03 May 2016 09:25:47
I agree it's probably time for KJ to step aside however I think we need a bit of a reality check as he is getting way more stick than he deserves for the job he has done for us.
KJ's appointment was 100% the correct decision at the time and proved by the fact we broke the all time record for the league. We were also great to watch the second half of last season and probably over achieved not under achieved given the outlay in comparison to other teams in the championship and again broke the record for points not making the play-offs. We have a habit for records but we gave it a real go and were extremely unlucky when you look back at the all other seasons and how many points are required. The second half of the season showed how important the right players were.
He was the right man but this season and this season only he has let himself down. He's undoing his own good work but he deserves a lot of credit and not the ridiculous comments about him being a clown etc. We were a laughing stock and many on here were saying we would go down again the mess we were in. let's not forget the state we were in and all those players we had causing problems.
Yes it's probably time to go but this isn't all down to KJ. He's made a rod for his own back by not selecting KMAC and Price for example but other than that the change in playing style has been more imposed on him through injuries and the mess above. You can't tell me he has decided he no longer wants 3 powerful, pacey, skilful attackers and wants to play for draws.
In reality we should be higher but based on outlay should we make the play-offs? not a chance. Look at the top 6 and their squads after coming down or the money they have spent ala Boro, Derby, Sheff W. Brighton are the only surprise as you'd have thought QPR would be up there.
1 bad season in 3 and given the injury situation, having Thelwell in his way, the club being up for sale and loss of such important players doesn't make him a terrible manager.
I'll be thanking him this weekend and not sh*tting on his reign.
03 May 2016 10:16:34
Just Smith
I admire loyalty and applaude your post in part, KJ has found the level he should manage at, and if he want's continued success then Div 1 is for him.
I am sure any manager would want 3 good strikers, so why after a minor bust up at Compton was Afobe dropped to the bench, why after chasing him for 6 Months did we never see Jordan Graham. The list of players KJ publically stated were no good who were put out on loan then hailed as great players when he needed to bring them back, obviously Millwall can get the best out of players, not Kenny.
A point that must not be missed in all his achievements is, last season we were lucky, very, very lucky, on many occassions we snatched a victory from a game we were being dominated in.
I am a STH, I go to all the away games (refused to go to Boro, due to Sky) and a lot of the U21 games at Telford on cold Monday nights. So I'm not an armchair fan and am as passionate as anyone about the Old Gold and Black, but KJ no. My patience has worn thin, I have met him on many occassions at Telford but sorry we need a manager, a real manager.
Please understand this is not having a go at your views, all views are valid and from the individual, these are just mine.
COYW's (in my case, preferably without KJ)
03 May 2016 11:50:03
I agree with you StuWolf that he has found his level however at this present moment so have we as a club and that's what we sometimes forget. His tenure as a whole has more positives than negatives and he doesn't deserve the severity of criticism he has got.
The trouble is we have a tendency to get rid of a manager and not replace with better. After that 5-1 against Albion I'd finally lost patience with McCarthy long after others had but in hindsight we'd never have dropped to lg 1 under Mick.
Rodgers and Pearson are the 2 I'd want but would they come here? After that I see talk of Sherwood. I'd be devastated if we appointed him. I'd give Lambert of Norwich a go but at Villa he was panned so they all come with baggage.
I'd like a new manager however only if he is better than KJ and how do you persuade someone better than KJ under the current set up? In a perfect world we'll be sold or Morgan will return and invest and persuade one of those 2 but what if we aren't sold and are starting the season as we are today. We've tried the left field European approach but got rid before he had chance to even implement his style on the team, we've had the experience under Mick. I just can't see a good manager take this job as we are. As a club right now we are a mid table championship club in finances, players, manager, board and spending capabilities.
If we can get better than KJ great I'm all for it but if not let's see what KJ does when he has Dicko, Graham, Williamson etc back as Dicko and Mason upfront would have given KJ a lot more success than what he has to work with at present.
03 May 2016 13:07:12
Just Smith,
I will back you 100% on Nigel Pearson, he is very much a part of last nights Leicester success.
As you've probably guessed I'm not a regular on this site, I have a mate who has strong links inside Molineux, so I come on here when he gives me the nod to see what the realist is saying. He seems to have as reliable a source as my mate and that confirms things for me.
So with what my mare is saying at present and the realist is releasing albeit tentatively, I am feeling s tad optimistic of late snd can see some light at the end of a very dark tunnel.
Thanks for the honest and refreshing exchange.
COYW's.
03 May 2016 14:07:44
I hope you're right mate. Something has got to change.