Quote Originally Posted by lbj View Post
In terms of football....I always say...

"The older I get - the better I was"...lol

And there are less old team mates ( each year unfortunately ) left alive to argue with me...

But Smallwood was excessively negative and Stubbs saw that quite soon - and other players that were out of favour and not up to the standard he wanted.

Youthful - talented - "footballers" were brought in to be nurtured.

Unfortunately - the core of the squad let us all down - and very unfortunately - TS panicked.

I would rather have AS in charge now - having a long term plan and a transfer window to fill the gaps he had identified than being rudderless - managed by the fitness coach.

Sadly - the social media had a large part to play in AS's demise and that simply should not be - because fan's can't see past results - performances and coaching techniques are lost on them - and the stupid things said about AS was astounding.

We'll I for one wished we'd stuck with
"Mr Personality" - because he would have made it work - as he did in Scotland.

That Scottish final was great football and what did Stubbs have when he joined the club - 3 - 4 - 5 pro's on their books.

Team building takes time....doesn't it ?
You keep banging on about these "youthful talented players" that Stubbs brought in? Who are they exactly?
Scott Allan? Jake Forster-Caskey? Dael Fry? Dominic Ball? Surely not, they've all been shipped out because they're simply not good enough.
Darnell Fisher? Maybe but he's pretty inconsistent at the moment and has a lot to learn.
Izzy Brown? Maybe but he drifts in and out of games, he's not ours, and it looks like Chelsea are going to recall him anyway.
So not much there to write home about.
Then there are the other Stubbs star signings Kelvin Wilson and Dexter Blackstock.
Wow, what a godawful mess he's left behind 😠 but you, and you alone continue to sing his praises. Utterly bizarre when you look at the facts.