CP Gull wrote:Gutted to feel the way I do, but am really starting to question whether Greavsie is really up to the job. I love the guy and as I have stated previously I will aways be grateful to him... more than any other individual (with the possible exception of the Bristow family) for getting us promoted back into the League, but whilst you cannot question his attitude, desire and devotion, which he so ably showed as a player, it is unfortunately the case that a lot of different characteristics are required when you are a Manager ... particularly at L2 level.
Team selection seems to be all over the place, which cannot be doing anything for morale, and yet there are still a few that seem to always feature such as Mansell, Bodin etc. His substitutions are generally bizarre and often later than they should be and all too often don't actually change things tactically, when the situation clearly demands it:
Today, summed it up for me ... even before he stepped up to take the penalty kick ... Dale Tonge who was largely at fault for conceding the penalty with his abject attempt at trying to block the cross ... stepped up to take the penalty. Seriously, what was that all about??? I would guess that if it was down to the fans he might quite easily have been 10th (or even 11th as personally I would have preferred Ricey over him) to take that penalty and yet up he stepped....where was the leadership from the Manager? Surely things as important as this should be decide BEFORE the game by THE MANAGER and NOT, as suggested by the Manager after the game in his interview with Radio Devon as just the bloke "who is most up for it". That is amateur in my opinion, and lacks professionalism.
The decision to replace, what were quite clearly our most effective players in the first half ... in both Cameron and Coulthirst, when we chasing a WIN was baffling (at least to me) in the extreme.
Finally, please show some of that (famous) passion that you clearly had as a player. To see you spend most of the second half, with legs crossed, propped up against a fence, chatting to Robbie Herrera( when your Assistant was a good 10 metres away) was disappointing to say the least. Where was the passion?
I really do fear for our future now as I am not confident in the Manager being either ruthless enough to make the big decisions that will need to be made in the future(regarding the retained list) and not only that but he clearly has a lot to learn in terms of selection and tactics. It is a joke when you hear him continuing to even entertaining the idea of us staying up but I guess he is only saying that because he feels he has to when most of us gave up all hope after the home defeat by Accrington over a month ago.
I have been saying for weeks that Hargreaves was always the wrong choice (however cheap he was).
Many have been defending him with comments about the dross CH (is that shorthand for Completely Hopeless??!!) was left with . Hargreaves has had 16 games with us now and I have compared his results against Knill's last 16 games in charge.
Knill : W - 3, D - 4, L - 9 = Points 13
Hargreaves : W - 4, D - 1, L - 11 = Points 13
On the face of it there is nothing to chose between them, yet Knill is held up as the architect of our downfall.
To me, this crude analysis shows that, a man who for the majority of his tenure had the full backing and enthusiasm of the fans, plus the comfort of a 2.5 year contract is no better at managing a poor team than one under increasing concern about his future and significant pressure from the supporters.
Why bother changing? The new man has brought no improvement despite "only bringing in players to improve the existing team"
If Hargreaves can improve on Knill's results over his last 21 games, he will need to achieve more than 4 points ........is he capable of that?? In fact IS HE CAPABLE.
YELLOW ARMY 
