Grumpy Old Blogger 0 Posted February 9, 2016 Inexperience? Certainly. Arrogance? Probably. Alex Neil seems to be composing his obituary every time he opens his mouth these days. We used to have a manager who had the same internal belief – that it was all about him. He deflected that by always insisting that it was all about the players. He had that same driven ambition that AN displays. He was just able to keep a lid on it until his final exit to Villa. So, inexperience has made AN tell everyone that it’s not HIS fault the players aren’t carrying out his perfectly good instructions. If they were we would be picking up points every week. After all he has only ever been promoted in in his career, hasn’t he….……and there is the arrogance. He has actually started to believe all the hype around him. He believes he is infallible. This, let’s not forget, is a manger who has been doing it for 2 ½ years and half of that time in a league not much better that the Conference. Sadly, it’s not possible to sit him down now and tell him a few facts of life. It’s too late. In hindsight, he may well come to see one day that he would have become a far better manager if we had failed to get promoted last year and he had had at least another season at Championship level. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,460 Posted February 11, 2016 Would you be smarter if you''d spent another year at school ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,557 Posted February 11, 2016 If managers improve for every season spent in the Chumps then McCarthy could end up at Barcelona... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Old Blogger 0 Posted February 12, 2016 First match against Chesterfield in 1960. Yours? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,557 Posted February 12, 2016 This was mine GOB : - http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/923 I love these sorts of conversations but I don''t think the date of our first game has any relevance to our opinion on this season. Bet you were gutted to just miss out on the 59ers though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 16 Posted February 12, 2016 1-1 vs. Huddersfield in 2000. Sat in the old South Stand :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites