Cooper Resigns!

Gone (from gillsconnect.com)

Good going, 2 out of the 3 managers of my teams have quit so far this season, and the one i really want rid of is as safe as houses! (only half kidding...)

Anyway, the story can be found here :

Neale Cooper has resigned as manager of Gillingham just five months after filling the Priestfield hot seat. Cooper, whose family still live in Inverness, won 7 games during his 22 game stint at Priestfield, but was forced to deal with an injury nightmare and sign players with virtually no budget.
Recent defeats against Walsall and non-league Burscough in the FA Cup may have forced Cooper to resign, with the former manager stating unacceptable recent results made his mind up to resign out of respect for the club.

Can't say I'm surprised (my ST-holder mate Neil said the same thing). Fair enough, he had little or no money to play with, and had his best striker sold on the eve of the season, but results have been appalling, and sometimes a change is necessary.

It begs the age-old question: whose fault is it, the manager's or the players'? I'm afraid I feel it's the manager's here, despite Scally and some players saying the players didn't do the biz.

Even with the trimmed-down squad, we should still have enough quality to be comfortable in this league. Playing 4-5-1 at home in your first match on the opening day of the season sets your stall out for what is to come. Leaving your best most creative player on the bench when you aren't scoring goals doesn't help. And signing lots of dodgy questionable lower league Scotsmen in the hope of unearthing the next Andy Thompson is a desperate tactic. Results have been a disgrace. A manager lives or dies by them.

Good luck in the future Neale.