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Yeah thought we would've heard word by now about Higgins. He has lost 90% of fans support and once that go's theres no coming back.

Paddydcfc2010 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:19 pm Yeah thought we would've heard word by now about Higgins. He has lost 90% of fans support and once that go's theres no coming back.

Maybe the board are waiting to see what the season ticket sales are like coming into Xmas? Judge the mood based on that?

But to me, it's only wasting time. Unless of course the Board has no intention of changing manager.

What is the managers annual salary at DCFC ?

In his words... "I'm still under contract"

I'll leave that there shall I ?

I don't know how you reboot a 3 year project in 1 year. Unless you think might be getting a contract extension.

Keyser Soze wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:24 pm

Paddydcfc2010 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:19 pm Yeah thought we would've heard word by now about Higgins. He has lost 90% of fans support and once that go's theres no coming back.

Maybe the board are waiting to see what the season ticket sales are like coming into Xmas? Judge the mood based on that?

But to me, it's only wasting time. Unless of course the Board has no intention of changing manager.

Yeah can't wait another few weeks to make a decision as the time they recruit a manager and give him a chance of getting targets you can forget about next season as you'll end up having to go back across the water as most decent LoI players will be tied up. If you don't hear anything by Fri I would say we are stuck with him even though it's a cert season ticket sales will be down.

Greengo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:17 pm In his words... "I'm still under contract"

I'll leave that there shall I ?

At a very rough estimate I calculate his / the team’s failure cost the club around £1.5m in lost profit and earnings from this season.

Whatever his final yr costs are it’ll be a drop in the ocean in comparison.

davybhoy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:39 pm

Keyser Soze wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:24 pm

Paddydcfc2010 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:19 pm Yeah thought we would've heard word by now about Higgins. He has lost 90% of fans support and once that go's theres no coming back.

Maybe the board are waiting to see what the season ticket sales are like coming into Xmas? Judge the mood based on that?

But to me, it's only wasting time. Unless of course the Board has no intention of changing manager.

Yeah can't wait another few weeks to make a decision as the time they recruit a manager and give him a chance of getting targets you can forget about next season as you'll end up having to go back across the water as most decent LoI players will be tied up. If you don't hear anything by Fri I would say we are stuck with him even though it's a cert season ticket sales will be down.

& there lies a major part of our problem. Having the manager in charge of scouting, recruitment, negotiations etc means that in times like this we are in a race against time to make decisions. Having a sporting director or director of football would alleviate all that & probably prevent you from going into an end of the season where you have 10 players out of contract at once, have a replacement lined up for your goalkeeper who seems to be indicating he is going but doesn't know how to tell you. They would/should also have an idea of who should be the next manager.

I personally don't think RH will be going anywhere at this stage, backroom staff probably more likely to replaced. Regardless, something needs to change as the club needs to be getting back into Europe at the very minimum for 2026

Getting into Europe might be a challenge for us next year.

Only top 3 guaranteed European places, unless one of the top 3 wins the cup as well.

So you'd have to assume we will be behind Rovers and Pats level next season. That means we will be fighting it out with Shels for 3rd, assuming Bohs, Sligo, Cork, Galway aren't also in the running.

Keyser Soze wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 3:27 pm Getting into Europe might be a challenge for us next year.

Only top 3 guaranteed European places, unless one of the top 3 wins the cup as well.

So you'd have to assume we will be behind Rovers and Pats level next season. That means we will be fighting it out with Shels for 3rd, assuming Bohs, Sligo, Cork, Galway aren't also in the running.

I would be in shock if we finish about Shels next season. Only way that happens is if Duff leaves for a bigger job.