Just read Jody Browns comments in the NLP. Oh dear! You're all not going to like them. 

Sounds good to me.

Dorset Dave wrote:

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He needs to today no other club would tolerate this situation

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 Actually, Dave, there's one just up the road........

Kevin wrote:

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His comments yesterday re: the fans were the final straw. Don't question the hardcore support when you've lost so many games. It'll come back to haunt you.

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Having just listened to the interview his comments about the fans amounted to, basically, that they are entitled to their views and its their prerogative to chant what they chanted but he's not a fan he's an "educated football man". I'm not really sure there's that much wrong with that other than maybe "educated football man" isn't the best term to have used. Having been at both Aldershot and Nuneaton I'm not sure the abuse helps the team and should we really be surprised if players react badly? The idea that they should listen to all that and then come and applaud the visiting support makes me laugh. I have some sympathy for Jody, we have a small budget and we can't go out and spend a fortune on players. We lack a decent striker and consequently we don't look as if we are going to score and I'm not sure that can be blamed on the management team, as I suspect the options in January were limited. But this is a results driven business and we aren't getting the results.  

Andrew Nicholson aka Courtjester wrote:

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Kevin wrote:

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His comments yesterday re: the fans were the final straw. Don't question the hardcore support when you've lost so many games. It'll come back to haunt you.

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Having just listened to the interview his comments about the fans amounted to, basically, that they are entitled to their views and its their prerogative to chant what they chanted but he's not a fan he's an "educated football man". I'm not really sure there's that much wrong with that other than maybe "educated football man" isn't the best term to have used. Having been at both Aldershot and Nuneaton I'm not sure the abuse helps the team and should we really be surprised if players react badly? The idea that they should listen to all that and then come and applaud the visiting support makes me laugh. I have some sympathy for Jody, we have a small budget and we can't go out and spend a fortune on players. We lack a decent striker and consequently we don't look as if we are going to score and I'm not sure that can be blamed on the management team, as I suspect the options in January were limited. But this is a results driven business and we aren't getting the results.  

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He might be well qualified in theory but in practice his management technique of abusing/criticising fans and players in public isn't wise.  

He's also let our best striker go out on loan and he's scored more on his own since than our whole club. 

Davy K wrote:

