I couldn't agree more James - the whole situation is untenable and it is scandalous that it has been allowed to go this far. It has been obvious for at least the past month that TC has no idea what he is doing and has become increasingly desperate to the detriment of the club and himself. He should do the honourable thing and resign because I fear that the club will not pull the trigger and sack him - I sincerely hope I'm proved wrong. I don't believe that we necessarily have sub-standard players and yes, we have been very unlucky with injuries. But compared to many opposition teams so far this season, we definitely have the talent in the squad to overcome most teams. It's the quality of leadership and coaching that is clearly to blame. Nothing will change while TC and his coaching team remain in post. As you rightly say, his comments about the lack of "quality" in the team have led most of them to down tools and whilst this may seem unprofessional, I can understand the resentment that this will have caused, especially given the avearge age of most of the squad. Until we have a change of head coach, nothing is going to change and the atmosphere at games will get more and more toxic. We left it too late to get rid of Rooney - it looks like we are blindly making the same mistakes again.
Thanks Simon. Think the fan base is united. What a shambles. A shameful position to be in.
I guess at the end of season we will know about the quality of the squad, but the team was allegedly not good enough for the championship last season and then became highly competitive under MM.
I couldn't agree more James - the whole situation is untenable and it is scandalous that it has been allowed to go this far. It has been obvious for at least the past month that TC has no idea what he is doing and has become increasingly desperate to the detriment of the club and himself. He should do the honourable thing and resign because I fear that the club will not pull the trigger and sack him - I sincerely hope I'm proved wrong. I don't believe that we necessarily have sub-standard players and yes, we have been very unlucky with injuries. But compared to many opposition teams so far this season, we definitely have the talent in the squad to overcome most teams. It's the quality of leadership and coaching that is clearly to blame. Nothing will change while TC and his coaching team remain in post. As you rightly say, his comments about the lack of "quality" in the team have led most of them to down tools and whilst this may seem unprofessional, I can understand the resentment that this will have caused, especially given the avearge age of most of the squad. Until we have a change of head coach, nothing is going to change and the atmosphere at games will get more and more toxic. We left it too late to get rid of Rooney - it looks like we are blindly making the same mistakes again.
Thanks Simon. Think the fan base is united. What a shambles. A shameful position to be in.
I guess at the end of season we will know about the quality of the squad, but the team was allegedly not good enough for the championship last season and then became highly competitive under MM.
Need a coach with some acumen.