
Originally Posted by
jackal2
Thinking back 30-some years to when Neil Warnock took over an underperforming team from John Barnwell, one his notable early actions in his first few months was to cull from the team, and then from the club, a number of older senior professionals whose performances were no longer matching the respect they seemed to think they deserved. In fairly short order, Hart, Birtles, Pike were left in no doubt that their time was up and that the new manager wanted younger, more athletic, hungrier players who were up for the battle week in, week out.
I suspect if Neil Warnock walked through the door now, Michael Doyle's seeming exalted status would be very quickly diminished.