Match Thread vs. Grimsby 05.02.22 [NL]

[TSANHO]

Vincent being unceremoniously dumped from the starting XI is an issue for me. After waiting for his chance then taking it so well - he deserved better than that. Our own player being made to make way for a loanee.

Agree…and Slocombe too. Doesn’t send out a good message when you play well and get dropped anyway for a managers favourite. Brunt has done absolutely nothing since he’s arrived. Baffling.

The lack of character and desire these last few games is worrying. IB doesn’t seem to be able to motivate the players or display an effective plan B (though at times he has managed to get plan A working very well).

We don’t look like a bonded team at the minute, fans will certainly start turning if we don’t start looking interested, or at least together.

[the_anticlough]

Agree…and Slocombe too. Doesn’t send out a good message when you play well and get dropped anyway for a managers favourite. Brunt has done absolutely nothing since he’s arrived. Baffling.

The lack of character and desire these last few games is worrying. IB doesn’t seem to be able to motivate the players or display an effective plan B (though at times he has managed to get plan A working very well).

We don’t look like a bonded team at the minute, fans will certainly start turning if we don’t start looking interested, or at least together.

Yes, the way I see it......Recruitment may be a little too fond of its radar lists and identified targets. Brunt would only be interesting for us if he was ever released - not as a loanee when we already have his role covered. They should also prioritise that type of recruitment in the closed season and look at more immediate team needs during.

IB has shown he has a ruthless side in acting on DKE, JOB, Slocs and now Vincent (this last one for sure looking very wrong) Fine, but recruitment and team management needs to mix in a generous dollop of emotional intelligence as well - forging a team spirit, creating a band of brothers, is a very important factor to success.
Tough decisions like Richardson for DKE are necessary. Others, that might not appear to be fair to the team, can go the opposite way I guess.