Alan an excellent post but if we are honest it wont matter one bit . We played great football that followed the excellent acadamy work but all people wanted from a certain part of the main stand was direct football. People say its a results game but when you are trying to following a style of play to compliment the acadamy you are not always going to get the results. Should have at least stuck with developing a storng football ethos . That group of fans didnt get the directness they wanted and as they had the untrained ear of Steve Adkins (business man yes football man not a scooby) out went Tanner and Moriarty. 
Fans deserve better

I understand and accept we, as fans, all have different opinions as to what we want from our football on a Saturday, I agree Craig was slow to change tactics but what we must remember is, this was his first attempt, and he was only in his second season,if you look at it another way, he was serving his apprentiship and learning on the job, a difficult thing to have to do, espcially with us critical buggers all watching.
My argument will always be, why take on the man in the first place, especially if you know he is a rookie, if you are not going to give him the time he needs, to do the job.
In any other walk of life a promotion is earned on past results and you have a right to expect more, but don`t throw somebody in at the deep end and expect him to swim straight away.
I have a great deal of respect for Steve Adkins, and the way he is building "Imperial Fields" but I will say it again, we have a man in Billy Smith who has forgotten more than any of us will ever know regarding football, for goodness sake, get him on board to help choose a suitable manager, then hopefully we can return to where we all want to be.
 

Andy Mc, I wasnt a great fan of Tanner either and yes we have appointed a manager with less experence alongside an excellent coach ....but who has a recent worse track record than Tanner . All i would say is there was a vision for the club and the football we played (which was great at times and dire on occassions) at least allowed the club to build through the acadamy . Yes a good manager should be able to mix it up, even an apprentice one, but if I remember rightly we lost Smith our keeper in October when we were in the play offs and perhaps the inexperiece that Alan refers to played a part here.
In previous posts I have said give Frank a chance I still say that. But Adkins approach is knee jerk and confusing for us fans . He says on the one hand he trying to build a community inside and outside the club but
1)the football being played isnt good to watch and therefore wont encourage more people from the community to attend and
2) for the club it doesnt encourage the acadamy boys to step up as Tanner and Moriarty promoted and Adkins preached.
I say have the courage to make sure Frank is given at least 3 seasons to acheive we need stability...
but I will predict here that there will be a change within that time. But it will keep this excellent forum going.
Final note i bet the current management team are praying for rain that way they wont need an excuse for the long ball game .