11-04-2019, 10:43 AM
What mess?
Karanka did a brilliant job in getting rid of most of the rubbish; remember the cull after the Preston Home game?
The squad inherited by MON is a relatively new one - Pantillimon, Robinson, Colback, Lolley, Grabban, Murphy, Carvalho, Jakob, Watson, Hefele, Darikwa and Soudani have all been at the club for no more than two years.
Add the few players that MON signed and the ex Academy players and the squad is relatively new.
MON has strengthened the defence so I would say the players at his disposal are better than what Karanka had; the results he has managed to eke out with those players leaves at lot to be desired.
In defence of MON; he clearly has his own way of doing things and his own way of wanting the team to play, that would inevitably cause some disruption.
That should have been a minor blip; these players are, in the main, seasoned professionals who should be able to take changes to style and formation in their stride.
The current run of bad form has to lie with MON and his decision making; the form may change quite soon, but I doubt it will be soon enough for him to keep his job.
Karanka did a brilliant job in getting rid of most of the rubbish; remember the cull after the Preston Home game?
The squad inherited by MON is a relatively new one - Pantillimon, Robinson, Colback, Lolley, Grabban, Murphy, Carvalho, Jakob, Watson, Hefele, Darikwa and Soudani have all been at the club for no more than two years.
Add the few players that MON signed and the ex Academy players and the squad is relatively new.
MON has strengthened the defence so I would say the players at his disposal are better than what Karanka had; the results he has managed to eke out with those players leaves at lot to be desired.
In defence of MON; he clearly has his own way of doing things and his own way of wanting the team to play, that would inevitably cause some disruption.
That should have been a minor blip; these players are, in the main, seasoned professionals who should be able to take changes to style and formation in their stride.
The current run of bad form has to lie with MON and his decision making; the form may change quite soon, but I doubt it will be soon enough for him to keep his job.