I can’t get on board with the 'sack Rohl' crowd. It isn’t simply a case of whether he picks the best eleven. There’s a deeper, messier picture: players who can’t last a full game, a lack of continuity, and a pattern of quick fixes that has left us fragile at key moments.

Picking a scapegoat is easy — fixing the club isn’t

We all want answers after a wobble, but sacking a manager is the quickest escape route, not the clever one. To be fair, managers take responsibility and sometimes change is the right call. But look at the cycles we’ve had. We’ve chopped and changed too often and expected different outcomes. You can argue Clement or Gio deserved to go; I won’t pretend those weren’t heated calls. But the point is this isn’t just about individuals.

Continuity, fitness and the board

Anyone who follows the team knows selection is limited by who’s fit and available. Half the side struggling to get through ninety minutes tells you there are issues with fitness, depth and recruitment. And you can’t separate that from board decisions. The Morelos situation is often brought up — managers have asked for backing, the club has had to balance finances and squad needs. Those choices ripple through seasons and they shape what a manager can deliver.

So what should change?

We need consistency in the backroom and proper investment in squad depth so players finish games and we don’t rely on short-term miracles. That means giving the manager a fair run when the circumstances are clearly not ideal and holding the board to account for long-term planning. Fans want trophies, of course we do. But repeating the rinse-and-repeat of sacking at the first stumble won’t build the stability required to get us there.

Call me stubborn, but I’d rather sort the structure than keep swapping managers and hoping for magic.

Written by geesadodothat: 30 June 2026

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