01-03-2022, 10:37 PM
It’s a bit misleading that the majority of the squad have seen off several managers. When Bilic was appointed in January 2019 I think only Johnstone, Bartley, Phillips, Livermore and Townsend were already here, and some of those only arrived in summer 2018.
It is more of an indictment of how many managers we have hired and fired in such a short period. There’s a board in the Richardson Suite entrance listing our managers and I think it showed we’ve had 9 in 10 years. Therein lies quite a problem - how on earth do we build any sort of identity of playing style and develop a squad to play that way if we are changing managers so often? Make a careful appointment decision and properly back the manager to deliver his plan.
It is more of an indictment of how many managers we have hired and fired in such a short period. There’s a board in the Richardson Suite entrance listing our managers and I think it showed we’ve had 9 in 10 years. Therein lies quite a problem - how on earth do we build any sort of identity of playing style and develop a squad to play that way if we are changing managers so often? Make a careful appointment decision and properly back the manager to deliver his plan.