Where is he? Hasn’t been since since the story about him leaving the scene of a car accident. Is he done, is he off? It’s been a nightmare for him and us.
I don’t think this is just about the manager, we have, much discussed , major areas of weakness throughout the squad. We also have no fit left back / wink back. Welington is very rusty and playing on the wrong side.
I’m not sure players are “thicker” than they ever were, it seems most likely that the over coaching we have seen predominate over recent years has had the unintended consequence of players not thinking and adapting in game, when the managers plans are not working.
They nullified Scienza by booting him up in the air every time he got the ball, and the ref let most of it go. The ref was appalling yesterday and played a huge factor in the result.
It’s a funny one, there are lots of dangerous teams on their day in this league. I’m not taking a win as a forgone conclusion. We tend to struggle with strong powerful teams.
He couldn’t say anything else really without potentially unsettling certain players. The key phrase is “for the moment”, that gives him a get out as this “moment” is not the January transfer window.