04-01-2018, 10:02 AM
(04-01-2018, 09:36 AM)kruddler link Wrote:You can call crap. The points you raised as to why actually had nothing to do with why the comments were made.
I never suggested Mick showed more improvement than Bolton.
I never suggested the list was in a better/worse state before/after Micks tenure.
Simply drawing the comparisons that both were coach for a similar period and the natives start beating their drums when results don't show an incline.
IMO Bolton has had the whole team behind him, whereas Mick was at least partially hamstrung. He wouldn't have had Murphy as captain for one. Since your captain sets the tone for the whole team, its a significant yet often overlooked issue within the club...and that spans back further than Mick as well.
My only issue with Bolton up to this point in time has been his inability to pick a side that can actually win.
Others have been more scathing in regards to Bolton than that.
So the only comparisons we are making is that they have coach for the same period. Fair enough. Makes sense.
Mick was hamstrung? How? He didn't get his Captain? He got everything thing else. Coaches. High Performance Team. Players he wanted. Hamstrung? Please. You are grossly over valuing the role of the Captain. There are no rules stopping anyone else provding leadership.
I think you are overrating the guys running around for the Bullants getting beaten most weeks by 8 goals. No magic solutions there, unless you want to take a backward step like Flyboy and play Graham and Kerridge