Rob Edwards - the prodigal son returns

[BillyDee]

I didn't expect GON to get the boot until our players started kicking off at the end of games. If Rob avoids that sort of situation he'll see out the season.

 

[Derby Wolf]

We didn't win a league game for 6 months under Vitor and he was still here. RE isn't getting sacked this season.

We didn't play a competitive game for 3 of those 6 months.

If we keep losing then he'll go plus Edwards won't be able to protect his reputation long enough to be someone who can be trusted to rebuild the club, his credibility would be in tatters.

 

[Hereford Wolf]

I’m guessing Rob is already scouring Premiership teams where someone who cost a lot of money has not fitted in, or older players with experience who still fancy a bit of first team football.

 

[Lycan]

I think results are only one part of the equation.

As long as his relationship with players and fans doesn't do south (as both did with VP), he'll be fine this season

How can his relationship with the fans survive if he doesn't pick up any points though? Against Palace the place emptied after the 2nd goal and for all of his posturing in front of the away end after the game yesterday it wasn't exactly a rousing reception for him. I was trying to sing his name in the first half and nobody was joining in. It won't take much to go from that to being actively hostile towards him if he keeps losing, whether that's his fault or not.

The players can go fuck themselves.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Edward’s will be here until the end of the season even if we lose every game. No point tarnishing a new manager’s reputation with an inevitable relegation. Whether he lasts longer probably depends how things go. At a guess, if we get to 20 points or more and he probably deserves to stay, less than 15 and he should be sacked. In between and it depends on performances and evidence of progression.

The mystery for me is why appointed a manager with the Championship in mind when in he failed spectacularly to turn Luton’s fortunes around after relegation.

 

[big mean bunny]

Yeah plus there is no way you can lose between now and then, and just presume everything will be different in a lower league. Ipswich finally had a bit of a turn around but the other two look way off still.

 

[Sniffer]

The mystery for me is why appointed a manager with the Championship in mind when in he failed spectacularly to turn Luton’s fortunes around after relegation.

Not really a mystery. He even considered reappointing a man who he’d sacked 11 months earlier for not being competent.

 

[Jinky]

We didn't play a competitive game for 3 of those 6 months.

If we keep losing then he'll go plus Edwards won't be able to protect his reputation long enough to be someone who can be trusted to rebuild the club, his credibility would be in tatters.

I just don't see us sacking another manager between now and the end of the season, even if we go on to lose every game, because everyone knows he was taking over a club destined to be relegated anyway.

What you want to see is some small shoots of positivity in our performances, some effort - and eventually some positive results. I think, even just from the game yesterday after he's had a week with the players, that will happen - but it won't be enough to keep us up.

I think we've all accepted we'll go down this season, so hopefully RE can bring some respectability back to the performances even if it's not enough to eventually save us - and it will give us something to work from in terms of a foundation for the Championship next season. As I say, they probably all predicted/expected that to happen when they offered him the job anyway.