It seems when a team is playing poorly and struggling, The blame yes is aimed at the players but mostly at the manager. Now it's obvious when pressure is put on the manager that he will try his hardest to turn it around and put all his effort into getting it right but to be fair, If he is trying his hardest and the players aren't surely it should be the players fault and not the managers. I know the "but he picks the team" argument will be thrown out but 9/10 times the team that's starts is what most pick. I was thinking that it would be more fair if like a manger, A player is underperforming then he should be sacked.... In the real world you wouldn't turn up to work, Do the job piss poor and still expect to be paid and then continue to carry on that way and still keep your job, Truth is you would be sacked. The only thing the manager can do is leave the player out and put him up for sale and whilst that is happening the player isn't contributing to the team and still taking his wage home every week for doing NOTHING and if he has a long contract and nobody comes in for him, You're stuck with someone who trains 2/3 hours a day and takes home a week what we would be more than happy with for a year. It would make for a better sport IMO if you could sack the players, Could you imagine how hard they would work if they knew that if they underperformed for a continued period of time they would lose their job! Of course the question would be asked that once you sack the player and its not a transfer window how do you replace them. Would be a easy enough situation to solve, Like an Emergency loan, Have an Emergency signing, When a player is sacked that club have permission to replace him. So any thoughts??
This would be an employment law minefield. You would have to go through some sort of performance management process - need to set objectives that are measurable - difficult to do with a sport that is subjective
No doubt that it would be hard to enforce and bring into the game and also no doubt that if it was brought up every player would be against it. More of a "Do you think this would be more fair" than a "let's try and get this in too the game" sort of thread.
It's subjective though unfortunately. Some people used to believe LJ was a great player, other people questioned his worth in the side (no debates please). With a manager, there whole career rests upon their results. They are called a manager for a reason, it is up to them to make sure the people below them perform to a certain standard. Unfortunately footballers have way more power than they deserve in this game. Until FIFA regulates wages and FFP is brought in across the board, nothing will change. Plenty I'd love to see introduced to football though, which would subsequently kill off many of the bad parts of the game!
Obviously, Like sacking the manager. If a player is to be sacked, It would be the board's decision, It's obvious when a player isn't performing and hasn't been for a long time with likes of Hunt, Kilkenny etc After a few weeks of terrible performances or not getting in the starting line up, Despite being brought in as a first team player on first team wages, The player can be told, "Look you're not up to scratch, You either need to buckle down hard and when/if I give you a chance you need to perform or you carry on as you are and you're job will be on the line" It really would send a rocket up their ass and they will want to play because if they are sacked, Like on the working man's C.V your next employer will question your commitment/attitude and another job/club would be hard to find.
You're missing the point I'm afraid. Our problem, since SOD stopped picking Kilkenny ahead of Reid, is NOT the players. (Although the likes of O'Connor, Wagstaffe, Fielding, Wynter, Harewood etc show poor judgement by SOD). It's down to the ridiculous tactics they're asked to play. OK away from home but daft beyond belief at home. SOD will catch up in the end or be sacked. It's that simple.
SOD will catch up in the end or be sacked. It's that simple.[/QUOTE] SO'D WILL NOT BE SACKED!!! & what the hell has Wagstaffe done wrong!
'And can you really say Wynter is poor' Granted, I saw Wynter only once after Shiny had commented early on. My immediate comment 'needs a bomb up his ......' Let's try it this way - in a relegation battle and he can't even make our bench. Ok, he must be brilliant.
"Let's try it this way - in a relegation battle and he can't even make our bench. Ok, he must be brilliant" OK. Lets try it this way, you said SOD was incapable of selecting a decent team, so whether on not he is on the bench is irrelevant? Your so say bestest ever player in the world, ever, Marvin Elliot was on the bench for our best performance of our season..? I'm beginning to think your not so clever after all.!
Been to every game apart from the first two of the season, and wagstaff is a good player, works his bollox off and he actually gives us something defensively and attacking. Will never be Albert Adomah but he isn't a bad player at all
