Quote from: Clampy on September 23, 2019, 07:08:33 AMQuote from: Flin5tone on September 22, 2019, 11:14:41 PMI'm hearing from a reliable source certain players are getting a little frustrated with DS, one being Mcginn and his post match interview would confirm this.Somehthing don't feel right Interesting that you didn't post anything about it until you heard McGinn's interview. Just saying.I didn't think much of it to be honest then seen the interview and thought maybe there is something up and a few unhappy chaps. Only time will tell
Quote from: Flin5tone on September 22, 2019, 11:14:41 PMI'm hearing from a reliable source certain players are getting a little frustrated with DS, one being Mcginn and his post match interview would confirm this.Somehthing don't feel right Interesting that you didn't post anything about it until you heard McGinn's interview. Just saying.
I'm hearing from a reliable source certain players are getting a little frustrated with DS, one being Mcginn and his post match interview would confirm this.Somehthing don't feel right
Quote from: Flin5tone on September 22, 2019, 11:45:24 PMAll I'll say is I know someone who works indirectly for the club and thing's have apparently been a little odd since Palace.And he's not known for bullshiting! (not even a football fan, so has no real interest in what goes on)This. This is the sort of things that kills clubs. The polite way of describing it in journalism is 'unattributed sources', in other industries it's called 'market sentiment' and in still others a 'whispering campaign' but what it really is is idle gossip. It's pure speculation because it has no substance but nevertheless purports to be real. It never is. Shit-stirring is what my granny used to call it out as, and she was right. It's attention-seeking behaviour which has the unfortunate side-effect of pitting one viewpoint or faction in a club against another; it's destructive, corrosive and effective. My question is; 'Why would someone who supposedly supports the club shit-stir against the manager like this?' and I have no good answer for that. No good answer at all.
All I'll say is I know someone who works indirectly for the club and thing's have apparently been a little odd since Palace.And he's not known for bullshiting! (not even a football fan, so has no real interest in what goes on)
Yes, it could be/may well be shit stirring or it could be a genuine comment and the poster is protecting their source or the poster is themselves believing the source but is being conned.
clubs can go into a death spiral very quickly once a rot starts - Huddersfield being a prime example, one win in 2019. If we lose both games this week, then there is an argument that the spiral has started.
QuoteùQuote from: Davkaus on September 23, 2019, 07:36:45 AMYet it's not something VAR overturns. They're too busy making sure a striker's individual leg hairs are all onside. It's a farce. Use it properly, or scrap it.Var can't tell the ref that he's missed a clear handball? I thought that was the whole point of it. To help the ref when he's made a clear and obvious error.
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Yet it's not something VAR overturns. They're too busy making sure a striker's individual leg hairs are all onside. It's a farce. Use it properly, or scrap it.
I don't know whether things between Smith and the players are right or not, but I thought his comments about why he left Luiz out were a bit concerning (words to the effect that he's got plenty of other midfielders so decided to leave him out)
Member of the catering staff, perhaps?