Richardson out

[Lower West]

I think it’s been all said, BUT it does seem that there are a few very unhappy souls in the changing room.

Move them on. There's no i in team.

[Brogue]

I think it’s been all said, BUT it does seem that there are a few very unhappy souls in the changing room.

Move them on. There's no i in team.

But there is an ‘m’ and an ‘e ‘

[Sutekh]

I think it’s been all said, BUT it does seem that there are a few very unhappy souls in the changing room.

Move them on. There's no i in team.

Or Leam

[Uke]

Nick Ive was pretty trim x

Joel Huffurd has to be in the conversation just for that dreamy voice x

Good point. Posh totty Dellor has never truly replaced Hufford.

Get Mark Gonella back

[Sutekh]

Joel Huffurd has to be in the conversation just for that dreamy voice x

Good point. Posh totty Dellor has never truly replaced Hufford.

Get Mark Gonella back

Didn’t we get John Southall at one point ? But it has to be Steve Beddow all the way….!

[AthleticoSpizz]

SB was good, but it has to be the excitable Maurice O’brien back in his 210 days every time

[morganb]

Leam "I've been wrestling with the medical team over Jack Marriott" Richardson is now without a freshly injured Marriott for the rest of the season

[tidus_mi2]

Leam "I've been wrestling with the medical team over Jack Marriott" Richardson is now without a freshly injured Marriott for the rest of the season

We proceeded to lose the game he was rushed back for and lost the play-off race with 2 games remaining, top gamble. Hopefully it's not too bad and he'll be fresh for next season.

Maybe they're just saying he's injured because there's no point trying to push him into game time with nothing to play for.

[fred sharpes nose]

Some mindless stats from trawling lineups and match reports and Transfer Market

Period 1 - Noel - Games 1-14
P 14 Pts 15 PPG 1.07

New players in - 12

The fit early-ish 6 were in the 18 match day squad for game 1 - Stevens, Burns, MOM, Danny K, Fraser, Jacob, Lane

Later arrivals -
> Doyle in squad for his first available game - match 2
> Dez Williams for his first available game - match 3
> Marriot in squad for his first available game - match 6
> Richie in squad for his third available game - match 8

Crocked early signing
> O'Connor in squad for his first available game - match 11

Conclusion - Noel fighting with one hand tied behind his back. Just may escape relegation on this form this season - 49 points. Most likely would have been mid table and comfortable by Christmas

Period 2 - Liam To January Window - Games 15-24
P 10 Pts 20 PPG 2.0
New players in
> Randall Williams 5/11/25 - 8 games for him in this period 16 points achieved in those - 2.0 PPG player !
> Rinomohta 12/11/25 - zero contribution

Conclusion - Leam benefit from "upto speed" inherited squad and ONLY ONE good addition Randall Williams - new manager bounce basically same squad - 92 point season

Period 3 - January WIndow to Current (Games - 25-44)
P 18 Pts 27 PPG 1.50

New players in
> Keane 04/01/26 in squad for his first available game - 14 games / 14 points - 1.0 PPG player
> Nyambe 21/01/26 in squad for his first available game - 17 games /21 points - 1.26 PPG player
> Roberts 21/01/26 in squad for his first available game - 12 games /16 points - 1.33 PPG player
> Ward 26/1/26 in squad for his second available game - 11 games /21 points - CAVEAT 8 games started /17 points 2.125 PPG player
> Young 02/02/26 in squad for his second available game - 9 games /12 points - CAVEAT 7 games started /8 points 1.14 PPG player

Recalled
> Patton 5 games/12 points - CAVEAT only played 123 minutes

Conclusion - mixed recrutiment of 5 Ward good and one for the future rest - meh - 69 point season not good enough

Overall - Leams post Cardiff match comments sounded like rehearsing the reasons he gives to Rob C to keep him on. I think Noel was booted too soon. Not overly impressed with Leams recruitment (and injury record). The idea of giving him a summer window to spend very limited money but boot him after 12 games if results are poor is madness. I think he should be tasked with absolutety sweating the assests we have currently and see where we end up. Or release him now

Conundrum - better for him to lose last 2 games to "prove" squad need investment or win last 2 games to uprate his PPG for personal career reasons?

[stealthpapes]

August - played 6, 5 pts
September - played 3, 4 pts
October - played 5, 6 pts [Noel Hunt removed at end of month]
November - played 3, 7 pts
December - played 5, 7 pts
January - played 6, 11 pts
February - played 6, 11 pts
March - played 6, 10 pts
April - played 4 so far, 1 pt

I only did this because I thought our best form was Jan and Feb, which didn't quite align with how you'd broken it up. It's clear that we were pretty consistent in terms of getting points from November through to the end of March.

Everything I've seen, both on pitch and in terms of results, has been a side that has potential to reach play offs, with one or two top players in the division, but is missing a few key attributes (match fitness/sharpness being one).

