According to the fail :- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ar...-falling-sporting-director-Lee-Congerton.html
Well looking at some of the recent tactics/selections I can certainly believe that - the only thing I am apprehensive about is the source of the revelations but I suppose they have to get something right for once
I said months back he's trying to get himself sacked, why give up his compensation. Good riddance either way he was ****e. Onwards and upwards (or even stay exactly where we ****ing are for this season!)
Surely if it can be proven and he's been throwing games with team selections and tactics then that should amount to gross missconduct?
Is there any such thing in football short of breaking the law? I agree though - if it is true (and, let's be honest, looking at the tactics and players he's been playing it wouldn;t be a surprise) it should be but how do you prove it? Edit: Great minds eh @Gustavo's Gonads
Be impossible to prove, but I tell you what, a new manager will play a very different side immediately, or at least a system that suits the lads. That alone will make a difference. I'm not going to defend the players, who as a whole have come up short in terms of both attitude and performance, what I will do is give some small grace. I've worked for managers in my life who didn't listen to their staff, thought they were the be all and end all and as such people didn't really have the motivation for the job, didn't feel confident it was going to go the right way and when you lose belief you suffer. I'm hoping this makes a difference, although I maintain that yet again massive changes are required in the summer, starting with 3 CB's.
Dunno, interview the players? Matters not now i suppose we are where are, lets hope he plays players in the correct positions, that would be a start
They mention his son there... Must admit I found it infuriating we passed up on potentially one of the best young players in England because Gus could manage him.
I don't mind so much managers trying something new - and in Vergini's case Gus had no choice because we hadn't a RB. What annoyed me about him was his sheer stubbornness. He came, saw a big, strapping lad, and thought 'Ah, Drogba, Shearer, play him in the middle.' Fair enough, but by November, 40,000 people could see it wasn't working. Altidore is a wanderer and very successful at it for the U.S.A. But Poyet kept playing him in the middle until April, and Jozy with two or three defenders around him, was just jamming the centre up so the midfield men coming through met a brick wall. The only time Jozy played his natural game was Newcastle away last February, and he dragged two defenders so far out of position even Colback could find a way through to score! But next game, he was back in the middle. Pointless. I can forgive Gus's mistakes or bad calls, but the fact that he kept on doing it regardless annoyed the hell out of me. He was just too stubborn for his own good - or ours.
I think to suggest he actively searched for it is a bit much but I'd agree that he welcomed it when it came.
I'm sure there's something to the last part of your post, that it must have been a relief to him at the end, but I'm also sure that he would have tried his best. It just wasn't good enough and time only served to highlight his deficiencies.
I don't think for a second he 'threw games' but I do believe his patter was aimed solely at alienating the fans, the quickest way to the bullet (unless you are at NUFC).
Just means we've got to listen to the **** in studios. It's more than wanting him to be sacked, don't like him as a person. He'll be back in every studio who'll have him.
