How hindsight is a wonderful thing... The resignation/dismissal of Robbie Hooker

At the time, Robbie Hooker's decision to not re-sign, or it could be considered as the dismissal from Capital Football, was seen as the worst decision that club has made in its short history. Do you still stand by the opinion? Or do you believe that we are better off with Ray Junna?

Hooker was a very defence orientated manager, while Junna is very attacking minded. I know 2008/2009 saw a slightly better season finish than 2009, but lets be honest here... in 2008/09 we had a MUCH better squad. It was loaded with Matildas, and last year we saw a very inexperienced side, with many losses from the former season. There was no Chapman, Munoz, Slatyer (for a fair chunk of the year), no McDonnell, no Mowbray, Hayley Crawford, and Rhian Davies. And yet, in 2009 we made the semi-finals.

So my question to you, was Robbie Hooker's dismissal as head coach, necessarily as bad as it was originally made out to be?

It was always going to be tough with Hooker having done so well. I think Junna has done well last season but this season will determine whether Junna really has the skills as Junna arguably has the best squad Canberra have had to date.

Honestly, Hooker is a far superior coach to Junna.
Sometimes I just don't understand what goes through his mind when he makes coaching decisions - perfect example being the semi against Sydney: why would you continue playing a 4-4-2 when we're 2-0 behind in a knockout game? Surely going to a 4-3-3 or a 3-4-3 and attacking would've been a better option considering the options we had on the bench.
When we played Brisbane in the final in the first year, at least we attacked through Munoz and co.
I think if Rayman plays some more attacking football, actually USES the bench he's given and plays to the teams strengths (much like the Adelaide and Perth games last season) then we'll give this season a red hot go.

hooker is a much better coach than junna... but it doesnt mean that junna isnt bad, hes done really well so far!