Quote Originally Posted by animallittle3 View Post
With all due respect Shad , Hourihane is paid not to throw the towel in and the missing supporters have a right to not spend their money at Oakwell .

I've personally given Hourihane a lot of rope this season on the basis that it's a difficult job and he's an inexperienced coach but I can't defend his comments yesterday .

He knew what the crack was here when he accepted the job and I actually believe it's Hourihane himself who is now trying to flip this one away from himself and his poor decision making and placing it on the ownership .

We know the ownership couldn't run a bath but it's not as though Hourihane has learned from his many mistakes either , he's not a better HC than he was 12 months ago .
Once again I find myself agreeing with some of your points especially about Hourihane not improving as a coach but I disagree about him flipping it on to the owners , I actually think he is telling the truth and saying it as it is, I also think yesterday was the straw that broke the camels back , with Bradshaw getting a late injury and Didzzy running on empty he was left with absolutely nothing up top , they sold his star striker and basically replaced him with nothing , it was a financial decision and not a football one, it was madness and whats more he knows he has been shafted and it is going to be worse next year so in my mind he finally got something right and had the b@lls to come clean with the situation, sometimes the truth is unpalatable and for me this is one of the times . I have been saying all season that these owners need to sell up as they are implementing a gradual decline , they do not back the manager and when we fail they deflect the blame on to the manager well this time the manager has got the first punch in, he has gone up in my estimation , he will be sacked but that was always going to happen and whilst ever these owners are running the show they will do it to the next HC and the one after him and the one after him, whilst ever they are here the decline will continue until we are struggling in the bottom division and then a some of our fans might realise that calling for the managers head every season might not be the wisest move . I know I will be in the minority with my views but I have never been one for joining a flock of sheep and I refuse to pile in when the lynch mob want blood, I try to step back and look through a wider lens and to me our current demise is and has been for a long time down to the owners and for once someone has had the guts to call them out , well done Conor !!