HundredRoom
Well-known member
See my reply to you on the 'Grief thread'
Football under karanka was better but let’s leave the Rose tinted verifocals off. Walked out on the club, berated the fans, frustrated tactics, no plan b, defending 1-0 leads, 88th min like for like subs etc. He provided good football for a while but was out of his depth in the premier league and hasn’t achieved anything since leaving us. Kept stuani out of position/on bench, misused Rhodes, created social divide between players and staff and so on and so on
It was not Karanka that was out of his depth. He was a Head Coach. The clubs recruitment failed him, he told us all very openly, it is just that supporters failed to notice or believe him, they put their faith in the wrong man. Tony Pulis has rightly criticised Boro’s recruitment policy in the last few days. He has rightly said a Manager (Head Coach) loses their job whilst others that bring players in keep their jobs behind the scenes. A Head Coach has to make a team perform from the gifts he is given by the recruitment team and the paymaster (Gibson). How Gill, as one example, is still there, is beyond me. On recruitment Pulis is right. Karanka made it clear in January 2017. Downing confirmed Karanka did not want him on BBC Tees. Head Coaches, the title tells you their role. Smoke and Mirrors of recruitment was Pulis’s phrase in his interview. One person gets the blame for the mistakes of others. If you don’t have the right tools to start with, you wont do as good a job as you might otherwise.
Pulis On Boro’s Recruitment
No one was holding a gun to karankas head when we were losing 1-0 to get him to swap a defensive midfielder for a defensive midfielder in the 85th min at home. No one made him leave one the championships most prolific goal scorers on the bench to make a point. Recruitment team didn’t make him play stuani out of position.
Boro definitely had and have recruitment problems but karanka wasn’t some mega manager that was let down by a few bad buys.