Has Paul McShane somehow morphed into something he's not been for the last 5 years over the last couple of weeks???
Macca is another Billy Whitehurst, a Gary Brabin. He's a fans player; hard working, wear your heart on your sleeve, tough, man's man type, that never gives less than 120% even though ability wise he's somewhere near 70% of what is standard in this division.
In a winning side with plenty of ability around him, he has a definite role to play in a squad.
In a currently struggling team he is NOT going to be the knight in shining armour that come riding over the hill to sort all out all our defensive woes...........he ain't got it in him!!!!
Before Steve Bruce arrived at the KC, I was not sure about him. I thought he was a bit of a chancer who regarded clubs as simply stepping stones on the path of his own career development. Since he joined I have come to realise what a completely decent bloke he is. He always says the right thing, he always is measured and fair and above all he is (sometimes painfully) honest. Now unless he's pulling one of the best conn acts in the history of football, he will be the same when he's not in front of the camera.
Macca is a hot-head. Surely anyone who has watched him play will have to admit that. If Steve Bruce has consigned him to the u-21s it will be because he has done something serious to challenge the authority of Steve Bruce, something like going toe to toe with him in front of the other players.
Now none of us are privy to what is going on behind the scenes, but I am certain that Bruce will have weighed up the the costs and benefits of such action. On the one hand he may need to re- introduce Macca into the fold, but on the other he cannot allow his authority to be challenged otherwise chaos reigns.
