Joseph Adrian Worrall

[TheGreenMan]

The more I hear/read about AK, the more pathetic as a human I think he is.

Sadly a lot of it is modern football, there's a lot of "politics" in the game these days. A lot of the things I'd criticise AK for are quite common with a number of modern managers, like José Mourinho etc.

It's not just greedy players who will abuse a club to advance their own careers, whilst simultaneously beating their chests & pretending to the fans that they care about the badge.

It's a sad part of the modern game.

I know what you mean and it’s certainly one of the bad aspects of the modern game.

I personally haven’t got a problem with ‘characters’ aslong as they’re consistently doing it on the pitch. I don’t know Worrall personally, never met the bloke, but he always came across in interviews more in the Dawson mould(decent with strong leadership capabilities)than anything else(I could be completely wrong).

[ThePromisedLand]

Amen to that!

[TheGreenMan]

Couldn’t agree more!

[BarryLyons]

I can tell I'm getting old as I just yearn for the old days, no money, no bollox, no razzmatazz, just 11 v 11 on the pitch & let the best team win.

One of the best posts on here ever. Full stop.
All you missed for me was - on Saturday at 3 o’clock.....
Sadly vast sums of money, Sky TV and the rest and more recently VAR are all ruining the game we love.
The level playing field - no pun intended - has been lost forever.
Shame.

[Username]

The more I hear/read about AK, the more pathetic as a human I think he is.

Perhaps don’t take everything you read on the internet as gospel.

[TheGreenMan]

The more I hear/read about AK, the more pathetic as a human I think he is.

Perhaps don’t take everything you read on the internet as gospel.

Who says I take it as gospel?? Like to believe what I like thank you very much!!

[TheGreenMan]

The more I hear/read about AK, the more pathetic as a human I think he is.

Perhaps don’t take everything you read on the internet as gospel.

Who says I take it as gospel?? Like to believe what I like thank you very much!!

As you should. Read everything, believe only what YOU can confirm & form your own opinions.

Exactly mate. I think we’re all wise enough to make our own individual judgments and conclusions even  if that’s different to the next respected man/woman.

[wassy04]

‘not for footballing reasons’
What do you mean NG3?
Never rated him myself but you’ve got me scratching my head with that comment.

It's touched on earlier in the thread, he was rushed cover for Joe who was farmed out because AK didn't like him (as a person, not a player) or his connection to the fans. He didn't want somebody around who might be more popular than him with the fans if things got messy. AK was very keen to cultivate a popular image with the fans (his social media presence is professionally managed) so if the s**t hit the fan & his job was under pressure the backing of the fans could be used as a "human shield" against the club hierarchy.

Tl/dr: Politics

Given our chairmen’s record and the somewhat fickle nature of our some of our fan base this seems like a pretty good strategy to me for AK! It sort of worked too, the fans we’re largely behind him. I mean it’s backfired now. Harsh on Worrall though, although he would’ve been 4th choice. Looks bad now but he’ll come back a better player and depending on who we sign this window should have a good shot at starting next season

[ozzyten10]

This is where the strategy change from warburton to karanka really gets to me. I had bought into the chairman’s letter last year and then the club changed tack, went for karanka and short term boom bust approach. The club are as much to blame. We need a long term sporting director and strategy. The O’Neill appointment smacks of desperation - although I personally like the nostalgia and trust O’Neills motivations.

[ThePromisedLand]

Good to see that Gerrard has stuck with him today.

[Strawberry Avenger]

Good to see that Gerrard has stuck with him today.

He's had quite a few MoM performances up there?

He's young.  He's going to make mistakes.

But he has the cahoneys to get back up and go again.

SA.

[Strawberry Avenger]

Forged in Fire.

We're going to get a very good defender back.

SA.