The Revolving Door!

Dean Holden paid the ultimate price for Saturday’s performance and loss away to Oxford on Saturday.

Yes, it wasn’t good, yes, he got several things wrong and yes. The game, like many others of late, wasn’t well managed.

It has been a dreadful start to the season with constant chopping and changing of formations and starting elevens. However, Holden probably deserved a bit more slack given the lack of support in respect of transfers. In addition, whatever bad luck and decisions in games and injuries have all conspired against him.

It is still something of a surprise that Holden has gone especially as this ownership group brought him to the club. Unlike, some of our previous managers his departure is a real shame. Clearly, Dean is a decent bloke and had the best of intentions. He deserved better support and I’d like to have seen how he’d have fared with a better squad.

Saturday’s first half was probably the worst of the season to date. The U’s goal followed a routine from a free kick that I assume was designed to outwit them. All it did was see the ball hoofed long downfield where May was expected to outjump and out muscle the defence.

The result was that it came back with interest and our boys decided to back off allowing Goodrham to advance and pick his spot.

It was a similar disaster for their second where we overcommitted and their quick break saw us outnumbered and all over the place.

Now the management team has gone, the revolving door turns once more and we’re scrapping around looking for a new manager, about 6 new players whilst needing to offload at least 3 and maybe more players that simply aren’t up to the task.

The managerial shortlists I’ve seen make depressing reading bar one or two passable possibilities. God help us all if we up end up with Johnson or Evans!

Come midnight on Thursday and we’ll know how the last couple of days of this transfer window has panned out. I think we’d have been struggling to recruit players before the weekend’s events but with no manager and an uncertain future all round it looks like a Herculian task!

All we can hope for is a half decent manager and a handful of reasonable players who will no doubt be predominantly loans.

What an utter mess! 

Dean Holden paid the ultimate price for Saturday’s performance and loss away to Oxford on Saturday.

 

Yes, it wasn’t good, yes, he got several things wrong and yes. The game, like many others of late, wasn’t well managed.

 

It has been a dreadful start to the season with constant chopping and changing of formations and starting elevens. However, Holden probably deserved a bit more slack given the lack of support in respect of transfers. In addition, whatever bad luck and decisions in games and injuries have all conspired against him.

 

It is still something of a surprise that Holden has gone especially as this ownership group brought him to the club. Unlike, some of our previous managers his departure is a real shame. Clearly, Dean is a decent bloke and had the best of intentions. He deserved better support and I’d like to have seen how he’d have fared with a better squad.

 

Saturday’s first half was probably the worst of the season to date. The U’s goal followed a routine from a free kick that I assume was designed to outwit them. All it did was see the ball hoofed long downfield where May was expected to outjump and out muscle the defence.

 

The result was that it came back with interest and our boys decided to back off allowing Goodrham to advance and pick his spot.

 

It was a similar disaster for their second where we overcommitted and their quick break saw us outnumbered and all over the place.

 

Now the management team has gone and we’re scrapping around looking for a new manager, about 6 new players whilst needing to offload at least 3 and maybe more players that simply aren’t up to the task.

 

The managerial shortlists I’ve seen make depressing reading bar one or two passable possibilities. God help us all if we up end up with Johnson or Evans!

 

Come midnight on Thursday and we’ll know how the last couple of days of this transfer window has panned out. I think we’d have been struggling to recruit players before the weekend’s events but with no manager and an uncertain future all round it looks like a Herculian task!

 

All we can hope for is a half decent manager and a handful of reasonable players who will no doubt be predominantly loans.

 

What an utter mess!