What makes it even harder to accept?

[swjf50 0]

Seeing the Portaloo club near the top, conceding few goals having spent very little on their squad in the window.

I think it has much to do with the fact that they have an experienced manager who knows what he is doing.

Meanwhile we spend a fair amount on building our squad, on the players Adams wanted and Adams & co who have very little experience let alone at this level are running / coaching our team.

You don''t have to be a brainwave to see where things have gone wrong. We set the team up wrong, the selections are at fault and the tempo is too slow. We are not pressing enough either, so why is that? You can''t give other teams time on the ball, as you have to make it difficult for them to have any chance of winning.

The defence has been poor for months now, but Turner, Olsson and Martin have played the majority of these games, despite having cost us goals on a number of occasions. Both Turner and Olsson''s form has suffered and nobody amongst the management team know which is Martin''s best position. We bring in 3 recognised centre backs and yet we rarely use them. Cuellar plays well in his last game and then is dropped. I don''t think Miguel has played one League game yet. If he isn''t good enough why did we buy him? Personally I think he has to be good enough because of the experience he has had with Arsenal. With Ryan Bennett due to return soon, will he get a chance at Centre Back or will he be picked to play on the wing?!?

I like Adams, but that doesn''t make him a good manager and I think he has had enough time now to put things right without any success, so I would be in favour of bringing in an experienced manager ie Pullis or Steve Clarke with Mike Phelan as assistant or First team coach. To leave it any later would be foolish, as we still have an outside chance of promotion, just.