All McLeish's utterances of late seem to be public expressions of a defence of his position with his employers. These comments about N'Zogbia are really the rebuttal of the charge "we gave you money for players and you wasted it". Similarly the hard luck theme of Dunne's injury is in reality a defence against "you were supposed to deliver a tight defence but your teams have been conceding two goals a game". The statement that the crowd were great at the City game when the place was like a morgue is an answer to the charge "the gates are in free fall". Expect statements about Hutton maturing into a top class full back and Jenas's injury being a terrible setback.He is behaving like a manager who knows he has incurred the wrath of his employers and is attempting to shore up his position publicly.If we lose at Wigan I would not be at all surprised to see him sacked. He is very very twitchy.
Quote from: JUAN PABLO on February 24, 2012, 04:07:26 PMMaybe play him instead of Heskey Alex? Ignore the heretic Alex.Stick with your tried and tested method of avoiding defeat in a mind numbingly boring way.
Maybe play him instead of Heskey Alex?
Quote from: Rip Van Bentfletch on February 24, 2012, 04:10:09 PMQuote from: JUAN PABLO on February 24, 2012, 04:07:26 PMMaybe play him instead of Heskey Alex? Ignore the heretic Alex.Stick with your tried and tested method of avoiding defeat in a mind numbingly boring way.Mission accomplished today, to the letter.
I was hoping it wouldn't be the case, but sadly he reverted to type.
Quote from: Rip Van Bentfletch on February 25, 2012, 08:55:59 PMI was hoping it wouldn't be the case, but sadly he reverted to type.And there's the crux. It looked like things were getting better, then at the first setback reverted to type.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on February 25, 2012, 09:09:09 PMQuote from: Rip Van Bentfletch on February 25, 2012, 08:55:59 PMI was hoping it wouldn't be the case, but sadly he reverted to type.And there's the crux. It looked like things were getting better, then at the first setback reverted to type.I just get the feeling that it's his default setting.Game not going the way he wants in the first 20 minutes. - Shut up shop Dog Shit style.