[Hound]

We were doing fine until we’ve basically bottled the last month when the play offs were within our grasp

Couple of crap individual errors at Hudders, when we should have come out with a great result, a tough game when we didn’t play too badly against Lincoln then lost the plot after that

Injuries in that period haven’t helped. Williams *2, Ward - all massive losses

[Extended-Phenotype]

Yeah, it’s been a poor end to the season. Perhaps if this last months form was at the start of a season following another poor month, LR would have been given the boot. Fact is we had a strong season points-wise under LR, and while it’s frustrating that we seem to have gone backwards, without the threat of relegation there just hasn’t been any firm reason to change managers. I have no doubt he’s being offered a bit of grace for his previous point-form, the amount of injuries, the phase of the rebuild and the fact that ending weak isn’t as dangerous as starting weak (if you have already got yourself in a good position), but the question is which eventuality will the owners gamble on?

(A) Stick with LR in the hope that the end of the season was an excusable blip, that the football will improve given the summer transfers and pre-season training, and time and consistency will ultimately pay off, or

(B) the football has been disappointing, and the points have dried up, so it’s too big a risk giving LR the summer to build his team when we’ll might have to let him go if we get off to a poor start - get a new guy in now to give them the summer to build a team and prepare them.

I think there is a decent case for either, though I will always lean towards giving managers more time providing we aren’t in immediate danger.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Yeah, it’s been a poor end to the season. Perhaps if this last months form was at the start of a season following another poor month, LR would have been given the boot. Fact is we had a strong season points-wise under LR, and while it’s frustrating that we seem to have gone backwards, without the threat of relegation there just hasn’t been any firm reason to change managers. I have no doubt he’s being offered a bit of grace for his previous point-form, the amount of injuries, the phase of the rebuild and the fact that ending weak isn’t as dangerous as starting weak (if you have already got yourself in a good position), but the question is which eventuality will the owners gamble on?

(A) Stick with LR in the hope that the end of the season was an excusable blip, that the football will improve given the summer transfers and pre-season training, and time and consistency will ultimately pay off, or

(B) the football has been disappointing, and the points have dried up, so it’s too big a risk giving LR the summer to build his team when we’ll might have to let him go if we get off to a poor start - get a new guy in now to give them the summer to build a team and prepare them.

I think there is a decent case for either, though I will always lean towards giving managers more time providing we aren’t in immediate danger.

RC's latest interview with The Tilehurst End suggests its very likely to be A.

The Twitter crowd are all out in force today saying gates will be down to 5k amongst other things due to the style of football.

[katweslowski]

The Twitter crowd are all out in force today saying gates will be down to 5k amongst other things due to the style of football.

I know this doesn't need saying, but they say this every year. Every year there's a surge of people purchasing. As soon as there's a few signings, the same twitter crowd will be saying we're going back up automatically, and how "massive" we are.

[Brogue]

[Sutekh]

It’ll take a new manager and/or some exciting signings to get people to buy ST’s this summer, therefore it’ll be a slow start with largely just the “dedicated & never miss a season no matter what” renewing at first.

[traff]

I expect attendances will be similar to this season. As much as people complain about the football under this manager, most will still go out of loyalty, habit, and hope. What I don’t see is casual supporters who came this season choosing to invest more time and effort to watch a negative, uninspiring style more regularly.

I’ll renew, as I always do, partly in hope of improvement but mostly out of habit. I enjoy the time with my son, and I want to keep my loyalty points so I can pick and choose away games.

On the CEO’s point, it felt like he focused on one angle rather than the bigger picture. Fans aren’t asking to trade wins for entertainment. They’re saying Richardson’s negative style was always likely to backfire, and recent results prove it. The frustration isn’t about excitement, it’s about predictable, avoidable losses.

My expectation is more of the same: a few highs and lows while Richardson grinds out just enough results to stay in the job, with the team drifting around mid-table. And no doubt I’ll renew again next season, hoping for a more progressive appointment. That’s how it always seems to go.

[South Coast Royal]

August - played 6, 5 pts
September - played 3, 4 pts
October - played 5, 6 pts [Noel Hunt removed at end of month]
November - played 3, 7 pts
December - played 5, 7 pts
January - played 6, 11 pts
February - played 6, 11 pts
March - played 6, 10 pts
April - played 4 so far, 1 pt

I only did this because I thought our best form was Jan and Feb, which didn't quite align with how you'd broken it up. It's clear that we were pretty consistent in terms of getting points from November through to the end of March.

Everything I've seen, both on pitch and in terms of results, has been a side that has potential to reach play offs, with one or two top players in the division, but is missing a few key attributes (match fitness/sharpness being one).

Just by way of balance to your regular backing of LR based on results and points but not performances.

Since the end of Feb. we have played 6 of the top 7 and have only won 1 against Bradford at home 2-1.

From the start of the season until the end of September under Hunt we played 4 of the top 7 as of now and didn't win any of them.

Under LR we have picked up more points against the lesser sides but have been no better /marginally worse under LR against the better sides.
Conclusion:-
We are not good enough to challenge for the play offs despite being in that position for a short period but before playing Stevenage, Huddersfield, Cardiff and Lincoln for the second time.
Despite being able to bring in more players LR hasn't done as well as he would have us believe.

[nailseabiscuitman]

Wasn't he in charge of a very successful period in Wycombes history or am I mistaken. Your vendetta against them seems more childish by the minute

[Brogue]

Wasn't he in charge of a very successful period in Wycombes history or am I mistaken. Your vendetta against them seems more childish by the minute

That’s like saying I used to stack shelves in my Sainsbury’s local so now I can be CEO of Tesco