If the Message board posting majority (not sure majority of support by the way, just the vocal ones) succeeded in a change of manager, how long would you give the next manager?
If he had not started winning by January/February would he have to go as well?
Am amused by the vitriol of some, and slight over-reaction to Dale not doing well in League 1 (only our second season at this level in over 35 years).
Hill knew Dale would be in trouble this season. Hence why he made a not very wise career move in joining a skint and by Championship standards smal club in Barnsley rather than waiting for a better job to come along.
Swindon lost 2 key players and went from Play off finalists to Relegation last season - with an experienced manager and much bigger wage budget. It can happen and we lost 4 out of best 5 players from last season.
Eyre has made big mistakes and the best you can say is the jury is out, the reality is probably much worse. We have not looked a side since Widdowson got injured and Ball left.
But it is not a surprise that we are struggling. The players he was left with given the inevitable loss of O'Grady, were not League 1 standard with the possible exceptions of Widdowson, Adams, and Jones. We either had to find some players as good as O'Grady and Dawson (unlikely) who could carry the team or improve all the other positions to compensate (very difficult). We have done neither. Only Ball has been an improvement. The inexperienced Darby, Tutte, and Grimes have potential but are not going to change a team on their own. The others have disappointed. Holden did well v MK Dons but one game is not enough to judge.
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