|
Post by jose on Oct 31, 2020 17:14:02 GMT
I loved City winning the salary cap before it was even announced.
I also noted McCall (and I love McCall like the rest but the poor bastard has no hope here) saying he'd found a formation that worked in the week, after 3-0 / 1-0 reverses was bizarre.
|
|
|
Post by Hobhead on Oct 31, 2020 17:23:41 GMT
Did McCall just kick off the interview with a sneaky F bomb?
|
|
|
Post by Hobhead on Oct 31, 2020 17:24:28 GMT
Oh Christ, ‘absolutely everyone gave the maximum in that second half’. No, no fucking no, Stuart.
|
|
|
Post by Hobhead on Oct 31, 2020 17:26:31 GMT
‘Going down to ten men was key’ - we were utter shite before the red.
‘They didn’t manage the wind better than us, it was the red’. This despite us playing hoof into the wind time and time again before the red.
|
|
|
Post by Hobhead on Oct 31, 2020 17:29:29 GMT
Every answer leads to the red card.
He’s just talking shit now.
|
|
|
Post by Lofty on Oct 31, 2020 17:29:46 GMT
The red counted for nothing. Predictable that he'd use that as an excuse. We were shit before it and would have been shit if it never happened.
Fucking spineless cunts.
|
|
|
Post by Hobhead on Oct 31, 2020 17:38:00 GMT
LaDs GaVe ThEiR aBsOlUtE mAxImUm.
|
|
|
Post by rahicscissorbudget on Oct 31, 2020 17:41:57 GMT
LaDs GaVe ThEiR aBsOlUtE mAxImUm. They probably did, but they’re shit. Expecting them to be good players suddenly is unrealistic. It’s not their fault they’re shit, it’s the recruitment systems fault for signing shit players. I kind of understand Stuart blowing smoke up their arses, they probably would be worse if he was calling them shit all the time. He’s trying to screw some cabinets together but instead of a screwdriver he’s got a spoon.
|
|
|
Post by Hobhead on Oct 31, 2020 17:51:04 GMT
LaDs GaVe ThEiR aBsOlUtE mAxImUm. They probably did, but they’re shit. Expecting them to be good players suddenly is unrealistic. It’s not their fault they’re shit, it’s the recruitment systems fault for signing shit players. I kind of understand Stuart blowing smoke up their arses, they probably would be worse if he was calling them shit all the time. He’s trying to screw some cabinets together but instead of a screwdriver he’s got a spoon. What percentage of this squad are his? Even then though I’d have to agree because it’s the hierarchy of this club that think shoving an iPad under Stuart’s nose and paying for a WyScout subscription is job done and time for a pint.
|
|
|
Post by rahicscissorbudget on Oct 31, 2020 17:54:18 GMT
They probably did, but they’re shit. Expecting them to be good players suddenly is unrealistic. It’s not their fault they’re shit, it’s the recruitment systems fault for signing shit players. I kind of understand Stuart blowing smoke up their arses, they probably would be worse if he was calling them shit all the time. He’s trying to screw some cabinets together but instead of a screwdriver he’s got a spoon. What percentage of this squad are his? Even then though I’d have to agree because it’s the hierarchy of this club that think shoving an iPad under Stuart’s nose and paying for a WyScout subscription is job done and time for a pint. We’re £400k under the salary cap, he’s working with what he’s been given. He’s gonna be the fall guy, and even though he’s really not that good I honestly think he’s about the least culpable person at city.
