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Post by bucky on Apr 12, 2022 13:54:25 GMT
Agreed Klopp or Pep aren't on their way to the San Siro. What was this season (and probably every season until I win my millions) objective. It was to stay in the league ie avoid 10th spot. Yes, it is a limited ambition but the budget is probably limit and we hear time and again that we have the lowest budget of any spfl team. On that alone he should be kept in post. One shite result with a worse performance sees this thread being posted deary me. You make some fair points. I think most of us agree that Rovers is a tough gig. I didn’t make the original post out of any disrespect to Brian Reid himself and to be fair it’s that time of the season when Brian and the Board will be thinking about next season. As I said earlier he could be very well on his way to another club. |
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Post by mildrover on Apr 14, 2022 6:01:14 GMT
I think the board should and will keep the manager as he has met the basic target of keeping our league 2 status for two years in a row.
Ronnie
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Post by liveinhope on Apr 14, 2022 12:34:01 GMT
I would personally hope that the aspirations of this club should be more than just staying in League 2. Is it too much to ask for a season that we are at least challenging for a play off place. I didn’t buy my season ticket just to keep on barely surviving relegation. I think we can do better and if Brian was brought in just to keep us up than maybe we need someone to take us to the next step. Is he the one who can do that. Going On this season’s inconsistent form I think not.
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Post by cliftonbill on Apr 15, 2022 11:26:45 GMT
A resounding Yes from me. The occasional lows have been very low indeed, but the pluses - good recruitment on a tight budget,, gutsy winning performances when it really mattered, some very decent football at times, Staying Up - means I’m happy for BR to remain in charge for at least another season. Pretty thankless task being a part-time lower division manager juggling a full-time day job, but imho Brian Reid is up there with the best. In short, I hope he stays.
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Post by Nanook on Apr 15, 2022 14:48:14 GMT
Liveinhope, I always felt that as a squad we were better than scraping along the bottom, and should have been up the top end fighting for promotion play offs. Injuries, suspensions and off days, now and again, put paid to that.
Staying in league 2, as in avoiding last place, is a starting point each season, but getting out of league 2 via promotion is a reasonable target for us, and that is where most Rovers supporters would want us to be aiming at.
The relief shown for avoiding last place is just that, relief. I do not think it lack of ambition.
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Post by arfcdm on Apr 15, 2022 14:57:03 GMT
Is it too much to ask for a season that we are at least challenging for a play off place. I didn’t buy my season ticket just to keep on barely surviving relegation. If you look through the approx 140 year history that's exactly what you've bought your season ticket for. |
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Post by Prof on Apr 15, 2022 16:22:24 GMT
Liveinhope, I always felt that as a squad we were better than scraping along the bottom, and should have been up the top end fighting for promotion play offs. Injuries, suspensions and off days, now and again, put paid to that. Staying in league 2, as in avoiding last place, is a starting point each season, but getting out of league 2 via promotion is a reasonable target for us, and that is where most Rovers supporters would want us to be aiming at. The relief shown for avoiding last place is just that, relief. I do not think it lack of ambition. Well said Brian  |
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Post by bucky on Apr 15, 2022 17:17:53 GMT
Is it too much to ask for a season that we are at least challenging for a play off place. I didn’t buy my season ticket just to keep on barely surviving relegation. If you look through the approx 140 year history that's exactly what you've bought your season ticket for. Factually I don’t that’s correct - I’m sure Donald Ashwood could tell us how many years we have spent in the bottom Division……..plus what’s wrong with trying to shift the “small club” attitude? |
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Post by arfcdm on Apr 15, 2022 20:25:14 GMT
If you look through the approx 140 year history that's exactly what you've bought your season ticket for. Factually I don’t that’s correct - I’m sure Donald Ashwood could tell us how many years we have spent in the bottom Division……..plus what’s wrong with trying to shift the “small club” attitude? Absolutely nothing wrong with it at all. The point I'm making is more often than not we are in the bottom division and rarely fighting for promotion. Nothing wrong with hoping for better but it must be set against size of fanbase budget etc. If we had splashed keltys budget this season and had the season we had I'd be annoyed but we haven't and are seriously unlikely too. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2022 7:17:58 GMT
The limited budget is why you need someone who can get the best out of what you have. We had a decent squad this season but for me the manager failed on that front unfortunately and we need better. Don't think that's going to happen and think we'll be stuck with him and if be so he has to do better. That assumes he doesn't clear off somewhere else.
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Post by stephen on Apr 16, 2022 11:47:27 GMT
I'd definitely keep Brian. He's met the target of keeping us up again, and is a big honest guy who engages really well with the support.
The more-pertinent question may be whether the manager will keep us. He may get fed up with having the lowest budget, and little chance of anything other than playing for survival every season.
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