I know, its really rubbish when we see this inconsistency from someone. Its a mixed message and thats never good for anyone's sanity . He did say he would always stand by the team and then he said he didnt care what the fans thought and he is too big to be bothered .

Its very unfortunate he then starts getting angry at the players and more to the point cant contain it and channel it. It just is not a good look and apart from making him appear likes he has lost control it probably does make players confused. It is certainly making the onlookers confused.

The criticism of his set up on the field have brought comments from all the fans and Journalists , and that alone should suggest there is something people arent understanding and thus stubbs should be noticing that the combined comments of all of these individuals suggest there are some significant questions about what is happening. Its so fundamental that there is consensus, but he is currently acting like someone who will not listen or worse, cannot hear it because he doesnt have the capacity as a manager.

We all hope his criticism is perceived as positive and something the players can rise too,. He isnt the first manager that has been outspoken and some of those have been very successful. The outstanding issue though is the issues the OP pointed out. The immense pressure our defence has to endure is quite incredible and quite unnatural for a football game. I dont quite remember seeing a performance like the forest one. I couldnt understand what on earth was happening. Yet, this was the team and formation the manager had set up. It was never going to hold out in a hundred attempts.

We have all seen enough football to understand the balance has to be good between attack and defence. There are attacking minded and defending minded managers...but , stubbs, well, he appears to be someone who wants to perfectly balance the books.

I think I ll call him the flawed Accountant.

-- Edited by ian on Wednesday 21st of September 2016 09:48:59 AM

If you are winner you question yourself when things go wrong, if you're a loser you blame everyone else

To be successful you accept that change is constant.

Negative people always see difficulty as opposed to opportunity.

Then there are those who cant take any advice and know already everything