Mikey Johnston

[Baggie smudge]

It?s easy to be cynical about footballers but I?ve just read the article about Mikey wanting to stay and fight to help try and keep us up rather than taking the easy route of jumping ship. Apparently there were 2 or 3 offers on the table.
Well done Mikey!
Nice to read something positive about the Albion and I hope it rubs off on the rest of the squad 🤞🏻

[baggieal]

It?s easy to be cynical about footballers but I?ve just read the article about Mikey wanting to stay and fight to help try and keep us up rather than taking the easy route of jumping ship. Apparently there were 2 or 3 offers on the table.
Well done Mikey!
Nice to read something positive about the Albion and I hope it rubs off on the rest of the squad 🤞🏻

Totally agree! That said I had heard a rumour that Mikey and Jason walked out of training today - I hope not but could understand if they did with idiot Ramsay!

[Baggie smudge]

Totally agree! That said I had heard a rumour that Mikey and Jason walked out of training today - I hope not but could understand if they did with idiot Ramsay!

Let?s hope not Al!
Though I do get bad vibes from Ramsay, in that he just doesn?t feel like the right fit. Hope I?m wrong

[Leicesterbaggie]

To my mind, Ramsay does not help himself. He wants to play with wing backs. Fair enough, I do not agree but that is the way he wants to play. Having said that, the one player who can play that role is Styles. What does Ramsay do? He leaves him out. Where is the sense or reason for doing that? There is also the fact that, in my opinion, Styles has been one of our better players this season.

[baggieal]

To my mind, Ramsay does not help himself. He wants to play with wing backs. Fair enough, I do not agree but that is the way he wants to play. Having said that, the one player who can play that role is Styles. What does Ramsay do? He leaves him out. Where is the sense or reason for doing that? There is also the fact that, in my opinion, Styles has been one of our better players this season.

I agree there LB. In our position a sensible coach would not meddle and look at say the Leicester match and make tweeks.

[kettering_baggie]

The players in that Portsmouth match just didn’t look interested, they didn’t look as if they knew what they were supposed to be doing. If Ramsay really is so stubborn and/or clueless, then the players are going to be pi$$ed off. If that rumour about Mikey and Jason were to be true, then that would explain a lot about dressing room morale and why the Fratton Park performance was so bad.

[baggieal]

The players in that Portsmouth match just didn’t look interested, they didn’t look as if they knew what they were supposed to be doing. If Ramsay really is so stubborn and/or clueless, then the players are going to be pi$$ed off. If that rumour about Mikey and Jason were to be true, then that would explain a lot about dressing room morale and why the Fratton Park performance was so bad.

I agree Ketts. Even in a workplace as Omeg will tell you - if a manager is a t wat and a micro manager the staff are not motivated - go off sick - and do not give any extra time. The opposite happens if staff are motivated as they will jump through hoops.

[Omegstrat6]

I agree Ketts. Even in a workplace as Omeg will tell you - if a manager is a t wat and a micro manager the staff are not motivated - go off sick - and do not give any extra time. The opposite happens if staff are motivated as they will jump through hoops.

Yep, I think we may have all experienced that scenario in the workplace at sometime Al and surely it can't be much different in football.

I'd read the bit about Mikey wanting to stay too which is encouraging. Whatever Mason's faults (and he clearly had them), reading between the lines, he at least seemed to have helped instil a togetherness amongst the players and the players themselves seemed to want to do well for both him and each other- even if the end results were very rarely there.

We certainly had some poor performances under Mason but never the kind of capitulations that we have twice witnessed so far under Ramsay in just 4 games. That, in itself, must surely raise red flags about his management of them?

[baggieal]

Yep, I think we may have all experienced that scenario in the workplace at sometime Al and surely it can't be much different in football.

I'd read the bit about Mikey wanting to stay too which is encouraging. Whatever Mason's faults (and he clearly had them), reading between the lines, he at least seemed to have helped instil a togetherness amongst the players and the players themselves seemed to want to do well for both him and each other- even if the end results were very rarely there.

We certainly had some poor performances under Mason but never the kind of capitulations that we have twice witnessed so far under Ramsay in just 4 games. That, in itself, must surely raise red flags about his management of them?

I agree Omeg. We are all human and if a manager ( especially a young one ) tells you to do something and you don?t agree it causes resentment. I am a huge believer of good man management having led teams myself - making team members feel good and empower them. If a manager lacks praise or just consistently pulls one of their team to pieces the results can be catastrophic. A good manager should get buy in from the whole team or collectively they all will turn. I was in favour of days away - team building - lunch with the team and rewards for achievement. Basically making individuals feel valued.

The worst managers I have seen are young ( like Ramsey ) and lack life experience - empathy and good communication skills.

I thought Mason was clueless but for me Mason did not necessarily come across better than Ramsey in interviews but did have more sincerity and genuineness and which is a huge plus when dealing with a team.