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Yesterday was my 35th match of this season and was by far the worst performance from the team I have witnessed in the 4 years I have been going to matches. The team have been unlucky in recent weeks with individual errors and some poor refereeing decisions going against us. Jody Brown has come in and the first 4 games he was in charge we lost 4-0 away at Dover, drew 0-0 at home to Torquay, Lost 0-2 at home to Dover and lost 4-1 at Forest Green, In interviews Jody Brown said judge me after the Alfreton game, as the side he inherited after Jamie Day's departure was threadbare. Can't disagree with that. Since Forest Green he has brought in 8 or 9 new faces and loaned out our players, to be honest I don't think they have added anything to our team (Vose may be the exception).
Brown stated that Charlie Penny was being loaned out to get some match practise and to try and score some goals (which I believe he is doing) as his one on one finishing wasn't good enough. Fair comments again by Brown, however the strikers (I use the term loosely) he has brought in have not inspired me at all and I struggle to think of a one on one where the strikers brought in have scored. Since Forest Green we have lost at home 2-3 to Alfreton, 2 penalties given away and individual errors costing us at least 1 point, Lost 1-3 to Chester, Jake sent off in the first half for winning the ball in a strong tackle that the ref deemed to be worthy a straight red card although allowed Chester player to get away with exactly the same type of challenge minutes earlier, a dodgy penalty given against Darren Purse again costing us at least a point, Next up a trip to Macclesfield where we dominated the match but again individual errors, A dodgy penalty (again) and a shocking decision by the ref to red card (2nd yellow following and earlier yellow for kicking the ball away, Macclesfield player throw the ball away minutes later and wasn't shown a yellow) Anthony Jeffrey in stoppage time in the first half for what was a free kick and nothing else, definately not worthy of a yellow card given the challenges that had been made previously with no caution given, INCONSISTANT REFEREEING costing us another possible point. next it was Aldershot losing 2-1, we battered them in the first half before going a goal down due again to individual error before Vose equalized with a stunning strike, eventually losing out to another penalty in stoppage time. Looked like Fyfield was pushed in the build up but ref chose to ignore this and gave a penalty when Bushy bundled into the back of their player, What looked like from the first half performance to be 3 points heading home turned into nil points again. All of these matches you can say we were unlucky and the team performed well but individual errors cost us dear.
Moving on to yesterday and what I can honestly say was the worst performance I have witnessed from a Welling team.
This was a team and I use the word team loosely as it was 11 individuals out there who showed very little desire to win what was possibly a season defining match. a few players looked like they couldn't give a toss and were going through the motions, players pulling out of 50/50 challenges when we are a goal down shows lack of commitment to the cause and then to give your own support (who have spent hard earned money travelling to watch you play) the finger was out of order, if you don't want to play for us and show some desire to win then **** OFF, WE DON'T WANT YOU NEAR OUR CLUB.
Jody Brown NOW is the time to stand up and be accountable for the results, this is now YOUR team, players you have loaned out or left out of the team showed far more desire than those you have brought in. Charlie Penny might not have scored any one on ones but at least he was trying, what have you got against Sam Corne? he has been one of our better players all season but yet you say it wasn't his type of match to play in and the surface didn't suit him. WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS.
The Fans are turning against you Mr Brown, GET IT SORTED, Do you want us to appear on national television next Sunday and at the end of the match hear the fans calling for your resignation?
I for one don't want to hear that. I'd much prefer to be applauding a great team performance and 3 points gained.
Yes we have performed well in previous matches and have been unlucky not to get a point or 3, but yesterdays performance was totally unacceptable and I fear for the rest of the season.
I will continue to follow the team home and away when work allows no matter what the results, I'm not a quitter like some of the players appeared to be yesterday.
P.S. I have a few seats in my car for the Gateshead match on the 10th if anyone is interested, leaving Welling around 11am, staying overnight in Newcastle, a visit to the Metro Shopping Centre (gotta keep Pinkie happy) before heading home around 1 or 2pm on Wednesday.

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Davy, It's too late for Brown now, he's lost the dresssing room and he's lost the supporters. With him we are going down. Without him we stand a chance if he GOES NOW.

I agree with you that some of the decisions against us have been harsh but not the second yellow for Jeffrey at Macc. 

Can't comment on the Nuneaton game because I wasn't there. However I can comment on the quotes in the NLP which, if quoted correctly, should be the final straw for this bulls**tter. I don't always agree with fellow Wings fans and often see games differently to some but to be criticised in print by a manager who has 1 point in 27 since he took over about our "football knowledge" is rather hypocritical.

I said a few weeks ago that the club took a huge gamble on Jamie Day and that gamble paid off handsomely. They took another gamble on a young manager this time around and that appears to have failed miserably. You win some and you lose some. I also said that when he came in that the team needed a few tweaks in forward areas and yet we have witnessed open heart surgery throughout the team?! I was not averse to some experience coming in but not at the expense of young players who offer more on the pitch than them. I voted Sam Corne as player of the month for December and now he doesn't even feature in the matchday squad?! This club has always prided itself on bringing through young players because we don't have the money to compete for the start names. The team should be built around the likes of Barney, Corne and Fagan not Purse, Duguid and Vine.

The only dilemma is where would we go if we dispense with Mr Brown?? One option is Faz and Co who I think were in the running last time and at least know what makes this club tick. Or is there an experienced guy out there who is out of work at the moment that can make us into a horrible hard to beat team but a team that might just dig out results??

As others have said make no mistake we don't want to be in Conference South next season which looks like it could well include £bbsfl££t, Maidstone and Margate. We have no chance of competing with those clubs and, whilst we might get a few good crowds, in my opinion we will do well to finish in the top eight in that division. Conference National is the place to be and we still have a chance to be there next season albeit a slim one.

A big decision needs to be made - stick or twist. If it is twist then it will be another gamble on the outcome. If we do twist then give the incumbent the job until the end of the season. If we stay up then they get the job for next season. If we go down then we review again in May.

Up the Wings!