I'm torn on Richards. Sometimes I like him, sometimes I think he's a gobshite. I give him credit for going to the fans yesterday, knowing full well he'd get an earful. Keep him at right back and get in a decent coaching team to ensure he's in a more cohesive backline. He needs to improve his awareness and concentration tenfold but beyond that I think he should be fine. He at least shows passion. That is something I do like about him. He's got the fire and vocals to be a captain, just not the consistency or temperament. But he's far and away the best option we have. Probably the only option. Lescott could be but he's just so done at this level it's not funny. Gabby has hopefully played his last game for the club. We need to buy a decent skipper for one thing.
Quote from: supertom on January 10, 2016, 06:39:54 PMI'm torn on Richards. Sometimes I like him, sometimes I think he's a gobshite. I give him credit for going to the fans yesterday, knowing full well he'd get an earful. Keep him at right back and get in a decent coaching team to ensure he's in a more cohesive backline. He needs to improve his awareness and concentration tenfold but beyond that I think he should be fine. He at least shows passion. That is something I do like about him. He's got the fire and vocals to be a captain, just not the consistency or temperament. But he's far and away the best option we have. Probably the only option. Lescott could be but he's just so done at this level it's not funny. Gabby has hopefully played his last game for the club. We need to buy a decent skipper for one thing.Richards attitude on the pitch is a joke, mighty Wycombe's best chances all came from him going walkaboutwill help us create more on the right than Hutton though. Hutton is a crap defender too really
Quote from: sirlordbaltimore on January 10, 2016, 03:50:17 PMI'm sure it'd help a LOT if we had a leader/voice out on the pitch. As it is we have a collection of individuals with little communication or direction.Giving Richards the armband is one thing, but that doesn't mean he's comfortable being the voice/leader, it doesn't come naturally to him clearly, and Lescott is the same.That said, i've no idea how in our side it would come naturally to. But we need someone to do the talking out there ASAPYou only have to look at the side when they come out for the start of either half, when we concede a goal, or if there are breaks in play for injuries that there is no leadership in the team, no one to cajole the rest of the players to bounce back from a set-back. This is the biggest problem with the team, there's no leadership and no fight to drag the team through bad spells (albeit this bad spell has lasted between 20 games and five years, depending on how you look at it).
I'm sure it'd help a LOT if we had a leader/voice out on the pitch. As it is we have a collection of individuals with little communication or direction.Giving Richards the armband is one thing, but that doesn't mean he's comfortable being the voice/leader, it doesn't come naturally to him clearly, and Lescott is the same.That said, i've no idea how in our side it would come naturally to. But we need someone to do the talking out there ASAP
Seems Lescott and Guzan were swearing at fans behind dugout and promoted clash with Richards.Admittedly it's Nursey who runs the story, but not good to hear.I think the atmosphere behind the scenes is even more toxic than anyone realises.
And it's what happens when things are papered over and the majority of the communication with the fans is complete bullshit or sales patter. You can only insult peoples intelligence for so long before they think fuck it, I've had enough.
Whatever you think of him as a player, and I personally think he is poor with no positional sense and no concentration, you have to admire him for putting his neck on the line and talking to those guys like that. There is a cancer in our club that will get even worse before it gets better.