Let's start with a joke....
What's the difference between Dave Jones and an arsonist?
An arsonist wouldn't throw away his last four matches !!
All jokes aside, it'll be an interesting summer down Sloper Road way. There's going to be a lot of comings and goings over the next few months, but the most intriguing one will be the movements of Dave Jones himself. Opinion seems to be divided over his tenure. Has he taken the club as far as it can possibly go?, or is it time to maybe compromise, and give him one last shot at leading the club into the Promised Land. I personally still haven't made up my mind. Part of me wants him to stay, and part of me wants him to go. If he could just do away with the bizarre tactics and substitutions, then I may see light at the end of the tunnel. If he could just let go of this enduring faith he seems to have in Paul Parry, he may have a case.
The strange case of Paul Parry is another talking point altogether, one which I'm loathed to entertain. When he was substituted just before the hour mark against Ipswich, I wanted him to keep walking, down the tunnel, out the front door, down Sloper Road, to the nearest club who'd take him off our hands.
But Jones does have an eye for a player and a canny network of Scottish scouts. There's no denying that. McCormack and Gyepes to name but two. So do we give him another chance. Do we (or Ridsdale actually) thrust several million in his hands and see how many lower league gems he can bring to the club. Or is time to bring in more experienced players, ones in it for the long haul and accustomed to that final push for promotion.
So which ever way you slice it, next season will kick off with a faction of supporters unhappy with Dave Jones's whereabouts.
What's the difference between Dave Jones and an arsonist?
An arsonist wouldn't throw away his last four matches !!
All jokes aside, it'll be an interesting summer down Sloper Road way. There's going to be a lot of comings and goings over the next few months, but the most intriguing one will be the movements of Dave Jones himself. Opinion seems to be divided over his tenure. Has he taken the club as far as it can possibly go?, or is it time to maybe compromise, and give him one last shot at leading the club into the Promised Land. I personally still haven't made up my mind. Part of me wants him to stay, and part of me wants him to go. If he could just do away with the bizarre tactics and substitutions, then I may see light at the end of the tunnel. If he could just let go of this enduring faith he seems to have in Paul Parry, he may have a case.
The strange case of Paul Parry is another talking point altogether, one which I'm loathed to entertain. When he was substituted just before the hour mark against Ipswich, I wanted him to keep walking, down the tunnel, out the front door, down Sloper Road, to the nearest club who'd take him off our hands.
But Jones does have an eye for a player and a canny network of Scottish scouts. There's no denying that. McCormack and Gyepes to name but two. So do we give him another chance. Do we (or Ridsdale actually) thrust several million in his hands and see how many lower league gems he can bring to the club. Or is time to bring in more experienced players, ones in it for the long haul and accustomed to that final push for promotion.
So which ever way you slice it, next season will kick off with a faction of supporters unhappy with Dave Jones's whereabouts.
