Love Big Dave who was a great player for us and an inspiration in the dressing room. However, I am not surprised we sacked him. I was there at the Ipswich match and the couple before where it was clear that the team had hugely lost momentum. The passing was dreadful, the confidence low, and we made Ipswich look like Brazil. At that stage of the season, we did not look like we would make the playoffs, let along go up. So we parted company with our Manager. It then came as a surprise that we had no real idea what we were going to do next.
DM's appointment in the first place was in my view cynical. He had some development to do before taking up the role, and would have been better as a strong assistant to a new coach, or going out to manage in League one before coming back to us. However, appointing DM allowed the Board to blame him when it went wrong, and to deflect blame for what I am increasingly seeing as a Board with no clear strategy on how to run the club. I was always a fan of Peace, where I understood exactly what and why he did things.
Given he has lost money, why does a Chinese investor maintain s stake in a Backcountry club to which he has no historic connection? I am not clear personally, and I do not think it will last or end well. However, I live in hope (though not expectation).