Schofield

[i_ateallthepies]

It's a tough call this one.  On the one hand it seems entirely reasonable that a Coach with new ideas be given the time and resource to put his philosophy into practice but based on Schofield's showing to date and given that it seems he really doesn't have a clue then to let him take us into next season really is a massive risk to retaining our League status.

[TheFunk]

Was listening to a league 2 Twitter space earlier and they came onto donny and the host (Bradford fan) made a very good point saying that Schofield and the club will have had one eye on next season so think Schofield especially now the season is basically over he will be telling the board and Copps what players he wants to keep and who he doesn’t so we’re ready for next season. No point changing from what he wants to do with the system and style of play, he needs a summer and a pre season with his own players. He has only had 1 january window where 4 of his 5 signings were loans so he is playing a completely different style of play to before with players that were brought in by McSheffrey/Wellens.

We can’t keep sacking managers every 4/5 months, we saw in January that he’s not afraid to move players on who don’t want to be here (Knoyles case) or players that don’t fit the way he wants to play (Clayton) so we need to see what he can do for the first few months of next season with his own squad. He’s also started to show who he wants to keep with new contracts for Anderson, Hurst and now Olowu.

The host also said it’s a similar process to what Bradford went through last year when Hughes was appointed, completely different style of play to Derek Adams but wasn’t quite working because he was trying to play the style of football with Adams’ players so wasn’t really working and they finished that season 14th. He brought in his own players in the summer and they’ve improved massively (I think they will go up this season whether that’s play offs or Autos).

If anyone wants to listen to the chat about us the link is below, they do a space every Sunday at 7pm which is always a review of league  over the weekend with fans going on to talk about their teams game (sometimes on a Wednesday if there’s a full set of midweek fixtures).

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1nAKEreAvDXGL

Donny chat starts at 1:23:30

We can and we should sack a manager every 4 to 5 months if they perform like they do, he should go before the season is out and new blood in, or we will have the same situation next year

We're already paying two managers salaries. How many do you want us to pay?

[danumdon]

Nothing he's done so far can lead us to believe he can have an influence on us , even at this level.

More importantly is he even going to be given the type and level of finance he would need to bring in the type of payers his system would require to be successful at this level?

On both counts i'm afraid its not positive which means for us another season struggling, without a decent start like this season then next could be our last as a pro league member.

[knockers]

As bad as this season has been to watch I believe that you should give the manager three years in the job. Switching every six months will give you nothing at all.

[Lesonthewest]

Nothing he's done so far can lead us to believe he can have an influence on us , even at this level.

More importantly is he even going to be given the type and level of finance he would need to bring in the type of payers his system would require to be successful at this level?

On both counts i'm afraid its not positive which means for us another season struggling, without a decent start like this season then next could be our last as a pro league member.

The warning signs are there.

[Cramby10]

As bad as this season has been to watch I believe that you should give the manager three years in the job. Switching every six months will give you nothing at all.

Christ almighty! 3 years of this then we’ll be playing in the National League North in front of 3 men and a dog.

[DonnyOsmond]

Close, knoyle, molyneux, we’re all seen as statement signings.
Don’t think it matters what we think when they sign, it’s what they do after they sign that matters.

How was Close a statement signing? He was a squad player from a mid table League One team. He was hardly Wellens.

[drfchound]

I remember when we signed Close that quite a few on here were lauding him as a great signing and an indication of our intent to push from promotion from league one.

[Bailey Vickerage]

Was listening to a league 2 Twitter space earlier and they came onto donny and the host (Bradford fan) made a very good point saying that Schofield and the club will have had one eye on next season so think Schofield especially now the season is basically over he will be telling the board and Copps what players he wants to keep and who he doesn’t so we’re ready for next season. No point changing from what he wants to do with the system and style of play, he needs a summer and a pre season with his own players. He has only had 1 january window where 4 of his 5 signings were loans so he is playing a completely different style of play to before with players that were brought in by McSheffrey/Wellens.

We can’t keep sacking managers every 4/5 months, we saw in January that he’s not afraid to move players on who don’t want to be here (Knoyles case) or players that don’t fit the way he wants to play (Clayton) so we need to see what he can do for the first few months of next season with his own squad. He’s also started to show who he wants to keep with new contracts for Anderson, Hurst and now Olowu.

The host also said it’s a similar process to what Bradford went through last year when Hughes was appointed, completely different style of play to Derek Adams but wasn’t quite working because he was trying to play the style of football with Adams’ players so wasn’t really working and they finished that season 14th. He brought in his own players in the summer and they’ve improved massively (I think they will go up this season whether that’s play offs or Autos).

If anyone wants to listen to the chat about us the link is below, they do a space every Sunday at 7pm which is always a review of league  over the weekend with fans going on to talk about their teams game (sometimes on a Wednesday if there’s a full set of midweek fixtures).

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1nAKEreAvDXGL

Donny chat starts at 1:23:30

We can and we should sack a manager every 4 to 5 months if they perform like they do, he should go before the season is out and new blood in, or we will have the same situation next year

ok we will start sacking managers every 5 months like Watford do, clearly working for them isn’t it.

[since-1969]

I’d settle for just having a manager !!