But why does he not want to be here ? That's the question
What we needed and should have had over the summer is a good clear out of the old guard. So I know it wouldn't have been popular in the summer and indeed for some not now, but the likes of Martin, Bassong, Turner, Hoolahan, Whittaker and Tettey / Mulumbu should have been moved on and we should have kept O'Neil. The players we bought are generally good prospects, although clearly AN doesn't have the ability to get them playing at there best, indeed it's remarkable that the only player in our squad who is developing and playing any where near their full potential is on loan in the land of the poison dwarf. The outgoings would have made space in the squad for some decent players with the right mindset for a championship promotion chasing team (a couple of championship veterans and some more young quality PL hungry players). By moving on Martin & Tettey we could have had a clear change of leadership on the pitch, which was seriously lacking last season and so far this season. AN needed to make changes in the summer to stamp his authority on the team and make it abundantly clear that the players needed to buck their ideas ups and leave their poor PL attitude in the PL, instead we just slept walked into the championship thinking that the quality of our squad would ensure that we would at least be challenging for promotion.
I think at the moment there's more chance of us getting relegated this season than promoted. I fear that the board will not act until all is lost and I can only hope that between now and the start of next we get a new manager who is willing and able to make a radical overhaul of the team. Any new managers job will be much more difficult than AN's at the end of last season because a fear the likes Klose, Howson Brady etc will not want to spend a second year in the championship.
) defence which has leaked 34 goals in 22 games
