by Sweden Stag » Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:30 pm
Flitcroft is NOT a better choice ATM - as he has blown it TWICE as the only Stags manager in recent history. Results wise, we reached our best EFL position for years and should have been promoted at the end of the 2018-19 season. Not only Flitcroft blew it then, so did the EFL and the FA. As DF did blew it twice, he is IMO worse than either Dempster and Coughlan. DF blew a very good chance for the Stags to play against the likes of Ipswich and Sunderland. He also blew the best chance for the Stags to stay up in last season's League One which was the easiest one for decades to stay up in, and a very good chance to establish ourselves in League One.
JD was undone by injuries and silly decisions by some officials - as was DF's side in the playoff semifinal at Newport. The officials there were the worst ones I've ever seen in any Stags game I've been able watch over the years (BTW, I watched that particular game over here). And so far this season, GC was undone by the officials as well. Incredibly enough, the Stags have been undone by the officials in at least our three latest games at Newport. One thing is poor decisions by the officials, another thing is playing poorly, i.e. against Exeter recently.
How the EFL and FA blew it? The Bury affair.
Stockholm, July 4, 2008, 15.00 GMT. Good news came, K.H. gone. March 1, 2012. Ground purchased.