Having slept on this McAuley issue I find I am still raging about this(please god let this be a wind up)
I totally bought into what Hurst was all about and it is clear that when ME employed him it was with the brief of assembling a squad of younger hungry players from the lower leagues with passion and fire and determination to succeed. We all understood that this is very much work in progress but if he is allowed the time things will get better and better
For a football manager, their integrity, their beliefs, their philosophy of how football should be played is paramount, and the whole football club is set up to reflect this, from training pitch tactics, formations, right through to transfer policies, everything is based on the manager`s beliefs
You can measure a man by his principles and integrity and if that man sticks to those principles in whatever walk of life no matter how others view them, then that man demands a certain level of respect.Even people I have really detested (Margaret Thatcher) received my respect because she fervently believed in what she was doing and stuck by her principles and beliefs right up until the end. The same can be said of MM because no matter how much I thought his football was outdated and dire he believed in them and stuck to his guns therefore in my eyes commanding a modicum of respect
This is not a sign of desperation it is a clear sign of abject panic and if any manager is willing to compromise his beliefs because the pressure is getting too much then in my eyes that man should not manage any football club
And if Hurst completes this signing and they go on an unbeaten run all season and get promoted Hurst will always be a spineless coward to me, who don't have the courage of his convictions to see it through and will lose all respect I have of him as a manager and as a man
Westy- you can take the piss as much as you like, but any man who cant stick to his principles is no man in my eyes, and as for telling me to get a grip that's a bit rich from someone who spouts **** on here on a daily basis
38 year old defender, still cant believe it
Yes still raging!!!
I totally bought into what Hurst was all about and it is clear that when ME employed him it was with the brief of assembling a squad of younger hungry players from the lower leagues with passion and fire and determination to succeed. We all understood that this is very much work in progress but if he is allowed the time things will get better and better
For a football manager, their integrity, their beliefs, their philosophy of how football should be played is paramount, and the whole football club is set up to reflect this, from training pitch tactics, formations, right through to transfer policies, everything is based on the manager`s beliefs
Now that Hurst has been allowed to assemble a squad of players to follow his mantra, at the first sign of pressure he is willing to ditch these principles and sign a 38 year old washed up has been, 38 ffs is he mad. Where is his philosophy, where is his self belief, where is his trust in his players that he signed only a short time ago, what sort of message is he sending to the whole playing staff if he believes that a 38 year old (38 Jesus) can do a better job in defence than anyone there
On a football pitch the worst possible position to play in if you lose a yard or two pace is in the back four, when your legs go you are finished as inevitably you arrive a tad too late in tackles leading to dangerous free kicks/penalties, red and yellow cards in abundance, you only have to look at some of the greats e.g. Neville, Terry, Carragher they all new their time was up when their legs went. In other positions you may get away with it for a couple of years or so as they can allow the ball to cover their failing legs but defenders cant do this as tackling is a major part of their game
On a football pitch the worst possible position to play in if you lose a yard or two pace is in the back four, when your legs go you are finished as inevitably you arrive a tad too late in tackles leading to dangerous free kicks/penalties, red and yellow cards in abundance, you only have to look at some of the greats e.g. Neville, Terry, Carragher they all new their time was up when their legs went. In other positions you may get away with it for a couple of years or so as they can allow the ball to cover their failing legs but defenders cant do this as tackling is a major part of their game
You can measure a man by his principles and integrity and if that man sticks to those principles in whatever walk of life no matter how others view them, then that man demands a certain level of respect.Even people I have really detested (Margaret Thatcher) received my respect because she fervently believed in what she was doing and stuck by her principles and beliefs right up until the end. The same can be said of MM because no matter how much I thought his football was outdated and dire he believed in them and stuck to his guns therefore in my eyes commanding a modicum of respect
This is not a sign of desperation it is a clear sign of abject panic and if any manager is willing to compromise his beliefs because the pressure is getting too much then in my eyes that man should not manage any football club
And if Hurst completes this signing and they go on an unbeaten run all season and get promoted Hurst will always be a spineless coward to me, who don't have the courage of his convictions to see it through and will lose all respect I have of him as a manager and as a man
Westy- you can take the piss as much as you like, but any man who cant stick to his principles is no man in my eyes, and as for telling me to get a grip that's a bit rich from someone who spouts **** on here on a daily basis
38 year old defender, still cant believe it
Yes still raging!!!
