Glen Williams is arguably his biggest supporter on Twitter, it’s very odd he’s fine for Glens throat albeit it was an extremely daft question.
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We were talking about this in the pub after Saturday’s game and I was wondering whether something happened between him and the press during his playing days.
In his pre-match press conference last week he took just over two minutes to start getting spiky in response to what, on that occasion, was a perfectly reasonable and harmless question. I actually think he misunderstood that one. His response suggested as much.
Considering the local press have been almost exclusively supportive of him since he took over as manager, his attitude towards them is just plain odd.
It’s entertaining, though.
Glen Williams is arguably his biggest supporter on Twitter, it’s very odd he’s fine for Glens throat albeit it was an extremely daft question.
The journo did actually open with "obviously I've got to look for a negative as I'm a journalist". It was I'm sure intended as a tongue-in-cheek comment, but if you gift open goals like that to Morison he'll finish in his familiar tetchy fashion.
It was a stupid way to introduce a question, no doubt about that, but the reaction was way over the top all the same. Morison often seems like he’s an ace away from a full-on meltdown when he’s dealing with the press and it’s difficult to understand why. After all, it’s not as if they give him a hard time. Far from it.
It’s a fascinating sideshow to an already interesting season.
I think if he hasn't got one already he could do with a mentor type person - not necessarily from within football but somewhere he can find a safe space and get push back from a critical friend
He is young and learning his trade so like all of us could possibly do with some support behind the scenes?
He's new to Management and inexperienced at media sessions and he's been caught out a few times speaking his mind and criticising players especially Watters.
I think he panicked a bit and thought it was a bit of an ambush question and wasn’t entirely sure how to answer it, so got spikey quickly as felt under pressure, it’s understandable really, it’s his weakest managerial aspect so far, but he'll get there and positive results will help.
He shoots from the hip at times but I’d much rather that than the corporate bullshit that other managers trot out every interview. I love his honesty
I'm not sure I buy that, he's been involved in professional football for 20 years (including international and Premier League football), he'll have had media training. Like someone else said I think he's just a bit of a grumpy bastard
It's good that he's defending his players and it is a lot more enjoyable than the corporate nonsense that gets trotted out in football (including by Morison/the club when we sign someone), even if his style can be a little detrimental/odd at times
We can agree to differ, I think Management media sessions are completely different to player interviews twice a year where they say, yep I like smacked the fecker into the top corner, oops sorry for swearing im over the moon like, if we played like this every week we wouldn't be so inconsistant like
Interestingly, as I have mentioned elsewhere, Watters seems to have lots of support on Twitter from the fanbase. On the thread where this same discussion is being had, there are over 40 likes and lots of positive comments about it being his best game for us, far outweighing those who commented that he'd been poor (myself included)
I'm amazed, and even wondered if some of the Tweets were sarcastic (one even ended 'great player' )
It's amazing how we football supporters can see the same things completely differently. Watters a trier? That's the first time I've heard him described as that. To me, he often looks lost, a bit sorry for himself, unsure of what to do or where to go as a move builds around him.
I'd honestly like to know what it was that people thought Watters did well on Saturday. Everyone around me seemed to think he should be taken off at half-time. Nobody was signing his praises. On the contrary, people were bemoaning the fact that City could have been three or four goals in front if they had a striker on the pitch worthy of the description.
I'd love to see Watters playing well and scoring goals, but he looks well off the pace to me. What am I missing?
I think he is trying his best but must agree there are times when he does look sad, bewildered even and a bit out of his depth. I hope he scores quickly against WBA if he starts and gets some confidence.
If not, we are sure to pick up a young premiership Striker, looking for a chance to shine at a club that’s playing the ball on the ground and creating lots of chances for him to develop. We look a far better loan option now than in previous years with this team and style of play.