Solihull will be the defining Game

I hope we get a right tonking at Solihull if it means McCarthy gets the sack.

Exactly. Yet we all know John loves the club.....

Wow this is all a mirror of how Mills behaved last season and the situation financially  we were in. Problem is a poor manger starts to hurt attendances and that is unacceptable then they must be shown the door. 

It should never have gone this far and should have ended last season before he was aloud to spend the SH money and before we found ourselves in this situation again.
Anyone that thinks he will turn this around even if we win Solihull is deluded and the CEO and Board need to end this now before more damage is done.

As I said on another thread, the fixture list has given us a kind start and we haven't taken advantage of it. I worry that if and when a new manager comes in, he'll be greeted with a set of tough fixtures.

We had a similar situation in 2000 when Atkins came in. His first three games I think were against Darlington, Rotherham and Northampton who were all pushing for promotion. In fact, I seem to remember pretty much all his games in his first two months were against solid teams in the top half, so he was trying to put a new team together while also facing the strongest teams in the division. The advantage this time at least is that I don't think this team needs dismantling - a good manager can get this team playing OK.

I fear mcarthy is going nowhere. One of two things are happening at the club. 

1) board are as pissed off as fans but don't have the money to get rid of him 

2) mcarthy has managed to convince the board and himself that he is doing a good job. 

exactly what I said this is the easiest fixture list in a while and not took advantage of winnable games

I stand by what I've said, I hope we get a right tonking at Solihull.

I think I'm with you, although I don't think a tonking is necessary. A 1-0 defeat should be enough to spell the end.

I'm not proud to admit it, but I felt more like sighing than cheering when Hannah hit that equaliser, as I think he'd have had to have gone if we lost to that crisis-hit Torquay side. Then again, maybe that will be the point that keeps us up at the end of the season.

I think what you have to have is utmost hopes and realistic hopes. My utmost hope is that we win on Tuesday, follow it up with a win on Saturday, and McCarthy has some sort of epiphany whereby he changes his whole mentality and gets the fans back on his side, but that seems more like a wild dream, like hoping you win the lottery rather than hoping you secure a better paid job. A more realistic hope is that we replace McCarthy with a different manager and save our season, and the sooner we do that the better, so yes, it feels like a defeat at Solihull might ultimately be the best think to hope for, as depressing and disloyal as that sounds.

This is the worry. We're averaging a point a game against some very average clubs at this level, when the tough games come will we be looking at the sides above wondering who else may struggle just in hope we may not get cut adrift?

No chance we will get more than 5pts from those 5 matches, only think we have going for us is we tend to nick a win against Eastleigh! Dover, Ebbsfleet and Gateshead will beat us. Maidenhead is a chance at points but then again we are at home. Worrying times.

I don't get it at all. How any supporter can actually want their team to lose is simply beyond my understanding. I have always from a little kid wanted us to win every single game, even during the very dark times running up to 2010. Wanting my team to lose is something that I will never do, and I am aghast that others on here can even come out with stuff like that. 

If we start performing then great, happy days, what's the problem? If we don't then the board will do what they need to as happened with Youngy, either way to not support the team during difficult times reminds me so much of those plastic Prem  club supporters who don't live anywhere near the team they 'support' but do so only because of current success, and the fact that apparently we now have fans with it seems the same mindset now (although I doubt they even vaguely understand that) is very sad indeed.

To clarify, I won't be sitting there cheering Solihull on. I think I'll feel a bit numb win, lose or draw on Tuesday.

I just have a feeling that a defeat may be for the best in the long run. For example, in the 1999/2000 season, the 5-1 home defeat to a poor Leyton Orient side was what finally convinced Terry Smith that he needed to hand over the managerial reins. If we'd drawn or narrowly lost that game, he'd have stayed on. So ultimately, as unpleasant as it to lose 5-1 at home, it was a good thing that that happened. I feel we're in a similar situation now, and it's not a nice thought to have, but I think it is a realistic one.

Then why sign another big slow centre back?! If that's the reason for being so deep. McCarthy has brought in these players. God knows what he's trying to do with them.

" were skint" not half as skint as we will be back in regional football with sub 1000 crowds. He should be gone already and if we fail to beat Ebbsfleet saturday and he is still manager monday lunch time an EGM and a vote of no confidence in the board is a necessity.