|
|
|
Post by mikehunt on Oct 31, 2020 18:32:37 GMT
They probably did, but they’re shit. Expecting them to be good players suddenly is unrealistic. It’s not their fault they’re shit, it’s the recruitment systems fault for signing shit players. I kind of understand Stuart blowing smoke up their arses, they probably would be worse if he was calling them shit all the time. He’s trying to screw some cabinets together but instead of a screwdriver he’s got a spoon. What percentage of this squad are his? Even then though I’d have to agree because it’s the hierarchy of this club that think shoving an iPad under Stuart’s nose and paying for a WyScout subscription is job done and time for a pint. I make it half the squad signed by McCall. ROD Hosannah Cooke Clarke Sikora Cousin Dawson Evans Watt Sutton DMH Scales Shanks Samuels That’s 13 signed by Stuart Hornby Longridge AOC BRE POC Wood French Staunton Novak Ismail Pritchard Donaldson Guthrie That’s 13 not signed by him.
|
|
|
Post by Lofty on Oct 31, 2020 19:02:26 GMT
What percentage of this squad are his? Even then though I’d have to agree because it’s the hierarchy of this club that think shoving an iPad under Stuart’s nose and paying for a WyScout subscription is job done and time for a pint. I make it half the squad signed by McCall. ROD Hosannah Cooke Clarke Sikora Cousin Dawson Evans Watt Sutton DMH Scales Shanks Samuels That’s 13 signed by Stuart Hornby Longridge AOC BRE POC Wood French Staunton Novak Ismail Pritchard Donaldson Guthrie That’s 13 not signed by him. Genuinely can't work out which is the shittest list. 😐 They are both very strong contenders. What an achievement.
|
|
|
Post by mikehunt on Oct 31, 2020 19:08:32 GMT
I make it half the squad signed by McCall. ROD Hosannah Cooke Clarke Sikora Cousin Dawson Evans Watt Sutton DMH Scales Shanks Samuels That’s 13 signed by Stuart Hornby Longridge AOC BRE POC Wood French Staunton Novak Ismail Pritchard Donaldson Guthrie That’s 13 not signed by him. Genuinely can't work out which is the shittest list. 😐 They are both very strong contenders. What an achievement. You could probably get a full side game going between each side, I reckon Stuart’s XI would beat the Bowyer XI but it would take them ages to score a goal.
|
|
|
Post by Lethal Jizzle on Oct 31, 2020 19:15:36 GMT
I make it half the squad signed by McCall. ROD Hosannah Cooke Clarke Sikora Cousin Dawson Evans Watt Sutton DMH Scales Shanks Samuels That’s 13 signed by Stuart Hornby Longridge AOC BRE POC Wood French Staunton Novak Ismail Pritchard Donaldson Guthrie That’s 13 not signed by him. Genuinely can't work out which is the shittest list. 😐 They are both very strong contenders. What an achievement. Let's not forget that Stuart had 6 months !!! 6 whole months to identify and then sign up players and this is the squad he built. People can blame covid and salary cap but in this league there isn 1 team allowed to spend more than another is allowed. That's the whole fucking point of a salary cap. He's brought in shite players, given a contract to DMH when it was quite clear last season he was shit. He's chosen not to spend 400k he could, that's on him. He chooses the umpteen formations he chooses to instruct the players to good the ball in a head wind and he chooses to not have a leader or anybody who can tackle. We all knew this is what he was like as a manager and so did that massive bastard Rhodes.
|
|
|
Post by Hobhead on Oct 31, 2020 19:17:42 GMT
Buyer’s market.
|
|
|
Post by fish on Oct 31, 2020 20:00:23 GMT
That was shambolic. Don't know what was worse, the performance or McCall's interview. Bloke stated he wasn't going to make excuses yet all he did was make excuses.
It was windy. So what did he do? Fight fire with fire and boot it long and high. Although it wasn't very long at all because guess what the wind made sure it didn't pass halfway. Fucking genius.
And why the fuck was Watt on the bench? That bullshit about playing cousin Dawson because it was gonna be a 'battle' made me sick. I don't care if we're playing in a swamp, you play your best players. Especially when you don't have many of them.
I could forgive him if the only reason we were shit was because the squad is shit. But the squad is shit, he built the squad and his tactics are shit. McCall out.
|
|