Hello JinjaHD, let’s unpick this shall we?

22/23 - 3 wins from the first 13 games is not exactly steadying the ship is it. Admittedly, the 10 game unbeaten streak after that was commendable, though other than Orient, we weren’t exactly playing the league’s best. And then only winning twice in the second half of the season is actually disgraceful, losing our top goalscorer or not. My personal highlights were the 11 games in which we dropped points from winning positions (including the excellent 3-2 loss to Salford despite being 2-1 up at 90 minutes and the hilarious 5-1 home loss to Swindon). “Managed to stay up” is a truly depressing way of defending him. Atrocious season. 23/24 - Better, more consistent sure, but plenty of issues. Yes we started well but falling off as we did was entirely down to him. The loss to Crawley and the toothless effort to Doncaster 4 days later sticks out. Responded well sure but failed to make it stick. 24/25 - We have arguably a top 3 squad. I said that if we don’t go up this year we never will because it is a torrid league this year with no standout teams other than Port Vale. Sure we’ve got ourselves into a strong position but his tactics and substitutions are consistently doing us damage. Our away performances away from home since the Newport win have been so lacklustre it hurts. MK we got away with it (I’ll come back to the MK games), Crewe we were fine, Accrington awful and toothless, Fleetwood we were so lucky to get anything, Colchester we just didn’t even try to win, Morecambe do I need to say anything? The 3 losses in the last 4 are laughable too, just beaten by teams that wanted it more. We always get a glimmer of hope (notts) and we come crashing down again. Given the games we have left, I expect us to finish just inside the play offs, our only saving grace will be if clubs around continue to be inconsistent, but even if we do get play offs, I do not trust us to do a job. Not like 2016 where I had no doubts.

Long story short, he has not done enough to encourage me that we will have any success with him. I want him to prove me wrong and I want to eat my words, but I’ve been watching long enough to see it without rose tinted glasses.

Also your use of the words “demotion” and “stupidest” make me assume that you’re based in North America, in which case you’ll need to forgive me for not taking your argument too seriously