Re: Kear Out : Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:51 pm  

All he's done?

We came second in League 2, also rans in the Championship and it's been boring. On the 'we can't afford to sack him' point, the stadium was near empty on Sunday. It's a watershed.

Re: Kear Out : Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:00 pm  

I don't think many want him sacked now but I said a year ago he won't go past his contract and I still think that. Right man at the time he came in but we seemed to have levelled off at a level that isn't any good for long term ambitions.
Ward is a good call the more I think of it. What about Langers? Both would be great but probably can't afford that.
Not Leon as not proven.
Kear probably has 9 months left so could they sort out a reasonable way of bringing in someone now.

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Re: Kear Out : Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:03 pm  

Think there's a watershed under the Coral stand judging by the state of the pitch at that end.

The crowd on Sunday may have been poor but did you see the weather? If ever a cub suffers due to the bad weather it's us. Sheffield never bring many fans and we've just come off a good win at Dewsbury. Can't blame Kear for the crowd yesterday unless those not there have some sort of clairvoyant and if so how do I access this?

I agree we're not going sack Kear. We'll finish where most of us expected and then hopefully we can bring in some fresh ideas.

Re: Kear Out : Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:24 pm  

Faxfan here , I come in peace not one of them who try’s the wind up as it just bites you in the booty later anyway. I alluded to it in some other post but kear seems to like the big forward which is fine , Halifax have a relatively small pack but they do big minutes , I’m not sure we have a forward over 17 stone , ultimately whatever option you choose I’ll discipline and handling errors tires your pack out set completion is paramount, we gave multiple penalties away last week and paid the price played the last 15 mins with 11 men . Seems Bradford we’re guilty of it this week , I must admit some of the Bradford players look unfit which I don’t understand, I thought they had a new nutrition and fitness guy .

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Re: Kear Out : Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:45 pm  

Listenup94 wrote:

I must admit some of the Bradford players look unfit which I don’t understand, I thought they had a new nutrition and fitness guy .

Ronald McDonald by the look of it. Walker and Crossley can make an impact for short periods but once they're gassed we have zero go forward. Baldwinson and Evans didn't once get us over the advantage line. Out wide Wallace and England were getting slow ball and were hit hard. Too often we took the ball at walking pace and versus a defence that was moving up quickly (a revolutionary idea) we were never going to make any ground.

We'll improve after that and I've no doubt we'll grab the odd win versus the likes of Fax/York/Batley/Widnes but in the end we'll be inconsistent and turn in a load of rubbish too.

Think we have a problem where some players think they're better than they are and some are in a comfort zone

Re: Kear Out : Mon Feb 07, 2022 3:00 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Ronald McDonald by the look of it. Walker and Crossley can make an impact for short periods but once they're gassed we have zero go forward. Baldwinson and Evans didn't once get us over the advantage line. Out wide Wallace and England were getting slow ball and were hit hard. Too often we took the ball at walking pace and versus a defence that was moving up quickly (a revolutionary idea) we were never going to make any ground.

We'll improve after that and I've no doubt we'll grab the odd win versus the likes of Fax/York/Batley/Widnes but in the end we'll be inconsistent and turn in a load of rubbish too.

Think we have a problem where some players think they're better than they are and some are in a comfort zone

Ronald McDonald I think all the teams you’ve mentioned will be closely matched this season, I will reserve judgment on Featherstone and Leigh until I watched the game tonight but they’ll probably be streets ahead of the rest , there’s so many variables with injuries, refereeing decisions, weather conditions it’s gonna be a long arsed season, a lot of the teams are evenly matched this year .

Re: Kear Out : Mon Feb 07, 2022 4:03 pm  

I can’t see kear going anywhere before the end of the season but we have certainly gone stale.

While not overreacting from a loss, the way we ended last year it’s clear we need a kick up the backside from somewhere. We are long overdue an exciting season of having a team we can get excited about. I’m not even talking about promotion favourites, just a team that makes you excited to get down and watch them.

Even in league 1 and gaining promotion i dont think we had a genuine buzz about the team.

Re: Kear Out : Mon Feb 07, 2022 4:18 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

I don't see the point of sacking him now. We'd use any spare cash we have on paying him off, and there'd be nothing at all to freshen up the squad.

I still think we'll end up around 5th or 6th, which is honestly about where we are right now.

What I do think we should do is start making plans to replace him when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Who knows, perhaps Big Nigel is already working on that? Do we know that Kear would even want a new contract? He'll be 68 at the end of the season, his wife has been ill, maybe he'd prefer to retire anyway.

Nige is an experienced operator, and sensible enough to have that 'difficult' conversation. Hopefully he'll edge John towards retirement and everyone can go their separate ways with dignity and thanks

I think he deserves that after all he has done for us, and for the game, rather than being unceremoniously sacked by a club with delusions of (former) grandeur.

I would suggest this is a very likely scenario. He won't get sacked unless we really do fall to pieces, however there needs to be a plan in place for next year.

Re: Kear Out : Mon Feb 07, 2022 5:18 pm  

I think both John and the club will have to tough it out the rest of the season as we have no other choice as it stands. The club can't afford to waste money on paying him off and bringing in someone else so its going to have to be done at the end of the year when his contract comes to a natural end.

Sadly its been the same story since day one. Whilst we are no Fev or Leigh, nobody can suggest he hasn't been backed in the market. We spent big in League 1 only to promoted by the back door, he's had arguably the 2nd/3rd biggest budget in the Championship for the last 3yrs but been seriously outperformed time and time again... even this year Big Nige has backed him with signings that won't come cheap and yet the squad looks woefully unfit and disinterested when its time to knuckle in.

Having watched a few training sessions in the past couple of years, the one thing that stood out to me is how little Kear actually gets involved. He is not the hands on kind of guy that I first expected and looks like he relies heavily on his assistants. Given we have taken the cheap options of Messrs Dunning and Beattie, is it any wonder we get performances like Sunday???

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Re: Kear Out : Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:03 pm  

bullinenemyland wrote:

Having watched a few training sessions in the past couple of years, the one thing that stood out to me is how little Kear actually gets involved. He is not the hands on kind of guy that I first expected and looks like he relies heavily on his assistants. Given we have taken the cheap options of Messrs Dunning and Beattie, is it any wonder we get performances like Sunday???

This is interesting.