TC never had a plan B when things didn't work. All year he's tried to play this new formation of 4-3-3. Even in pre season I could see it wasn't going to work. He got rid of whatever wingers we had at the club to accommodate this formation. We had no other option then when this formation wasn't working as we couldn't switch to a 4-4-2 without out and out wingers. I thought come the window he'd sign at least two but he signed none. It seems like he's a stubborn manager and tries to force things to work and won't hold his hands up and say 'well maybe this isn't working I'll sign a few wingers and switch formation.'
The season we blew a 12 point half way lead he should of been let go. The following season he won promotion but what a lot of people forget is that the squad he had would of put a lot of premier teams to shame and we only clinched it on the second last game of the season. Look at Limerick with a similar squad and practically had it wrapped up at the half way mark. Last season we were very fortunate to finish 6th. And then what does he do? He rips the squad apart and sign in untried young lads and players who got their previous club relegated!! As said above he's a decent first division manager for a club trying to balancing the books and be competitive. But if that club is looking to go places then they may move on from TC.
I appreciate what TC has done for the club when he initially took over but once we got the club on the right road and were looking to go up again we needed to look elsewhere. I wish him well but he did last 3 years longer than he should of.
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