Anyone go to this tour in the end? They ended up adding more dates so I went to Bristol as well as Wolverhampton as both my daughter and I love them. Have to say they were on top form; much better than when I saw them at Birmingham on the 'Down In the Weeds........' tour when Conor Oberst was...
Completely agree about accountability (What did YOU do to make sure we won? Or to keep the ball out the net?)
Carrick seemed very popular with a lot of players but most of the quotes seem to come from the standpoint of what he'd done to help them develop their careers (often with little benefit...
He did throw the players under the bus to a certain extent after the final day capitulation at Preston however I think that was more to do with applying pressure on the club to bring players in in the summer. We don't know how the players reacted to that (he didn't name names) but we didn't...
The trouble with persuading these promising young players to sign for us on the basis of how we can develop them is that you end up with players who inevitably view us as a stepping stone so their agents test the water every transfer window. I appreciate the financial sense but I just want some...