I'm sure there ARE some slackers, but if that were the explanation, you should see plenty of Premier-ish standard players working like crazy at clubs like Chesterfield to get back to the standard they thought was in their grasp. If it is just motivation and hard work they were lacking the kick-up-the-arse of the Proact should sometimes see their quality shining back through. It very occasionally does happen, but it is really rare. More often they are like Reckford who Solihull have released. Now no-one could call him a non-trier, he bombs up and down the wing, but he was a youth international, heading for a top class career. Now he's late twenties, once managed a decent season in Scotland, was okay for Solihull ....... it's not exactly the stars.
I suspect it has more to do with mental strength and the ability to think on your feet. JBW makes bad decisions for a defender, and he continues to do it. I think he expects to cfku up and if that's in your head, it pretty soon happens. At some point they were lads who got it right and they turned into fallible men and couldn't handle it.
Is Cookie heading South West to Bristol?
He usually has a destination sorted when he departs ........ like Portsmouth when we were just qualifying for the play-offs ........
They have money, ambition and unusually for him a good youth set-up at Bristol City. So long as he doesn't start loaning players to Lee Johnson's dad I hope he does well .... if they opt for an English manager. But I have a feeling they might look at the continent.
If I were them I'd grab the Cowley boys. I fear Huddersfield have made a big mistake. A bit of patience was all that was required. They needed to re-build and they done the most important thing, survived the first season back in the Championship. Hope the new man at Huddersfield has learnt everything he knows from Bielsa.
I suspect it has more to do with mental strength and the ability to think on your feet. JBW makes bad decisions for a defender, and he continues to do it. I think he expects to cfku up and if that's in your head, it pretty soon happens. At some point they were lads who got it right and they turned into fallible men and couldn't handle it.
Is Cookie heading South West to Bristol?
He usually has a destination sorted when he departs ........ like Portsmouth when we were just qualifying for the play-offs ........
They have money, ambition and unusually for him a good youth set-up at Bristol City. So long as he doesn't start loaning players to Lee Johnson's dad I hope he does well .... if they opt for an English manager. But I have a feeling they might look at the continent.
If I were them I'd grab the Cowley boys. I fear Huddersfield have made a big mistake. A bit of patience was all that was required. They needed to re-build and they done the most important thing, survived the first season back in the Championship. Hope the new man at Huddersfield has learnt everything he knows from Bielsa.