The proper relegation thread.

[electrode113]

I don't see a world in which Oldham and us don't get relegated, we are two teams in complete crisis and these issues won't stop until our respective owners leave.

If anyone manages to finish below two clubs in utter meltdown then it would be quite remarkable.

Derby County might get liquidated which means that only one club gets relegated from the league this season.

 

[AdamStag]

You’ll be fine in the medium to long term I reckon. Just need to hold your nerve for now. Might well be wide of the mark but with the quality in your squad once you get one win you’ll go on a big run and force yourselves into the top 7.

ha.

I hope you’re not wrong, was you in the sauce when you posted that lol.

 

[kieran_vale]

ha.

I hope you’re not wrong, was you in the sauce when you posted that lol.

Probably was to be fair! Stand by it though, seems to me every year Mansfield get to a certain point in the season then go through the whole rigmarole of change the manager with a view to next season and that’s why you never seem to live up to expectations. You’ve got good players especially in midfield even allowing for injuries and Clough has done it before at this level with Burton.

The league is quite well bunched up in any case and only takes a couple of wins which they are capable of. The only two clubs I’d rule out at this stage and that is purely down to off the pitch is the current bottom two.

 

[Mighty Mornflake]

Bye bye Scunthorpe.️

 

[hellogregory]

Critical manager appointment coming up. We’re 100% down if we give the job to Skelton, as we would have if we’d kept Beech.
We have to get this one right. We don’t need a genius, just someone with half a tactical brain cell should be enough.

 

[Bottega Don]

Were pretty doomed but the players at least showed fight today and didn't crumble like last week. Before the ref handed the game to FGR we were holding our own.

I assume Cox will go soon and the next appointment is critical, we need someone who can get something out of the little talent we have.

 

[AdamStag]

We’re going down.

Can’t defend
midfield does a maddie mcann every game
can’t score.
no physicality
no play makers
no effort
no commitment.

 

[RiftHouseLad]

Think we’ve just joined this thread.

 

[SELatic]

Well we’re out of the bottom two which I didn’t think would happen. Stevenage are dog shit and I think the score line was more a reflection on them than us. However we have started to keep some clean sheets and don’t look like we’ll get tonked each week like we did a few weeks back. That we even have a chance of staying up shows there are some truly shocking teams in this division.

 

[hellogregory]

And Oldham have Carlisle away next week.

Massive opportunity for you to start to pull away. Doubt we’ll have a new manager in place by then so great chance for you to take another 3 points.

 

[shoddycollins]

Just settling in now to the fact we have a decade of non league struggle ahead of us. Can see us doing a Stockport or a York and getting stuck in NLN. Remember, even if we do ever get a proper owner, they have to pass muster with Nixon first. I really can't even see a positive end to the 'succession'. The closest we've come to a takeover is a guy who admitted he didn't even like football then parachuted David Holsworth onto our board.

 

[AdamStag]

mansfield’s next 3 fixtures
port vale (3rd) at home - lose
exeter (9th) away - lose
tranmere (4th) at home - lose.

 

[hellogregory]

Just settling in now to the fact we have a decade of non league struggle ahead of us. Can see us doing a Stockport or a York and getting stuck in NLN. Remember, even if we do ever get a proper owner, they have to pass muster with Nixon first. I really can't even see a positive end to the 'succession'. The closest we've come to a takeover is a guy who admitted he didn't even like football then parachuted David Holsworth onto our board.

Come on Shoddy. Don’t throw in the towel yet. We’ve three quarters of the season left, we’ve got rid of Beech who would have relegated us, yesterday’s result whilst being bad, at least ensures Skelton won’t get the job to give us a repeat of the Kavanagh situation.

You never know, we might appoint a half decent manager and stay up or even better threaten mid table. The ownership thing is a grim situation yes, but by making this manager decision early, at least in the short term we still have a chance of staying up this season.

 

[shoddycollins]

Come on Shoddy. Don’t throw in the towel yet. We’ve three quarters of the season left, we’ve got rid of Beech who would have relegated us, yesterday’s result whilst being bad, at least ensures Skelton won’t get the job to give us a repeat of the Kavanagh situation.

You never know, we might appoint a half decent manager and stay up or even better threaten mid table. The ownership thing is a grim situation yes, but by making this manager decision early, at least in the short term we still have a chance of staying up this season.

Thanks man... needed a little dose of HG optimism this morning.

If we do go down though, it's not gonna be like last time where we bounced straight back and then went up to League One. Well not unless there is a change of ownership anyway.

 

[hellogregory]

Thanks man... needed a little dose of HG optimism this morning.

If we do go down though, it's not gonna be like last time where we bounced straight back and then went up to League One. Well not unless there is a change of ownership anyway.

If we go down it’s just about curtains for the club IMO. Unless like you say we get a change of ownership.

That’s why it was vital we did this manager change now rather than wait another 2 months. It gives us a chance.

 

[shoddycollins]

If we go down it’s just about curtains for the club IMO. Unless like you say we get a change of ownership.

That’s why it was vital we did this manager change now rather than wait another 2 months. It gives us a chance.

I'm still sceptical over who we appoint. Notice James Phillips and Lummy on bbcrc yesterday sounded quite keen on Skelton. I guess they've a decent working relationship with him over the years he's been involved with local football and view him positively.

 

[hellogregory]

I'm still sceptical over who we appoint. Notice James Phillips and Lummy on bbcrc yesterday sounded quite keen on Skelton. I guess they've a decent working relationship with him over the years he's been involved with local football and view him positively.

I’m sceptical too. But what was plainly obvious given his record over the last 35 games was that under Beech we were heading for certain relegation. I believe Skelton would be much of the same, plus he doesn’t come across as having the personality to be a manager.

