10 Jan 2026 18:10:49
Should a manager ridicule his players in public or keep it internal? Does doing it in public take the heat off himself? I can see a big divide in the squad happening, after SD comments. If there wasn't one already.
10 Jan 2026 18:49:42
Nice post bill ?.
10 Jan 2026 18:58:37
Internally mate, rift will grow as it has just on here, there will be a few on the managers side, but mainly against. ?.
10 Jan 2026 19:02:29
Excellent point MV, certainly won't do much for team spirit.
10 Jan 2026 19:10:47
That's a really good question MV. Personally, I don't think any manager (in football or elsewhere) should berate their 'staff' in public. It's unprofessional and leads to discontent and divides in the workplace as you mention.
10 Jan 2026 19:24:39
This principle applies to owners as well. Publicly undermining someone is not a desirable trait.
10 Jan 2026 19:36:29
Perhaps when the third coach can’t do anything with the dross signings and also makes a scene th other two have Mr M might Jsut have to accept someone has squandered his money. The signings are dog ?.
Wilson and co had got it together, the only 11 that performs is the 11 that contains none of the simmer Signings. Chuck a ? coach in there and watch it fall apart - oh soz it already has!
10 Jan 2026 19:56:20
Good post MV like i said mid game, wait for the Dyche it's never my fault post match interview. He the master of deflecting the blame. Nuno got the sack for simular.
10 Jan 2026 19:58:56
What team spirit dtp there's not been one since nuno left ?????.
10 Jan 2026 20:04:42
Only thing I'd say about the summer signings is that they can't have all turned into bad players overnight, remember when sangare arrived 3 year ago?
Took him till end of last season to show the form we paid a club record fee for
Yes I get the injury and illness thing, bit he looked poor prior to that and skeggs you said at the time that you'd watched him and he was crap and should not have signed him
Comments last night from dyche will mean he won't pick any of those players again?
That will be a problem with Europe
Just saying.
10 Jan 2026 20:09:34
Skeggs just for once be a grown up?
Dyche had a job to do that when he arrived?
Any chance has now gone?
10 Jan 2026 20:42:36
I don't think he was undermining anyone. I think he is only saying it as it is, we all agree that first half performance was dire. Obviously if he critiquing individuals then that is a different matter.
They are well paid PL footballers, if they can't take bit of a kick up the backside when things are going badly then they should pack up football and go and sell ice cream.
10 Jan 2026 20:49:33
Like I said dtp no team spirit at the minute the club is rotten to the core. and that's not all dyche is doing. its the muppet edu sooner Mr m realises he's the biggest problem in this club the better. talking of people having Mr ms pants down he's the biggest culprit.
10 Jan 2026 21:07:38
TBH before the Leeds game looking at the fixtures ahead, and the form we were in, I remember projecting that it may be the new year before we get out of the drop zone.
Obviously WHU and Burnley have helped us but in terms of staying up we are on track. that's the nain thing. We were 5/ 2 to ho down when Dyche was appoonted we are now 9/ 1.
Must admit that is a big price.
However those who are saying we are heading for relegation. Get down the bookies. Fill your boots.
9 to 1!
10 Jan 2026 21:54:31
Lego I have to come in at that, it did make smile about bollockings In public, you sure you were in the services, ?I had some mega dressing downs in front of everybody they loved nothing better ?.
10 Jan 2026 21:56:03
Like I've said before 67
I think we will stay up, but that dyche will be replaced at the seasons end
I don't believe the club see any long term future under him
Problem is he has singled out those individual players when he subbed them?
So bakwa, mcatee and zinchenko won't be picked again?
Maybe rightly so, but he's done it in public and these players cost a lot of money, so I can see dyche being in big trouble should we lose heavily on Saturday imo
The two games that I can't forgive dyche for are Everton away and home, they are bang average at best and he should know their players inside out?
But we lost both conceding 5 goals without laying a glove on them, that's not acceptable.
10 Jan 2026 23:28:04
That’s what did for me as well. And Brighton at home as well. As you say - unacceptable.
10 Jan 2026 23:28:28
You're so right Stevie. The services excelled at bollockings in public, particularly on the parade square. I remember being called a 'spastic' on the square by one of the drill sergeants. He must have been a fortune teller.
11 Jan 2026 16:48:01
That’s a great question MV.
I agee with Monty. He didn’t name individuals but made his point.
On many levels it’s a win win for SD. Being a man of the people ( like Cloughie) he’s saying what the fans think. It was a dire first half and fans pay good money to watch millionaires on 50 grand a week perform like that.
Also, it’s SD’s head on the block, not theirs so he’s right to berate them. They should either step up or ship out.
In addition, the best time for a manager to exert his influence is at the earliest opportunity of his tenure, in this case a mere 2 and a half months since his appointment and, significantly, during the first week of his first transfer window.
The message to the hierarchy is “ OK I’ve looked at all the squad. I’m reasonably happy with the first team but these latest signings are mostly dross ( Mr Edu) despite their big price tags ( McAteer, Morato, Cunha, Zinchenko etc). So this is what I want now if you want to progress in the Europa and have cover for our core players to combat injuries and suspensions “
I’d imagine a big striker ( Larson? ) is a priority and possibly one of his tried and trusted former players such as Dwight O Neill.
This is undoubtedly the best resourced club SD has ever managed in his career and he is a shrewd and experienced coach who knows how to get his way…
So, it’s good to tell it how it is imo.