I agree about certain managers can get more out of players. Sometimes you look at a side and know they are capable of more but I honestly don't think there is much you can possibly get out of some of these players - physical and technically a lot of them just dont look up to it.
I don't think anyone could come in at the moment with the take over looking like it's hitting issues with delay after delay we are stuck as is until it eventually gets passed or rejected and Royle steps in.
Once takeover is done I'd like to move Sheridan on but I think whoever mad / brave enough to come in will also struggle unless they get all the senior players back fit and a lot of new faces.
I get what you're trying to say but just look at some of the current players:
Massey - Paul Cook was able to get far more out of him against far better players than Chorley had today
Pearce - didn't play that much under Cook but again looked far batter against Championship players than he showed today against bottom of the National League North players
Garner - never been his biggest fan but one thing you couldn't accuse him of previously was a lack of fight. You could certainly accuse him of that today
And you really don't think that a manager cajoling his players and providing clear instructions at full time and mid way in extra time couldn't have got more out of those players than a manager stood around with his hands in his pockets and giving them absolutely Jack shit by way of motivation and instruction
I fully accept the limitations of our squad and you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear but you can at least make some sort of purse with it. John Sheridan on the other hand has managed to fashion some kind of manky tea bag.
And I've just watched the highlights of Arsenal playing like absolute dog turd today against Villa. The players were never at the races and made mistake after mistake from start to finish and do you know what Arteta said in his interview afterwards? He said "I take full responsibility for that performance."
He didn't hang some kid with less than 10 senior appearances out to dry or blame players he didn't have available. He took responsibility for his mistakes not like that coward Sheridan