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True, but NP's first two games in charge yielded two good wins, which should've gone some way to restoring morale/confidence Is the squad really that much better now? I'll give you that. Same for everyone though...

I've seen loads of posts criticising LM, saying he's out of his depth, boring, lacking confidence etc. The forum is rife with them

You could argue that there wae still enough to get more points on the board than we did. Anyway, the fact still remains that it's illogical to judge a manager after six games or whatever it is. Even if you have an agenda (as many people do), what good will it do haranguing LM out of a job before he's been given a fair crack of the whip?

There were some good players in that squad

I don't think he's dull or lacking in confidence. He just needs time - admittedly JL etc haven't made it easy for him with their comments. And I'm not worried that we'll get relegated. NP only managed 12 points in his first 15 games and we stayed up. There are worse teams than us in this division.

Well yes, true – I think we can expect a lot more of that!

Closely fought game away to a team who are above us. We played pretty well second half and could easily have got a point

4 actually

Just a reminder that Holden won his first five games in charge - look what happened to him

My point is that you can't really compare Manning's first five games with Pearson's last handful, as there are so many other factors involved - one of which is that Manning has barely had any time with these players

You disagree?

Pearson also had two and a half years in charge. It's not a fair comparison

No, I agree. I still have high hopes that LM will bring some good times to this club, though

For the record, I don't think we'll make the play-offs, and I don't think we would've under Pearson either. I was just making the point that it's hardly a crisis

Five points off the play-offs

He's only been here a few weeks

We still lost them

I think it was five. And they included a home defeat to Stoke and a loss to Cardiff as well

Pretty sure Pearson lost five out of his last seven didn't he?

What I mean is, I don't think it's fair/logical to compare Manning with Pearson so soon

Not really a fair comparison though

Fair enough, but it's an illogical reaction in my opinion

Not yet he isn't

Am looking forward to it. I have a positive feeling about the new guy

What is there to be critical of? He's only been here two minutes