19-06-2023, 12:58 PM
(19-06-2023, 12:18 PM)slayer Wrote: I don't see any reason why he should continue.
He got less points than he should have done, they lost every game in May once they were safe which sends alarm bells.
I don't accept that Gary turned them around. I put it that they went on a little run and had a few cup style results but then reverted to type.
He has no scouting network, improved no players and has not got the experience or blueprint to develop the style of play and the age groups which feed the first team.
Be honest, put the Pompey thing to one side, he has no answer for when they get battered evey week and they are amongst the favourites for relegation next year.
Gary needs to drop a few levels and learn his trade.
The talk is that Bournemouth are about to announce Potter. That's a step up in all the areas described.
That is a a ridiculous re-writing of history.
He took over a team that had just lost 9-0 and were odds-on favourites for relegation, and they finished 15th, safe with several games to go. That is turning them around by any definition, and his run of 7 wins from 12 games between February and April was quite remarkable and does not deserve being written off as a 'mini-run'.
And I'd love to know what you are basing your 'scouting networking' comment on ? I doubt very much that Bournemouth's scouting is in any way deficient judging on the success of the signings they make, and I also doubt that it changed with Parker going and O'Neil taking over,, and probably won't change under any new manager either.
Yes, he was an inexperienced manager for a premiership role but he could hardly have done any better, and I fail to see why Potter is thought of as an upgrade after his disastrous spell at Chelsea, who gained fewer points under Potter with their multi-million squad than O'Neil got at Bournemouth during the same period with his much cheaper Bournemouth squad.
And they will still be one of the favourites for relegation next year whoever takes over, there are a very small club in amongst the big-boys, which makes GON's achievement last year all the more remarkable.