Failure to beat Whitby could be the end of Phil.
I wonder if him sending all his squad out to discuss the game together on the pitch straight after full time on Saturday will have worked
Sounds like your belittling the act of having the squad out on the pitch when I read this. If you've lost faith already then fair enough and I don't blame you after the last two years. But do just come out and say it.
For me the man needs backing right now. Show the players we have faith in him, show the board we have faith in him and show the board it's them dragging the club down. I get the impression a fair few of our squad are surprised at how tough the league is like we could have just walked the ball in three or four times a game but get fouled a bit in between. Time we saw some b*ll*cks in an Alty shirt rather than 11 hapless prima donnas who think they're the gem surrounded by poo.
Parkinson can get the job done in this league, he needs time for things to click and given the awful footballing brains above him running the club it will not be an immediate click.
Edited to add that no it isn't a must win. Two games later probably would be. We should be at least winning the odd game without deserving it if we're as close to being ok as we think.