McCarthy Out

We had a bloke who supposedly knew the trade in Burr, look what happened there.

He has to go, after giving him the benefit of the doubt recently I feel he has lost the crowd ! 
When this happens your time is up, constantly praising the players and saying the fans should be grateful for what they have achieved !!!!!!!!! Terrible league position,  knocked out of cups early, playing dire negative football and crowds falling .....What planet is he on?
Did anyone notice that he stood as far away as was possible from Iwelumo for long parts of game ? Shouldn't they be working together ! Also why was McIntyre giving the subs instructions, this is the managers job !

How many mistakes is that now?

We done exactly the same with Burr, do we not learn our lesson.

At the end of last season I thought that Jon McCarthy and Ian Sharps deserved a chance to try and continue their good start, but I was always concerned that their inexperience of managing at this level and low budget would mean poor recruitment. Whilst a more professional approach to training may have compensated and produced a well bonded group the overall lack quality is evident. Jon's still insisting on retaining the bulk of this squad, and will lose the better players so I think he needs to go as recruitment won't be any better. If he stays then first recruit should be a committed experienced assistant whose first priority is Chester FC. There is talk of moving to 52 week contracts, followed by increasing the number of days per week the players attend training. As we seem to run out of steam and ideas in the last 15 minutes of games perhaps increasing the number of days training at the expense of 52 weeks contracts would be more beneficial.

I must admit, today's post match interview was difficult to watch.

McCarthy seems to really believe that the job he and his team have done is above question or criticism. I totally agreed when we lost 4 on the spin at home that these players had performed above expectation and criticism at that point was unjust. 10 games is an extraordinary run of poor form and it's a journalist's job to ask questions. JM could do himself a lot of good by playing them straight bat. A staple answer of "This run of form is unacceptable, we'll work twice as hard in training to put it right and give our fans something to smile about" is all that is needed.

If he's still here next season, he'll need a much thicker skin.

He certainly will. I would like him to stay as I think continuity and stability are important but worry he has lost too many of the crowd and can never get them back.

If they have done, I would imagine it would be along the lines of keeping us in the division. Technically he will have achieved that, barring a crazy set of results between now and the end of the season. The real debate revolves around whether it was his work that achieved that or not.

He couldnt do any worse 

And that's the thing, I like Jon, I really do. He's a really nice bloke and I could chat to him for hours about all things football. But, it's a results business at the end of the day and we are not getting results.

His trust in this squad has been his undoing. January came and he has stuck with players who should have been shipped out in my opinion. Our Captain who has done nothing in his 2 year stint with us should have been shipped out for starters, Jordan Chappell, and Ross Killock another (if he's still not fit). That would surely have freed up some room in the budget to bring in another one or 2 faces to freshen things up and keep players on their toes.

Any manager at this level working with a tight budget needs to be able to wheel and deal as well. A tight budget like ours means that is players don't perform at an acceptable level for a period of time that we have a management team in place who are ruthless enough to get rid.

agree with that BUT why does he sign players either on loan or till the end of the season and then dont play them, That is wasting what money he has available,

If our aim every season is just to stay up then what hope have we got? Where is the clubs ambition?
If it's the same next season then I'll just pick and choose my games.

McCarthy out.

Not a single football manager in the land would go anywhere near a contract that included a clause like the one you've just stated. He'll want compensation if he was to leave, and who can blame him?

I think the term "not performing" is a little ambiguous to be put in a contract. For instance, in McCarthy's eyes - he is performing, and who's to say he hasn't achieved any verbal targets that were set him when the contract was offered? For all we know, his remit may simply have been to keep us in the league, which is looking likely that he's achieved. Going forward, any contract given to a new potential manager must state clearly what the goals are with consequences written into the contract if we don't hit targets. For instance, as a minimum it should be to avoid relegation or else terminate the contract without recompense, then assuming we have stayed up, financial penalties to the contract (wage cut) attached if we don't hit eg.65 points. On the flip side there should be a small bonus for reaching the playoffs and getting to the third round of the fa cup. These sort of things are easy to put in contracts and then everybody knows exactly what is expected along with the rewards if we reach said targets and consequences if we fail.