29-12-2014, 15:55
That BBC article is a disgrace - "fans never gave him a chance" is complete bulls*it.
Personally, I didn't want the guy because his CV listed only failures.
BUT I was thoroughly behind him for the Sunderland game, as were the rest of the fans.
The reason people want him sacked now is because he continues to pick the wrong team, with negative tactics and dull, boring, lackluster football week after week.
He often leaves our best players on the bench for dull players who can only be better at following orders in training.
The media keep saying that the "players respect him" but in truth, how can the likes of Gamboa, Varela and Saido respect him when he drops them / doesn't give them a chance? He clearly favors the likes of Dorrans, Brunt and Gardner who have been treading water all season.
Those players probably do support him and of course they would, he picks them week in and week out.
It seems to me that there is a core 'clique' of players + Downing etc who seem to run the club. They managed to get Mel sacked after doing a reasonable job of keeping us up under shambolic conditions and are now keeping Irvine alive. Unfortunately, it is the players outside of the clique (Saido, Varela, Gamboa, Samaras) who have some genuine pedigree.
We really need a new man to step in and take it by the scruff of the neck and shake things up. AL is just another yes man who has preferred to become part of the clique, rather than break it up for progression.
Personally, I didn't want the guy because his CV listed only failures.
BUT I was thoroughly behind him for the Sunderland game, as were the rest of the fans.
The reason people want him sacked now is because he continues to pick the wrong team, with negative tactics and dull, boring, lackluster football week after week.
He often leaves our best players on the bench for dull players who can only be better at following orders in training.
The media keep saying that the "players respect him" but in truth, how can the likes of Gamboa, Varela and Saido respect him when he drops them / doesn't give them a chance? He clearly favors the likes of Dorrans, Brunt and Gardner who have been treading water all season.
Those players probably do support him and of course they would, he picks them week in and week out.
It seems to me that there is a core 'clique' of players + Downing etc who seem to run the club. They managed to get Mel sacked after doing a reasonable job of keeping us up under shambolic conditions and are now keeping Irvine alive. Unfortunately, it is the players outside of the clique (Saido, Varela, Gamboa, Samaras) who have some genuine pedigree.
We really need a new man to step in and take it by the scruff of the neck and shake things up. AL is just another yes man who has preferred to become part of the clique, rather than break it up for progression.