Harris (a wee rant, sorry)

[Former Labour leader]

While we have all witnessed some absolutely awful managers I can't remember ever having a manager as cowardly as Harris.

He is odious and a coward.

Reading his interview after the Forest defeat was embarrassing.

Blaming a player, who is no longer with us, for conceding two goals against Wycombe is a cowardly act. The Wycombe game was last week and he should have been concentrating on the defeat against Forest this weekend. It's pathetic blaming a player who he doesn't have to look in the eye today at training. Leicester won't be loaning us players anytime soon, so there will be longer term ramifications of not using a loan signing and slagging him off the moment he leaves the club.

Also, nearly all of his comments and excused about the games we lose is about 'conceding a soft goal'. He rarely blames his teams inability to keep the ball, pass the ball, the poor tactics, the poor substitutions, lack of energy, lack of pace etc... why? because all of those things reflect HIS management style and approach... and it is easier for him to blame individual mistakes as it shifts responsibility away from his own failures and onto individuals.

I know people have pointed out the lack of managerial options out there to replace him, but surely there is a less cowardly manager available.

I think I agree with much of what you say. The final straw for me was the calling out of an individual player.
Harris is under pressure and may be close to losing the dressing room.

[AfricanBluebird]

I think I agree with much of what you say. The final straw for me was the calling out of an individual player.
Harris is under pressure and may be close to losing the dressing room.

Yeah I agree. The dressing room cannot be a happy place knowing that some players get away with consistently poor performances and never seem to get dropped, while others know that a single mistake they make will provoke the manager to single you out in a post match interview.

Maybe it's just me but I always dislike managers who pick on individual players and blame them for defeats publicly.

If a player makes an obvious mistake that leads to a goal I think it's fine to say "yeah he made a mistake".. but to constantly blame them for defeats is really unacceptable.

[Tuerto]

Bacuna doesn't look like he's trying. Trotting back into position, not getting tight enough and allowing the cross, zero urgency bravery to put himself in a position where he might get done, he doesn't want to know, look how easily players go past him. I know that he's not very good, but he's getting off lightly in my opinion with fans saying that he's not a right back. He may well not be, that doesn't stop him showing some commitment to the cause, he's even stopped kicking players. Looks to me like he's downed tools a bit.

Looking at the body language, the demeanour of the players, the lack of urgency and belief, the feeling that after 10 minutes the whole team has run out of ideas, tells me that something ain't right.

[Hilts]

Yeah I agree. The dressing room cannot be a happy place knowing that some players get away with consistently poor performances and never seem to get dropped, while others know that a single mistake they make will provoke the manager to single you out in a post match interview.

Maybe it's just me but I always dislike managers who pick on individual players and blame them for defeats publicly.

If a player makes an obvious mistake that leads to a goal I think it's fine to say "yeah he made a mistake".. but to constantly blame them for defeats is really unacceptable.

Adam Matthews and Dave Jones comes to mind.

Benkovic is gone though and he did feck up.

[Tuerto]

Adam Matthews and Dave Jones comes to mind.

Benkovic is gone though and he did feck up.

Yup, although we didn't lose that game just because of Benkovic, there was alack of quality and urgency throughout the team and the performance was awful. Wycombe matched us in every department and that's being kind to us.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Adam Matthews and Dave Jones comes to mind.

Benkovic is gone though and he did feck up.

The only thing re Matthews is that we now know that he was quite unprofessional and plenty of players told him to sort himself out. Gabbs spoke about it on Elis James' Feast of Football openly. He really should have kicked on, and perhaps Jones was exasperated with him. Jones rarely dug anyone else out (I could be wrong about that, it was 10 years ago!)

[NYCBlue]

The only thing re Matthews is that we now know that he was quite unprofessional and plenty of players told him to sort himself out. Gabbs spoke about it on Elis James' Feast of Football openly. He really should have kicked on, and perhaps Jones was exasperated with him. Jones rarely dug anyone else out (I could be wrong about that, it was 10 years ago!)

Do you know which episode it was?

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Do you know which episode it was?

Erm, good question! I think it would have been early last season, before a Wales game where they spoke about Matthews getting his career back on track at Charlton and performing at Championship level.

[NYCBlue]

Erm, good question! I think it would have been early last season, before a Wales game where they spoke about Matthews getting his career back on track at Charlton and performing at Championship level.