Middlesbrough 4-0 Saints - Match Thread

[SaintNewForest]

3 hours ago, suewhistle said:

Interesting article I read today, in The Guardian I think, about if somebody is just a coach then the manager/football directors should be taking questions from the press and not just sacrifice the coaches on that altar. I believe this happens in Germany. At Manchester United Jason Wilcox only raised his jhead after they'd won 3 in a row, some while ago..

Sounds like our utter cunt of a DOF as well; he only raised his head above the parapet once we went on a good run of form. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

12 hours ago, suewhistle said:

Interesting article I read today, in The Guardian I think, about if somebody is just a coach then the manager/football directors should be taking questions from the press and not just sacrifice the coaches on that altar. I believe this happens in Germany. At Manchester United Jason Wilcox only raised his jhead after they'd won 3 in a row, some while ago..

Probably on the back of that article, but a 5 live show said much the same. Like you say, if the manager is sacked, the DOF has to come out and explain. They are known figures and fans know the responsibilities.

They said one reason is that there's still a lack of certainty on what the role of the DOF here is. It allows DOFs to escape responsibility, when their choices get sacked. Their roles aren't as well defined, or even as well understood here.