We need to clear out the whole of the coaching set up and (eventually) all of the players who have been involved during this frustrating period. The fact that 'just' changing the coach won't rectify the problems is not a reason to persist with a man who clearly isn't up to the job. For five years.

It is vitally important that the person charged with rebuilding the club/squad is capable of doing so, and that he is capable of getting the best out of the group of players at his disposal until changes can be made.



I haven't seen a single poster say that we have a 'great squad'. Not one. What most are saying is that the squad ought to be doing better than is currently the case. A good coach/manager would be achieving that. Look at what Tony Pulis did at Palace this year. They were one of the favourites to go down when he took over and hadn't been out of the bottom three for most of the season. He got them organised and playing for each other and managed an 11th place finish. A pretty immediate improvement without anything like a 'great squad'.

He appointed mcrae

I'll raise Jake's "He appointed McRae" with 'he seems to have displayed complete trust in Radford, from acting on his perceived whisperings regarding Gentle, to placing complete faith in him and other locals, to the exclusion of everyone else'. It's bizarre and smacks of Pearson being devoid of proper advisors which to me is the most worrying thing. I trust Pearson, but am seriously doubting he knows who to trust with regard to playing matters.

He'll do what needs to be done business-wise, but desperately needs an advisor that knows what he's doing and without any personal motivation. Swain? Kearney? Not as coaches, necessarily.

The conspiracy theorists are a law unto themselves on here....
Why not let the bollox persist, it'd be a shame for it to get in the way of the truth..

I agree, about AP being devoid of proper advisors, hence probably Radford's recommendation for DOR ,
was Motu Tony, as they were playing RU together.