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Like most on here I like Cox, he seems like a really nice bloke however, with each passing match I am becoming more and more certain that he just doesn’t have the experience, knowledge, or confidence to get us out of our current mess.
With the constraints that are surrounding the club right now we desperately need an experienced manager who has a proven track record of polishing turds and getting the best out of a squad that is low on ability and confidence. I fear if we don’t call in an experienced manager soon we will swiftly find ourselves several points adrift at the foot of the table.
Sorry to say this…”Cox Out”.
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When I was teaching I remember our caretaker, who was a bit of an old cynic saying to me “when I come back in the next life, I want to be a PE teacher. All they do is kick around with the kids all day!” As he looked out over the playing fields.
I reckon Cox and his coaches are pretty much glorified PE teachers. They’ll have a lesson plan for each training session, and tick off each item covered. Like any class of mixed ability pupils they won’t expect everyone to perform to the same level, just as long as they do their best, so Cox can say “we had a really good training session”.
However when it comes to tactics and motivation – well I don’t think that’s part of Saturday Club!
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I think the major problem is that although I very much appreciate we are in an awful position and in terrible form, if we did pull the trigger on Cox – who would want to come here and who could we actually afford?
I feel sorry for Neil, I don’t know if he quite realised the challenge he was facing by taking the job, and I think with a decent squad and budget he would do OK. The club over the last 2 seasons is no place for anyone to learn their trade.
As an aside, I notice Nigel is under a bit of pressure from the fans at Charlton…
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who would want to come here and who could we actually afford?
1,000 times this!
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While in the job he gets all the flak. Sympathy for him ? Not a jot.
Solely down to him where we are.
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I believe we have the squad, but you do need to send your team out with intent, in the main when we do we have had more positive results, most would accept losing if we at least gave it a go.
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Neil for me is overly cautious and tactically naive but to say he is solely to blame is surely unfair.
I think the absent landlord has a fair amount of responsibility here.
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I’m far from happy with the status quo at Glanford Park these days. But I don’t think the answer is resorting to sacking yet another manager.
If we escape relegation this year, and I’m certain that there are more than two teams performing worse than dear old Scunny. He should be allowed to buy a few more players and aim a little higher next season.
The problem lies with the chairman and his team (family.)
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I wish I shared your optimism that there are 2 teams worse than us in League 2. Even the basket case that is Oldham got an away win on Saturday. Something that has eluded the Iron for some time.
Hope your correct but at the moment I am believing the bookies who have us firm favourites for the drop.
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Cox out and get Squeaky man from Whartons stand row C seat 65 in, at least he has got some passion left.
Plus he is entertaining.
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I’m certain that there are more than two teams performing worse than dear old Scunny
I know it’s only September but the league table currently disagrees with you.
The problem lies with the chairman and his team (family.)
This is exactly where all our frustration should be directed.
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This squad “even though unbalanced” has a lot more ability in it than we’re currently seeing. I firmly believe that.
I’m certain that with a more experienced manager who’s been around the block, who will fully/correctly utilize the squad to it’s maximum potential would get much more out of them.
Wilson is just 1 example of yet another promising youngster overlooked. Now, who would come is another thing entirely.
There must be a half decent manager out there somewhere who’s sick of his wife nagging him for getting under her feet ?
Let whoever it is have to end of the season and then take it from there, least he’ll see less of Swann as he’s hardly seen anymore.
Every cloud and all that !
What about Ronnie Moore ?…pay him magic beans
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Wilson is just 1 example of yet another promising youngster overlooked
We should definitely be making more of our youth team but at the same time it says a lot about where we are that a completely unproven teenager is our big hope at the moment.
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I remember a few years ago our saviour was to be NZ international Clayton Lewis. We were all (almost) overwhelmed by a signing that would transform our team and fortunes. How many saw him play?
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Saw him playing for NZ not the Iron. Wasn’t he another great ‘club signing’?
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Bizzarly Wiki says he played 19 times for the Iron. Must be including unused sub appearances.
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Hippolyte looked good in CM
I would say looked good is stretching it!
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Ernest Pawn needs to go NOW !!!! No doubt about that.
But will getting rid of Ernest make Neil a better manager? No is the answer.
As Rory Fallon said ‘they came out in the second half looking flat and lacking energy’.
The team have one serious 90 minute training session on a Tuesday.
Sunday and Monday off recovery, Wednesday off or light session, Thursday tactics (15 mins probably!) Friday light session pending game.
90 minutes per week hard training and 90 minutes on a Saturday afternoon.
The alarm bells rang for me last season when you could hear Neil screeching during a game on radio because they don’t work hard enough during the week.
Then there is the famous we gave players homework via IT and they didn’t do it! F#####G WHAT?
Record says it all Cox has to go.
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A position has just become available at his old club – Watford!
D’ya reckon he might apply for the job?
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Hippolyte looked good in CM
I would say looked good is stretching it!
This is in comparison to his efforts out wide. I actually though him and Pugh were starting to have a good understanding in CM but Cox ripped it all up.
I quite like Hippolyte there personally. I’d much rather he played there than out wide.
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A position has just become available at his old club – Watford!
D’ya reckon he might apply for the job?
Yes but it’s a managers job NI not a turnstile operator.
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Hippolyte is one of the worst players ever to have put on a Scunny shirt, I really rated your views on things mate, but to suggest that Hippo will ever make a footballer is taking it a bit too far.
Young Wilson and Pugh should both be in the team, but they cannot even make the bench with Cox and his brains trust in charge, no it is wrong to say “in charge” because they are in charge of nothing, they do not have a bloody clue. O’Malley has really gone down hill, and all danger of Newports came from him being skinned time after time.
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Hippolyte is one of the worst players ever to have put on a Scunny shirt
You obviously haven’t seen the likes of Tomi Ameobi and Andy Parton back in the day then. Matt Bailey is still the worst player I’ve seen to this date.
Look, Hippolyte isn’t great and I’ve never really rated him. I said he was good in CM in comparison to how he’s been out wide. I have never once said he’s somebody you can hang your hat on.
Hippolyte was starting to look half decent in central midfield with Pugh. Those two played pretty well and coincided with us looking like we were starting to turn a corner. I never once said Hippolyte was a footballing genius or the next coming of Ruud Gullit.
So, let’s calm it down a bit here. I’ve said he was crap from day one but he was starting to look decent in cm. Put it this way, at least he was contributing.
Pugh should be back in. I keep saying it, play 442 for fuck sake. No Beestin on the left wing, stick O’Malley there and Bring Wilson in.
All these square pegs in round holes and ultra defensive line ups are driving me fecking nuts. Hackney can piss off but Wood can stay around, still think he has something.
Play with some width for crying out loud. Cox better pull it together pretty sharpish or he’ll get jeered if he doesn’t watch it.
If he had anything about him he’d accept he’s not up to it and walk away like somebody else said yesterday.
All he’s doing now is prolonging the inevitable.
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