Pope John XXIII
Vital Football Legend
Can he have a future here?
I think it's fair to say, he's had a nightmare season. He has been a consistent part of one of the worst defences we have ever had. To compound that, he has made a significant number of individual errors leading directly to goals (like last night) that have cost us numerous points.
Karanka's method of sorting the defence was to drop Mancienne and only play him again when we had nothing to play for- and he performed poorly yet again.
Sorry, but I just don't trust him any more. I'm not sure how we can.
He looks an absolute shadow of the very good player Pearce signed. But no other manager has managed to get those very early performances out of him and he has become increasingly error prone and ridiculously easy to outmuscle.
As a result of that, the bloke's confidence looks shot. He doesn't look like he trusts himself. I have some sympathy, but at the same time he is a professional footballer near the very top of his profession. This is his job and managing his own confidence and psychology is a big part of that job.
It's hard to see where he goes from here other than elsewhere. It might be that he thrives in a less physical league than this one. The bloke has class but there comes a point where we need to stop saying that and start consistently seeing it
I think it's fair to say, he's had a nightmare season. He has been a consistent part of one of the worst defences we have ever had. To compound that, he has made a significant number of individual errors leading directly to goals (like last night) that have cost us numerous points.
Karanka's method of sorting the defence was to drop Mancienne and only play him again when we had nothing to play for- and he performed poorly yet again.
Sorry, but I just don't trust him any more. I'm not sure how we can.
He looks an absolute shadow of the very good player Pearce signed. But no other manager has managed to get those very early performances out of him and he has become increasingly error prone and ridiculously easy to outmuscle.
As a result of that, the bloke's confidence looks shot. He doesn't look like he trusts himself. I have some sympathy, but at the same time he is a professional footballer near the very top of his profession. This is his job and managing his own confidence and psychology is a big part of that job.
It's hard to see where he goes from here other than elsewhere. It might be that he thrives in a less physical league than this one. The bloke has class but there comes a point where we need to stop saying that and start consistently seeing it