post BSA but we've appointed some absolute shite in that time. Have to trust that the current board will make a better fist of it when the time comes. I'm struggling to see us really turning things around under him now (not talking a decent run against relegation fodder) and see too many red flags. It would take a phenomenally good run - including the sorts of games we don't normally win - for me to have any confidence that he can turn a corner. Flipping that, what would it take before you felt the time had come for a change?

Cheers for the reply Gonzo. Not really clear from that if you're genuinely optimistic about him getting us up. Do you think we'll get results against the better sides? I fully understand we may go on a good run, but lacking any optimism we will, especially since we're running out of relegation fodder to beat in the near future.

Does anybody still want Evatt here come January? If so, why ... is it loyalty, a sense we owe him something, fear of getting a poor replacement, or a genuine belief he's the man to take us up? Genuine question, not prodding for a row, but if it's the latter I'm curious as to what's behind your optimism (and maybe I can cling to some of it if he's still here in Jan). Be nice to have a reasonable discussion about it without the usual point scoring *. * folllowed, obviously, with a club shop straightener.

if only it was about one game

pretty sure there was an Evatt quote recently where he was banging on about the importance of not stopping at1-0 but pushing on for a 2nd, 3rd etc.

We've only beaten Reading out of teams in the top half ... and they were struggling at the time and their takeover had just fallen through.

Well that was fucking appalling. I can only see three scenarios going into the Jan transfer window; 1. he's gone beforehand, and new manager gets cash to strengthen 2. he's still here, but they don't trust him to spend any more cash 3. he's still here and they throw a shitload more dosh at him Two of those three scare the shit out of me.

Has to be either the ref or their mon who slapped George.

Reminiscent of the first half of last season when we'd disproportionately played teams towards the bottom and home games. We know that beating the teams at the bottom isn't (usually) the problem under Evatt. The run through to new year will give us a better picture of where we are. I think we're in for more disappointment along the way (and a change by new year) but will be more than happy if I'm wrong and we're beating the likes of Wycombe (and Wigan). Interesting few weeks coming up.