I agree, and also think he knew he needed at least one of them to pick up some form if we were to improve, I think they have both reacted well.
I guess you can also make a case that they would have done this without the comments and should have been playing all along.
We won’t know, but let’s hope the goals keep coming along with the wins.
It seems the worse thing to have come out of the comments are a couple of fans have had their feels hurt.