The board

[Cantley Rover]

Which makes you think, maybe it is

I am getting quite concerned Dickos. I am agreeing with far too many of your posts today   

[wesisback]

Me too. You simply cannot say you were delighted with where we've finished this season and then follow it by sending a supporters representative to suggest it was a disappointment.
There's more propaganda being fired out here than North Korea and its being expected that we'll just drink it down.

[Rovers Return]

Which makes you think, maybe it is

Fault?

I am the MD at my company.

Ferguson was underperforming.
He considered himself an above average manager.
He had an above average budget.
His team and performances were dire.
We finished and throughout the season were well below par.

Question.

Do we have the confidence that he could/will improve next season?

Hmmm... Well there are no signs and haven't been.

Do we wait or act now?

We call him in and do an evaluation. Based on that we make a decision.

DECISION MADE!

[steve@dcfd]

Which makes you think, maybe it is

Fault?

I am the MD at my company.

Ferguson was underperforming.
He considered himself an above average manager.
He had an above average budget.
His team and performances were dire.
We finished and throughout the season were well below par.

Question.

Do we have the confidence that he could/will improve next season?

Hmmm... Well there are no signs and haven't been.

Do we wait or act now?

We call him in and do an evaluation. Based on that we make a decision.

DECISION MADE!

That’s your interpretation to suit your views it’s not what the CEO said in a public interview.

[Filo]

Which makes you think, maybe it is

Fault?

I am the MD at my company.

Ferguson was underperforming.
He considered himself an above average manager.
He had an above average budget.
His team and performances were dire.
We finished and throughout the season were well below par.

Question.

Do we have the confidence that he could/will improve next season?

Hmmm... Well there are no signs and haven't been.

Do we wait or act now?

We call him in and do an evaluation. Based on that we make a decision.

DECISION MADE!

That’s your interpretation to suit your views it’s not what the CEO said in a public interview.

And you've never interpretated something to suit your view Steve?

[Rovers Return]

Which makes you think, maybe it is

Fault?

I am the MD at my company.

Ferguson was underperforming.
He considered himself an above average manager.
He had an above average budget.
His team and performances were dire.
We finished and throughout the season were well below par.

Question.

Do we have the confidence that he could/will improve next season?

Hmmm... Well there are no signs and haven't been.

Do we wait or act now?

We call him in and do an evaluation. Based on that we make a decision.

DECISION MADE!

That’s your interpretation to suit your views it’s not what the CEO said in a public interview.

Shock

"Manager Gets The Backing of the Board"

That's never happened before

[Glyn_Wigley]

What we need is a CLEAR statement today from the CEO giving us the truth as to why DF is no longer at the club.

No-one should speak for DF except DF. If DF wants to tell us the reasons, it's up to him, not someone else to try and read his mind.

So are you saying that the club has played no part in DF's decision to resign? Strange that he says differently. I presume you want the club to say nothing and leave us mushrooms in the dark?

No-one knows DF's reasons but himself. It's not for anyone else to guess at them. Not the club's. Not yours either.

[Bentley Bullet]

https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/doncaster-rovers/a-parting-of-the-ways-after-a-split-in-ideas-the-story-of-darren-ferguson-s-departure-from-doncaster-rovers-1-9193702

[dickos1]

Which makes you think, maybe it is

Fault?

I am the MD at my company.

Ferguson was underperforming.
He considered himself an above average manager.
He had an above average budget.
His team and performances were dire.
We finished and throughout the season were well below par.

Question.

Do we have the confidence that he could/will improve next season?

Hmmm... Well there are no signs and haven't been.

Do we wait or act now?

We call him in and do an evaluation. Based on that we make a decision.

DECISION MADE!

That’s your interpretation to suit your views it’s not what the CEO said in a public interview.

Shock

"Manager Gets The Backing of the Board"

That's never happened before

So you’re suggesting we should take no notice of what they say in public?

I think when Gavin said it he had no inclination Fergie would be leaving. But they can’t now say it was a disappointing season only a couple of weeks after saying it was a season full of pride and optimism.
Anyhow they haven’t said that yet that’s only what Martin suggested

[DonnyOsmond]

Different what they say in public to how they actually feel. They're not gonna slags him off to our fans.

[RoversAlias]

https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/doncaster-rovers/a-parting-of-the-ways-after-a-split-in-ideas-the-story-of-darren-ferguson-s-departure-from-doncaster-rovers-1-9193702

I'm a bit disappointed with that article because it doesn't seem to say a lot. A very long winded way of reiterating that Fergie felt the budget wasn't good enough. And that's about it.

[since-1969]

When have you ever heard a manager say that ‘he had too much’ the board watched Shrewsbury Town take the League by the scruff of the neck and you could think that should have been us .

[steve@dcfd]

When have you ever heard a manager say that ‘he had too much’ the board watched Shrewsbury Town take the League by the scruff of the neck and you could think that should have been us .

Did we sign 12 players in the summer and another three at the January window. Althoughs players must have been on low wages. But we will see in 18 months what their wage bill was then we won’t have to guess.

[dickos1]

Different what they say in public to how they actually feel. They're not gonna slags him off to our fans.

I think they could say it was a disappointing season, Fergie has said it himself

[bobjimwilly]

I think we should all take a breath and see what transpires over the next few days. Now, does anyone have Sammy Chung's number...

[Bessie Red]

The board will have said they want to be challenging at the top of the table and Fergie will have said he will need more money if they want this to be the case. They said no and he jacked. That will be the story.

Surely that's proves Fergies limitations. He knows he needs expensive players to get promotion whereas it has been shown this season that a club with a lower budget can get right to the edge of promotion in this league. Maybe he is not as good as he thinks he is?

[DonnyBazR0ver]

The bottom line is football management is not easy. Any management of people and resources is not easy. It takes a lot of time and commitment and attention to detail.

There is no right or wrong way, there is no one solution to being certain of success. Maybe DF felt he needed additional quality that needed additional funding and less input from himself to get the team performing. The unfortunate health issues of his dad may have also made him reappraise things and come to the conclusion he felt he couldn't succeed with the cards he has at his disposal.

I have no reason to doubt his integrity nor have I any reason to question the boards integrity.

We move on. It's football.