I've had enough Mccarthy has to go

He may be 'passionate about our model and club' but that doesn't mean he's not a crap manager.

If we stay up will you be walking away from DC, I'm sure I can't be the only one that is sick of your constant moaning and attacks on those running our club - 300-odd posts already on the new DC but how many of them are supportive perm, I'd be surprised if you average 1% a season.

Goodness the fickleness of fans is tiring. Judge the team on the season, not during a bad run and not during a good run. Nine games to go, I can see us picking up a minimum of 10 points and finishing on 56, maybe pushing 60 points. Disappointing after where we were at Christmas but I will grab that. Macca is a good, honest, well spoken Manager who will be better after the experience gained this season. Support him!

Whatever you're on,I'll have some of it.  60 points 

Lets look at our remaining fixtures - let's be honest, they are tough.

Bromley (A) - Chance of a result, if we can sort our away form out.
Barrow (H) - Chasing play offs, good side, likely to have too much for us.
Torquay (A) - Battling for their lives, tough trip.
York (H) - Scrapping for their lives and hugely improved. Parkin always causes us problems.
Lincoln (A) - Champions-elect. Hard to see anything other than a thumping here.
Forest Green (A) - We always get beat by these and McCarthy thinks they are Manchester United so we'll roll over.
Woking (H) Scrapping for their lives, but a team we should be beating.
Sutton (A) - 3G pitch will be a factor, but perhaps they will be in holiday mode by then, providing they have enough points.
Boreham Wood (H) - Good on their day, but could be in holiday mode with a mid table finish on the cards.

It's very difficult to pick out the games from this where you would feel confident of us picking anything up. Bromley and Boreham Wood are likely to be the only teams we come up against with little to play for. If we can win both those games, then that should be enough.

Are you one of the many Wrexham fans on here to take the piss?

Yes, hence why I have issued a very pessimistic look at our remaining fixtures. I have referred to our best chances, I'm not predicting it will actually happen.

There's been hundreds of comments on this and countless other threads regarding Macca, loss of form, poor performances etc etc and it's becoming obvious now that many people are coming to the conclusion that Macca has MAYBE reached a plateau in terms of what HE can do to address the problems.

This suggests we have 3 options available to us:

1. Sack Macca with all the implications regarding financial costs, replacements etc
2. Give him more time - big question is HOW MUCH MORE? - which then leads back to 1. above
3. Help him! - we all know he's inexperienced and was always going to make mistakes. As a rookie, he was always likely to benefit from a STRONG assistant. The Sharps/Big Chris thing and the pros and cons have been discussed ad nauseum but if he HAS reached his limit it follows that another voice or opinion can only help.

In any case, these are the options that the "powers that be" should be considering NOW because we are in a vicious downward spiral - this is not the time for an "ostrich-like head in the sand" approach

Personally, I don't believe in the "hire and fire" approach (we all know how certain clubs use this e.g Eastleigh) so I'm leaning towards option 3. Having said that, I'd like to see the "bad cop" type of assistant (and certainly not part-time) because it seems to me that the players are in dire need of a massive kick in the wotsits.

That's it - those are my views for what they're worth

Therein maybe the root of the problem - don't know just speculating

New board is getting a bit like the old one.  Only the party line permitted.

Yea Duff, pick on me too.

Our manager changes his tune every interview with regards to next seasons squad.

First off he says all the squad deserve new contracts,
then he says as he does not know what our player budget will be , he cannot think about who will be in the squad next season.

Then when he is babbling on about the signing of the young inexperienced midfielder , Liam Davies, he says the following :-

Blues boss Jon McCarthy added: "I'm delighted that Liam has agreed to join us until the end of the season.

"It is a real opportunity for both club and player to work together with the following season's squad very definitely on the agenda.

WITH THE FOLLOWING SEASON'S SQUAD , HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!

Read more at www.chesterfc.com/news/article/2016-17/chester-fc-sign-liam-davies-3639231.aspx#7Rkmgy0peCSTe31i.99

You also need not to concede them. We scored two on Tuesday, two against Tranmere, two at Dagenham and two at Maidstone. Scoring goals hasn't really been our problem, it's letting in too many at the other end, especially late on in games.

We know that a back four of Hunt, Hughes, Astles and Vassell can keep clean sheets but, whether by choice or necessity, we rarely play them. I presumed that Vassell must've been carrying a knock on Tuesday, but it sounded from his post-match interview as though Macca actually dropped him. Doing that left us without anyone who could play right back and meant we had to tinker with what should be a linchpin of Hughes and Astles in the centre, so I think perhaps what we need is actually a right back. I don't think George does a bad job when he plays there, I'd rather have him there than in midfield to be honest, but he's so unreliable with his fitness. At least with a long-term absentee like Killock you can hope he'll eventually make a full recovery. With George, you just know we're never going to get more than a few games out of him before he goes back on the sidelines for weeks.

I think there is a very vocal minority on here that like to think they represent the views of all Chester fans. I don't actually think the tide has turned against McCarthy amongst the fans - the atmosphere at the ground is still one of support I'd say - certainly nothing like the booing and 'Burr Out' chants we heard for the last 4 or 5 home games of Steve Burr's reign last season.

For what it's worth, I was completely against the appointment of McCarthy in the first place, but until recently, he's largely proven me wrong and I think has done a decent job in the circumstances. I understand the worries regarding the changing of a winning system and refusing to revert back to the back four we all know works so well. However, I'm confident that when he does this, results will improve. And I'm 99% certain we won't be relegated.