Quite surprised to see a thread of this nature posted at the moment, but nonetheless, it jas plenty of validity, in that it isn't someone just coming on here and saying that's it, sack the manager!!
My own personal opinion is that I do not think Tilly and Brush should be removed yet, after last season, and on the back of what they achieved the season prior to that, they absolutely deserve the chance to put things right.
That doesn't mean, however, they should be given an indefinate period of time to bring more success to the club, or take the club backwards. I think sacking them would not achieve anything of any note - we are 8th in the league, and while I am of the opinion that is a slightly false position, we are still only 6 points off the play off spots, and I don't think RM could justifiably sack them right now.
There does, however, need to be signs of improvement and an upturn, both in terms of form, and quality being brought into the club. As I have said many times, whilst we were scratching around in the depths of League Two when they arrived, that is a distant memory now, and not at all relevant to how we judge success now. The only history we need to be aware of is that we were a Championship side last season, and now we are a League One side. That in my eyes is now progress.
That being said, it was never going to be an easy task to keep us afloat last season, I remember reading some of the posts on here before we kicked a ball in the CCC, and laughing out loud at the expectation of some of the fans - but it was absolutely realistic that we could, and should, have managed to stay up last season. Huge mistakes in the transfer market cost us dear, and the lack of bodies towards the end of the season due to the policy of a small squad hurt us even more, and the blame for that can only be laid at the door of Tilly.
We had an opportunity to consolidate ourselves in the second tier of English football, and we blew that spectacularly, and now we have to try and get back there, which is proving a lot more difficult than remaining there in the first place could have done had we of done the right things last season.
Tilly has to be credited for stopping the initial fall however - often, a team being relegated from the division above can sustain a hangover to begin with which can end up putting them in all sorts of trouble the following season, and often a 2nd relegation on the bounce can become a reality. The problem is, Tilly managed to avoid that in the early stages of the season, and had us looking much like the team of old, with flowing football and looking a match for anyone - it is now that we have suddenly hit a wall, and that is far more worrying.
I genuinely fear that when the going gets tough, Tilly, and Brush, do struggle to know what to do for the best to halt that slide of form, and it appears that is happening now. During the first two season, it was all plain sailing to a certain extent, Tilly was under no pressure, and he took full advantage of that, and got 2 successive promotions - it is different now, there is pressure, genuine pressure, to ensure our club is successful, and I believe that is getting to both him and RM.
As I said previously, we are no longer that League Two team struggling in front of crowds in the region of 3,500, we are a team fresh out of the Championship, averaging not that much under 8,000, with a lot more disposable income than we have previously had. If we are looking at spending in the region of half a million quid on 2 players in this window, which is what I can only assume listening to RM's comments after the Yeovil game, then we absolutely have to be challenging nearer the top of this leage, because not many other clubs are spending that kind of dough at our level.
Some of you suggest that Tilly should remain in charge until it looks like we are ending up in a worse position than when he took over - but why? There is no room in football for sentiment, and whilst I do believe sticking with Tilly at the moment is the right thing to do, all of the good work he has done cannot be allowed to be undone by the same person. He simply cannot have carte blanche over the running of the team if it looks like we are slipping further down the footballing pyramid. What possible good could come from leaving Tilly in charge if we were headed for League Two again?
I am ambitious, as I am sure every other fan on here, and up and down the country is, along with RM, and I want success for my club. How we got here is not irrelevant, it is how we maintain our success that matters - at the moment, I still think Tilly has the best chance of doing that, but I am not as convinced as I was a few months back, and if building on our recent success meant doing that with a different management team, then I would have no qualms about that.
Tilly for now, no question, but not indefinately is the success doesn't follow.
