Fans Forum 7th Feb - minus Nathan Jones

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I don’t think they’ll cancel , to do so loses them any credibility whatsoever


Agree with the above thoughts, a week ago they’d just spent big in the Transfer Window and wanted to publicise this and improve their fan image .

bad performance today could be talked around “new signings still to add into team”


It’s the post match stuff that’s made it very uncomfortable for them
 
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As with the Blackmore interview not so long ago, Semmens at al do seem to appreciate the value of talking to the fans regularly, they’re under no obligation to (despite what some people have said in the past).

Mostly over the years, they’ve got this right but there have been a couple of times where they’ve shot themselves in the foot.

When announced, it probably seemed a good time (or certainly not the worst) to explain why they accelerated some spending plans (alluded to in the Blackmore interview), maybe explain their position regarding Joe Shields, commercial decisions, etc, especially as things were starting to look better on the pitch.

However, it’s all unravelled spectacularly quickly; with no action on the manager front before Tuesday, it risks becoming a worse PR move than having someone in a Scream mask doing the promotion for a pre school nursery.

I can see postponing it being a thing if they do act and end up employing someone else but I can’t see cancellation based on them not wanting to get any flack about NJ or his odd ways. That would again be the worst spin possible at this point…. Almost as bad an advert for club as keeping him in post and hoping for a miracle.
 
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The only way they could get away with cancelling would be “safety fears”

the clear and obvious way out of this situation is to sack NJ. He won’t resign because he wants the pay off. I can only assume we’re assessing replacement options before making an announcement. Maybe if they have a good lawyer they can sack him for gross misconduct and save a few pence
 
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Paddy Podped said:
There’s no escaping the hard facts for SR and Rasmus in particular.

A week ago the big inescapable question that needed answering was how and why Jones was appointed and do they stand by that appointment.

Given today’s developments, the question of NJ’s future is now clearly one that has to be considered. To not act now needs to be justified. So how/why he was appointed will still need answering, but how he remains in post is now the bigger question that must be answered (and they know this).

So either they must have an answer ready , or else must act beforehand.


To call a Forum at all does seem odd (much easier to hide away right now). The idea that there’s an announcement coming of some sort holds some credence
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Maybe they called the forum, with foresight of an improved performance yesterday & were going to underline their commitment to NJ by announcing a term extension! I wouldn’t put it past them. So possibly, yesterday’s inept performance & his stellar post match interview might have indeed flipped their thoughts? [HASHTAG]#silverlining[/HASHTAG] (please).
 
saintlyhero said:
The only way they could get away with cancelling would be “safety fears”

the clear and obvious way out of this situation is to sack NJ. He won’t resigned, because he wants the pay off. I can only assume we’re assessing replacement options before making an announcement. Maybe if they have a good lawyer they can sack him for gross misconduct and save a few pence
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Time to get VAR involved?
 
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- Doing The Lambert Walk said:
I hope somebody brings up NJ’s weird comments about playing a different style to the one he’d like to, and asks Rasmus whether he’s meddling behind the scenes or whether there’s too much player power.

Not because I believe either are the case particularly, but because it will make Ankersen bristle and it’ll be NJ’s own doing because he can’t help but run his mouth and fire off random excuses.
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The problem with these forums is the type of fan that gets to ask questions isn’t always the type of fan we want asking the questions.

There will be a lot of useful, valid questions that don’t get asked.
 
West Kent Saint said:
They must must know this? Be brave, admit the mistake, and get someone who can organise this team.
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And frankly, stop trying to be bloody clever about it. Stop this “if it’s too comfortable, break it” bull. Get someone like Nuno in, who knows the league, can organise a team etc etc.
 
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