Quote Originally Posted by Sande_Man View Post
McLean had all the power back then! Players couldn’t down tools….for a start they’d lose out on appearance money, and bonus’. Then there was no Bosman either. They simply had to perform to move on.

This isn’t defending Jack Ross in any way but I’d be surprised if JYM’s methods would work in todays game. Most of the players would have chucked it under him now as well.
I'm not suggesting they can be compared, clearly things are far too different now. However, what's not different is that it's JR's responsibility to motivate these players into a performance (as JYM was) and he just cannot, for whatever reason.