Dubai
Youth Team
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- Nov 26, 2016
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Come on, did you watch us play in Brown's final few games?
We looked jaded, bereft of confidence and beaten before kick-off. The phrase 'losing the dressing room' is a bit of a cliche but those performances reflected Phil's mentality; he'd lost focus, looked tired, fed-up and his post-match comments were those of someone almost pleading for the sack. At that stage we had plunged to 20th in the table and I think only one point off the drop zone.
Powell gave the players the lift that they needed and the freedom to play without fear. Dru was back in the team after Brown had dumped him out of the squad and we became tactically well-drilled (see this video as an example). We ended up finishing 10th. Coincidence? I think not.
I’ve never disagreed we were looking a little jaded and PB had certainly lost the plot a little. What really gets my back up is that absolute love in for “s”CP and people that can not see he is a very average manager that has achieved nothing for us YET and in the same respect for at least 2 seaons couldn’t wait to see the back of a manager that got us promoted “in spite” of his management and then a comfortable top 10 finish the season before his dimissile.
Those same people that critised everything PB did including players getting injured, now put all that down to luck because CP surely can’t do wrong.
I personally think (opinion...) we are in a much weaker position as a club currently than this time last year and the dangerous acceptance of mediocrity has set in amongst the fans blinded by CP.