Now we may well still go down as I wouldn’t put it past us to employ another clueless idiot. But it at least gives us the chance that maybe just maybe we’ll stumble upon someone half decent. They only have to be half decent in my opinion because I believe we’ve got some good players that have been badly managed and we are only a couple of players short of being good enough to push for mid table. However right now I’d 100% take third bottom if it was offered.

 

[shoddycollins]

I’m sceptical too. But what was plainly obvious given his record over the last 35 games was that under Beech we were heading for certain relegation. I believe Skelton would be much of the same, plus he doesn’t come across as having the personality to be a manager.

Now we may well still go down as I wouldn’t put it past us to employ another clueless idiot. But it at least gives us the chance that maybe just maybe we’ll stumble upon someone half decent. They only have to be half decent in my opinion because I believe we’ve got some good players that have been badly managed and we are only a couple of players short of being good enough to push for mid table. However right now I’d 100% take third bottom if it was offered.

I think managerial style and whether that can work with the players we have is a factor too though. Like I reckon a below average manager who employs a passing style is more likely to keep us up than a half decent manager who prefers long-ball, because we have attacking players who need the ball at their feet and nobody in the team stands out as being good in the air at all. Not that I want a below average manager but it's a difficult decision we have to make if that ends up being the choice.

There are also managers who are good at keeping teams up but aren't ever going to get us above mid-table long-term. Someone could come in with all the credentials and experience looking like an excellent manager and then proceed to try and get the players playing the same way Beech did and fail.

 

[hellogregory]

I think managerial style and whether that can work with the players we have is a factor too though. Like I reckon a below average manager who employs a passing style is more likely to keep us up than a half decent manager who prefers long-ball, because we have attacking players who need the ball at their feet and nobody in the team stands out as being good in the air at all. Not that I want a below average manager but it's a difficult decision we have to make if that ends up being the choice.

There are also managers who are good at keeping teams up but aren't ever going to get us above mid-table long-term. Someone could come in with all the credentials and experience looking like an excellent manager and then proceed to try and get the players playing the same way Beech did and fail.

Any manager who decides to play long ball with the players we’ve got cannot call themselves half decent. If we do get a half decent manager I’m sure he’ll either make a couple of free agents signings that suit long ball or he’ll play to our current squads limited strengths.

 

[AdamStag]

mansfield are in the relegation zone as that’s exactly where we belong

 

[shoddycollins]

mansfield are in the relegation zone as that’s exactly where we belong

Looks like the relegation race is settling in, and it's gonna be a proper old school one. It has everything, Mansfield, Carlisle, Stevenage, Keith Curle. Shame Cambridge aren't with us though, that would have made it complete.

 

[AdamStag]

Looks like the relegation race is settling in, and it's gonna be a proper old school one. It has everything, Mansfield, Carlisle, Stevenage, Keith Curle. Shame Cambridge aren't with us though, that would have made it complete.

We haven’t won a game in 67 days.

It’s wank.

Such a mansfield thing to do.

The thought of being back in the bananarama league with the likes of kings lynn, altrincham, woking and chesterfield is something which fills me with dread

 

[shoddycollins]

We haven’t won a game in 67 days.

It’s wank.

Such a mansfield thing to do.

The thought of being back in the bananarama league with the likes of kings lynn, altrincham, woking and chesterfield is something which fills me with dread

You should sack Clough and appoint Ronnie Moore. Then the fun will really begin.

 

[hellogregory]

Mansfield will get out of it. If need be they’ll sign the required players in January to make sure.

We’ll get out of it if we appoint even a half decent manager. We have some decent players but just need a manager and a couple of gaping holes in the squad filled. Holes that are currently making the team non functionable. All that said, the way things currently are, we are the worst team in the football league. Yesterday proved that we are even worse than I thought. We will be bottom in the coming weeks and it will be fully deserved. But it’s a situation that can be rectified.

 

[Valeite]

Bye bye Scunthorpe.️

Hello Crewe.

 

[Valeite]

We haven’t won a game in 67 days.

It’s wank.

Such a mansfield thing to do.

The thought of being back in the bananarama league with the likes of kings lynn, altrincham, woking and chesterfield is something which fills me with dread

The only good thing about the run you are on is that its come this side of xmas not the other. After the effort you put in against us on Tuesday I didn`t think you could win at Exeter but I reckon next Saturday could be the day that run ends.

 

[Robshep]

The only good thing about the run you are on is that its come this side of xmas not the other. After the effort you put in against us on Tuesday I didn`t think you could win at Exeter but I reckon next Saturday could be the day that run ends.

Based on what.

 

[Mighty Mornflake]

Hello Crewe.

Still 32 games left for us to pull ourselves out of our current position.
In Dave we trust.

 

[shoddycollins]

Mansfield will get out of it. If need be they’ll sign the required players in January to make sure.

We’ll get out of it if we appoint even a half decent manager. We have some decent players but just need a manager and a couple of gaping holes in the squad filled. Holes that are currently making the team non functionable. All that said, the way things currently are, we are the worst team in the football league. Yesterday proved that we are even worse than I thought. We will be bottom in the coming weeks and it will be fully deserved. But it’s a situation that can be rectified.

We were actually better yesterday and also the Newport game than we have been so far this season. Skelton is the classic caretaker manager, he doesn't have the experience, he doesn't really have a plan, he isn't manager material but he is at least setting up according to the abilities the players have rather than the abolities he would like them to have, and it shows.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

We were actually better yesterday and also the Newport game than we have been so far this season. Skelton is the classic caretaker manager, he doesn't have the experience, he doesn't really have a plan, he isn't manager material but he is at least setting up according to the abilities the players have rather than the abolities he would like them to have, and it shows.

2-year deal incoming.