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Having only kept one clean sheet and chalked up four wins, Hereford lie 19th in the Enterprise National League North table with 16 points from 15 games.
It's not the start to the season Hereford fans had hoped for - with Paul Caddis guiding the club to an 11th-placed finish with 69 points in his first season and 10th with 76 points the following year.
That was after a complete rebuild when he joined the club in the summer of 2023, with average crowds up and a feel good factor returning to Edgar Street.
But with a disappointing start to the season, off the back of a lacklustre summer, some fans have been vocal in their criticism of Caddis.
While the board of directors at Edgar Street have been in discussions, chairman Stig feels Caddis has earned the chance to turn things around.
In a video with general manager Jamie Griffiths after Tuesday's 3-0 defeat at Oxford City, he said: "We're all disappointed. No one is happy. No one is happy with where we are. We didn't expect to sort of be down in the lower echelons of the table at this stage.
"We were realistic about where we were going to be and we also didn't expect to be 10 points clear at the top. But equally, we're not happy with where we are. No one's no one's more unhappy than our manager, I'm sure.
"From speaking to him, I know how frustrated he is and how irritated he is and and you know, it's all a learning experience for him.
"I have to speak personally, obviously, I'm always in touch with the rest of the board and we've been in conversation today [Wednesday] and we talk at the game yesterday and you know most days we're having conversations about the game, good or bad.
"I just think we, personal views, we have to be a little bit careful not to forget the good things that Paul's done in his two years at the club.
"When you consider where we've come from when he took over to where we are even now, sitting where we are in the current table, we're in a much better position as a club, as a wider club, than we were when Paul took over.
"And that's down to the work he did, particularly in the first season, to put a team on the field that was competitive and watchable that we could all get behind.
"He's gone a long way, his work went a long way and has gone a long way stabilising the club financially.
"And while I understand the current frustration, and I really do understand the current frustration, I do think we have to be a little bit careful about overreacting too quickly and I do think Paul has earned the right to try and move us forward and try and bring the positive times back."
He added: "I do think we have to put our faith in the manager as much as we can, get behind him, get behind the players and hopefully then the corner will be turned and we'll begin to move forward."