Are we playing with fear? So many reasons why performances can be effected. I’m not anti Nige but it’s a strange game to play, with the “bus” analogy and seemingly deliberately leaving players out, plus his post match comments regarding the quality of the squad he has to play with. To me, it all seems very negative, or at least creates a kind of malaise, for fans and possibly the players (as his comments are made in public).
RB/Gary Owers commented repeatedly yesterday about how we only started playing towards the end of the match, and that we can do it…
Perhaps Nige should have kept all these comments private/on the training ground. Even so, it strikes me that this style of management isn’t that productive.