Steve Herbert: Everyone wants the CKR project to work, but it's failing at the moment

At what stage of the season does a football club put its hands up and say we got it wrong and we need a new approach.

Colin Kazim-Richard's is finding life tough in the Reds dug out so far this campaign. A third straight defeat with no win in five has left Crawley Town rooted to the foot of the entire football league. Thankfully we are only seven games in, but surely if we see no improvement after ten games the axe needs to fall on the CKR regime. For whatever reasons we just aren't doing enough to pick up points in matches. On the naked eye we have spells where we look like a good footballing team, with clearly some very talented players at our disposal.

But it's the inexperience and the defensive lapses that are costing us big time. A 2-0 defeat in Cleethorpes was our latest disappointment, although once again the League Two standard of officiating certainly didn't help. But using the officials as an excuse would be papering over the cracks of yet another poor showing. We can't buy a win right now, and with an International break lingering on the horizon which has already postponed next weekend's home game with top-of-the-table Barnet, I can only see this as a blessing in disguise. Clubs with the limited resource's and lack of financial muscle like ours rely on home form to keep our heads above water.

Well so far this season that home form reads played three lost three. The four points that we have accumulated have all come away.

Personally I can't help but think the lack of experience at the helm and within the team is coming back to bite us once more. If results don't pick up over the next few games then it has to be time to get that bit of experience in the door. There are plenty of out of work coaches with bags of EFL know how out there, just waiting for the call.

Everyone wanted the CKR project to work, but right now it's failing miserably. We are rooted to the bottom of the league, the only way is quite literally up, and if that means a change of leadership then so be it.