We haven’t heard much from Kieran Scott recently

Bruce said:
There is inertia. There is an initial honeymoon period but once results go south that drains away quite quickly. Once it's gone, takes an awful lot to get it back.

We could win 6 from the next 8 and qualify for the play-offs and yes, there would be excitement and hope but there wouldn't be a lot of *confidence* in Carrick. The second things start to go wrong again, which in football always happens, people will turn back against him. Even if we got promoted, there would be a fair percentage of the fanbase who would put it down to more luck than judgement.

At this point, I reckon the fanbase is something like 10% pro-Carrick, 50% on the fence but tending to anti and 40% anti no matter what happens next. There is no realistic way for Carrick turn that around at this point without promotion or at least getting to Wembley only to lose to a bad ref decision or bad luck despite deserving to win, that kind of thing.
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I agree there is now inertia, but that is because there has been that prolonged disappointment. Carrick's "honeymoon" is over 2 years ago.
Even then look at the Karanka Charltongate episode and the fallout, yet rememebr those away followings at Bolton, Burnley and Brum straight after and the euphoria at home to Brighton less than 2 months on.
Our crowd will latch on quickly if it believes there's an inkling of hope.
I'm not sure many do just now and Carrick/the team don't have a bank of goodwill like Karanka and his team had.
 
I'm not really that interested in hearing from Scott mid-season unless there's a change in management. The time to hear from him is in the close season dissecting the season gone and then again pre-season laying out the plans ahead.
 
If we get promoted I was to hear about how well he’s done and the sort of players we will be looking to add to the squad.

If not.. then the start of the season I want to hear about our summer business.. with him wearing a mad tie.
 
newyddion said:
If we get promoted I was to hear about how well he’s done and the sort of players we will be looking to add to the squad.

If not.. then the start of the season I want to hear about our summer business.. with him wearing a mad tie.
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Is KS still there or is he going to palace ?
 
indeedido said:
I agree there is now inertia, but that is because there has been that prolonged disappointment. Carrick's "honeymoon" is over 2 years ago.
Even then look at the Karanka Charltongate episode and the fallout, yet rememebr those away followings at Bolton, Burnley and Brum straight after and the euphoria at home to Brighton less than 2 months on.
Our crowd will latch on quickly if it believes there's an inkling of hope.
I'm not sure many do just now and Carrick/the team don't have a bank of goodwill like Karanka and his team had.
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Because Karanka was a good manager, his teams actually evolved.

They were always defensively solid af but to those watching a bit more closely there were different eras with say, Adomah, Bamford, Gaston all at different times being the main man and slightly different ways of playing. Plus the team improved every year until the PL debacle.

We peaked under Carrick in the first 6 months with Chuba and loads of loan players who were far too good for us, since then it’s been exactly the same tune played with extra stagnation verging on decline.

Nothing is certain in football but I reckon I’m 99% certain how a playoff campaign or next season would look under Carrick.
 
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