Lots of people saying that the club have developed KLP since he was 8. I thought it was a fair bit later than that. Also, all this b******s about his commitment. All I need to see, commitment wise, is what he does on the pitch, and KLP delivers that in bucketloads week in, week out.
There's a decent chance that the clause includes coming on the first half, to avoid precisely that scenario.
It doesn't take much to see where Assam got his view that there is a noisy minority. Some posters seem to demand 100% commitment and effort from players, which is fair enough, but that works both ways. It's okay being critical, but this witch hunt has become ridiculous and counter productive. Demands for the owners to sell, without accepting that even if a replacement was available, there's no guarantee that they won't be worse. We're not in too bad a final shape at the moment. Demands for a new manager, yet claiming the owners are largely responsible for the managers problems is not a circle that squares easily, as would an owner with the attributes some place on him, appoint a manager that's liable to challenge him? Criticism's fine, but some seem to do it for a hobby or to look knowlegeable, and offer nothing constructive or realistic as an alternative. That isn't support, and it creates an atmosphere that must get to the players.
The owners are responsible for the KLP farce, they're not responsible for the manager rigidly sticking to a failing system. Adkins had to deal with all the same **** as McCann, but did so while managing the team well, so had a completely different outcome.
So who are you saying would be affordable, available and willing to risk their career on what you claim is the toxic atmosphere that drove away the likes of Bruce and Adkins?
That wasn't the point regarding Morley, but twist it to prove yours by all means. The point was some players listen too much too their agents too early in their careers. Cannot comment on Nick Powell because he was never our player. Clucas ? we made good money on him, which is probably going somewhere to paying the 150 or so wage packets at the club today. Tom Mince ? we doubled our money on him in less then a year, which isnt bad for a player who's had more clubs then Tiger Woods. James Chester, very good signing by City for peanuts, did a job for us and he moved on , what's the problem there ?
Might turn out interesting all this. By re-broadcasting the problems that Ehab gives his managers McCann could be making it more difficult for Ehab to replace him while at the same time undermining his own standing with Ehab.
Although I cannot see McCann getting the push, not when last season has been written off by Ehab as not been all of the managers doing and we are currently sitting handily in a promotion spot in this league. But if that were to happen there would be a deluge of out of work ex mangers, coaches, wannabee's etc knocking on Ehabs door.
Just wanted to let you know, Airlie, that I am actually printing off this post as it so perfectly sums things up. I was thinking my Hull City wish for 2021 was that the owner would stop slapping me in the face.