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Is Tilly blameless???

Is Tilson blameless?

Probably, yes. In order for any manager in any walk of life to be successful you need to have the resources and a plan. He has, through no fault of his own, got neither.

He cannot strengthen because he has no money to do so.
He cannot get quality loans, because we can't pay their wages
He cannot plan because he knew his top scorer was going and is relying on loanees to do the job.

The blame for the mess we are in lays at the feet of one person and one person only.
 
In simple terms without Lee Barnard this season we'd of been lower than Stockport.

Without Mildenhall or Francis or Grant or about half a dozen other players we'd have been lower than Stockport as well.
 
I've said this before, but Tilly and Brush are human. They make mistakes. This isn't some simple science where there is only ever one right answer. But I trust them more than many of the people on here who think being a manager is simple and if T&B don't play the exact same team and formation and make the right subs at the right times as they would, then T&B are clearly wrong. Who's to say you'd get it right then or indeed every time?

There are other managerial teams who might do things differently. They might get it right sometimes and wrong at others.

But you can't argue with T&B's record. What was even more amazing was how they turned around a club in a really bad state on the field, and so quickly. It's easy to forget now to put their incredible achievements into the context in which they were achieved.

Every season until and including last season (even with all the carousel of loan players last season) had various achievements in them.

This year has been the only season so far when there has been nothing to shout about. But let's face it. As TF said earlier, they had in fact done an amazing job to get so many points on the board in the first third of the season with everything going on and the "squad" situation. Even that effort doesn't seem to have been enough. "Squad" doesn't even describe what they've had to work with this season, although according to one of the blogs, we always had enough good players because T&B wouldn't have changed the first 11 in any game! Even aside from the pitiful squad numbers and constant rotation, what about everything going on behind the scenes? Wasn't it incredible the way T&B have managed to motivate the players at times this season? Would any of you put quite so much effort in for an employer that had treated you so badly as our players have done at times?

There might be better managers out there. But better for OUR team? Any new manager is a gamble. And if they're good, who else would stay loyal rather than jump at the first sign of overtures from a bigger club? Who would impress better in interviews and make themselves look more attractive or would seem more "passionate" on the touchline, whereas T&B are overlooked sometimes because of their media performances - their real skills are on the training ground and dressing room.

They're not blameless this season, but they also got things wrong when we went up twice.

But do they deserve us to stick by them? Absolutely. They've more than earned that. And they continue to put the club before themselves.

The real question is how much longer - with all their loyalty that would have seen many other managerial teams walk away before too big a dent was put on their CV - will THEY stay around with US? If they find it hard to get another job in the future that they surely deserve (if things don't work out at SUFC), at a club that treats its squad better than ours, it will surely because they have stayed loyal and have resisted jumping from a sinking ship for so long. We should be grateful for them and not turn on them.

The one bright thing left at our club at the moment is T&B. For anyone who wants them to go - maybe you'll only realise how good we had it once they're gone.


Yes great post just what is needed amongst the doom and gloom merchants
 
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