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Oh and he’s a yes man!
Hurst wasn’t, and we know what happened to him. Swann doesn’t want an independent thinker.
Great time to sack a manager, just after he’s brought in his choice of players (allegedly).
What a bloody mess!
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The problem at this club isn’t Cox – in the same way it hasn’t been the fault of the half a dozen who have gone before him.
He’s a manager not a water diviner.
The problem is the systemic poor decision making and what appears to be the blind arrogance at the top level of the club -which has degenerated into nothing more than an abject comedy over the last 3 seasons.
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The problem at this club isn’t Cox
The problems stem from more than 1 person, I think we all know that. Cox is a big part of it though as he defies logic and his tactical nous is absolutely awful.
Tonight’s team he fielded was strange/stupid and he said after the 1st match, yes the 1st game of the season that it reminded him of last season where the players just sort of did what they wanted.
Taking into consideration it’s a near new squad of players you have to seriously question Cox. Put it this way, if this carries on along the same theme as last season with a fresh squad of players then I know who I’ll be blaming.
It’s his job as a manager to get his tactics across if a fresh squad of players don’t take them on board then it the book stops with him as that’s his job.
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As far as I could tell, we defended well, created chances, were always in the game and fell to a spectacular goal. We had improved markedly from the Swindon game. Personally, I would not have played Pugh – but credit to the lad – seems to have had a decent game. (Would perhaps like to know who might have prevented the goal by stopping the cross into the box. Commentators did not name names.)
Irrespective of all that, this second defeat has serious ramifications.
With our very stretched squad, Neil had few options where formations were concerned.
To me, the root cause of the the problems we are facing from now on will be that the chances of us attracting a few decent Championship loanees have almost disappeared altogether.
A team which was in a relegation dogfight has changed its squad. Great. The trouble is that it may well not look strong enough to compete. If I were a decent 20 year old at Bramall Lane – would I be bovvered to drive 40 miles to play for a club which has not only got a leftover poor reputation – but appears not to have improved since last season?Sorry to keep harking on about that 31st May date – but as other clubs built – we hesitated and on the 11th of August, we are key players short.
The quality of potential loanee signings has now reduced.
Back to crossing fingers and scratting around for OOC players who are not a total dead loss?
Neil’s fault? – I doubt it. Showing faith in Pugh is no sacking offence.
Which established manager – replete with large magic wand in his backpack – might we turn to? This really is a ‘rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic situation’.
A win against a poor Rochdale side is now getting to be rather desperately needed. A defeat would not be total disaster but would inflict further damage onto a low spec warship already suffering torpedo damage.
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That’s where the problems started! the day the chairman sacked graham for some reason only known to the two of them, it has been downhill ever since that day.
We look like a side that doesn’t have any confidence at all, I believe we have some decent players and they are good enough for this league.
I still think we need a young recently retired attacking coach as mark lillis for me is not in touch with the modern game, sometimes you just out of the game for to long to be in touch with the game anymore.
I believe we have some decent players and they are good enough for this league.
Who would they be? Maybe Alfie Beestin, George Taft, Perry given his past? Not sure many others would attract many offers if they were made available tomorrow.
Completely agree about Mark Lillis, I thought that was a very strange decision to bring him back.
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Neil’s fault? – I doubt it. Showing faith in Pugh is no sacking offence.
But putting an U23s CM at RB for the THIRD time (not all under Cox admittedly) has to raise questions.
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Geoff Stelling was very astute and must look at the goings on at the club and wet himself laughing.
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In my 55 years as a FAN – I have never felt quite as sorry for any manager as I do for Cox. (Explanations are surely unnecessary!)
There was a point last season where it could have been tried – maybe. I know I certainly got very frustrated with his tactics at one point. But there was more going on off the pitch than we knew, back then.These are now his players and yey – hit by injuries from before and after Day One!
Squad still incomplete in the second week of the new season. Can that even be arguably his fault?
We are told that he is an ‘incompetent manager’ – this is not evidence when there are other possible explanations.
I argue that, in all honesty, we really do not know.Les—–Surely it is the Manager that has a say on who he brings into the club, it is the manager who picks the team, it is the manager that instructs the players what system is to be played, it is the manager that brings on subs and changes things if they are not going toplan, so if it is not the managers fault that his team keep losing match after match(last season included) and play defensive shite, whoe’s bloody fault is it, it certainly is the fault of the manager at ALL OTHER CLUBS so why not at Scunthorpes ???????????????????????????
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I knew it wouldn’t take long, and it is the typical knee jerk reaction that is played out on this board year in year out. How many managers can we afford to keep hiring them paying off?
Disappointed that the op didn’t entitle this thread ‘Cox Out!’
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I knew it wouldn’t take long, and it is the typical knee jerk reaction that is played out on this board year in year out. How many managers can we afford to keep hiring them paying off?
Disappointed that the op didn’t entitle this thread ‘Cox Out!’
I agree with every word of this, especially the last two.
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I cannot ever remember any supporter wanting Morris dropping, he was similar to Gilliead, most fans attended games because they were playing.
Alexander had a good run of results at Scunthorpe, but he changed the playing system that last season he was here, about January when we were top of the League and playing really entertaining football, he suddenly changed it to do not lose style, we got 3 points from the next 9 matches after that change. We will never know why he changed it, or was instructed to change it, but When I asked him this question,he just said that teams had sussed Scunny out and the system needed changing. This made no sense what so ever to me, whilst being top of the League and winning entertaining games, I will never understand his answer to my question!!!But this topic is about Cox, he must hold the worst ever Scunthorpe managers record in the 71 year clubs League record, I am not certain, but I think that there was a manager called Rooks possibly in the 70s or 80s that was terrible, but apart from the Cox record of not able to win games, the enjoyment is pathetic.
I remember there were some calls on here to drop Morris due to his attitude at the time and not tackling enough. Not loads but there were some, and a fair bit of criticism that he was a luxury player who we couldn’t justify having on the pitch for his occasional flashes of brilliance. It was about the time he riled some fans with a gesture in response.
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BS remembers correctly why Alexander was sacked.
That change of playing system cost us promotion – he did not deserve to survive after that.I thought that most had agreed on here that we’d give Coxy a chance for at least a dozen games at the start of this season. Injuries (again!) players not through the door early enough etc, etc. No money to bring in a forward.
You do not judge a manager after one league game when he still has a millstone attached to his leg by strong chains.
His formation at Barrow made sense to me. Okay – he could have played Loft and Jessop but that was a risk. And like most on here – I really hate lone forward line-ups.
3-5-1-1 was pretty much inevitable for a game of that type.
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So… we are now 10 games in, the magical point in time where managers at all levels have said they start judging the table.
We sit bottom of the league!!
We are the worst professional football team in the whole country!!Cox is a shit football manager and HAS to go…
yes Peter Swann is the real (long term) problem but Cox doesn’t understand football management at all… he’s embarrassing himself now!!
We could still stay up with someone else in charge as long as the appointment is a good one with PS keeping his nose out of the first team affairs… like he should have with so many previous managers!6 users thanked author for this post.
Has he gone yet,any other manager in the football league would have been sacked weeks ago.
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The Prawn is only interested in how much money he is currently putting in ( not much ) and how much money, a redevelopment of housing on the site the ground currently stands on, will return ( quite a lot ). Nothing else will be of interest to him. SUFC who?
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