Keith wrote:Keith wrote:redrobo wrote:Just maybe for once wouldn't it be progressive to aim for mid table rather than the fight for relegation, season after season after season
I'm sure if Jim was given a mid-table budget he'd achieve a mid-table position. In fact, as he's being given a lower Conference budget and achieving League Two survival, perhaps a mid-League Two budget would result in the Play Offs?
PS: If Jim WAS given a mid-League Two budget, and was still scrapping around the relegation battle, THEN I'd be agreeing with you that he needs to go, because THEN he (& we) would be under-achieving.
This, for me, is where I think a lot of us differ in our opinion of Jim.
I am a big fan of Jim’s recruitment throughout his tenure. Yes, there may have been some signings that haven’t worked out. However, on the whole, Jim buys very well for his budget.
I strongly believe that the players we have at the club now are capable of much better. And that is where I have a problem with Jim and Ken, as well as their insistence on looking for someone else to blame. There are many players that we’ve signed on a shoestring budget that are still performing well at L2 level or above. Yet as a club we’ve won only 16 games this season and last.