Karanka v MON & Keane

[Strawberry Avenger]

It's also a squad which AK built to suit his way.

The true comparison would be to look at AK and see how he did when he inherited a side which someone else built, and again that was 9 defeats and finishing 17th.

Folk moan about MON dropping Carva, well what about AK dropping then 10 goal Kieron Dowell, who now sits in 2nd place with Sheff U?

A manager needs his own squad. Personally, results wise, I think MON has done well with what he's inherited. When AK was in the same position, like MON, he dropped the then on-form AM & reverted to hoofing. But unlike MON he didn't get results, and didn't have us in the top 10.

Excellent points, Alf.

No flies on you. ;)

Yeah.  Aitor dropped Kieron like a stone and he'd scored way more goals than £13.5 million Car'.  And yes, 2nd place with Sheff U.  Aitor was crashing and burning with Warburton's team.  (At least MoN is making more of a fist of things with a team that IS NOT his.)  9 defeats and finishing 17th.  (Top of the bottom 8 and if he hadn't got those ten signings and hit the emergency breaks we'd have gone down.)

A manager needs his own squad.

So, not a fair comparison until MoN spends £25 million on his own players.

MoN has done well with what he's inherited.  People forget that Aitor dropped our ACM and reverted to goofball (hoofball some say...)  And yeah.  We were miles off the top ten, a position we were in when he came in.  

We can't have short memories about this stuff.

So, we lost to Rotherham.  We hit the post twice.  Could have been different.  MoN has got us back to basics until the Summer transfer window can dictate otherwise.  That means?  Results are a priority.  Not sexy, toothless football.

MoN's win ratio is far better than Aitor's from the SAME position last year and the league position is healthier relative to the play offs.

Perhaps MoN needs a full pre-season with his own Summer transfer window.  Otherwise it's not a fair comparison.  Which Aitor and which MoN are we comparing?

SA.