Two weird things to add to the mix

Last year Manning had an absolutely horrific time in his personal life, and I wonder if that has made him realise that some things [indeed, many things?] are more impoortant than football. Does that attitude creep into this football world? [see Glenn Roeder]

And second, it seems that our injuries are disproportunately affecting our younger players [Chrisene, Mahovo, Forsyth, Myles, Forson] Are our training methods too intense for less-grizzed pros?

Posted By: Henclrikus on October 19th 2025 at 11:57:24

Message Thread

Zoe Webber and Ben Knapper pretending that JHT’s job was to get top 6 (NCFC) - footymadman, Oct 19, 10:59:54
- The repeated refusal of Knapper to make himself available for interview is really poor (NCFC) - norwaay, Oct 19, 11:26:55
  - Style (NCFC) - The Ghost MP1969, Oct 19, 14:42:17
  - We are now in the 'damned if you do' phase (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 19, 11:37:48
    - I was talking about the very specific note (NCFC) - camcan, Oct 19, 11:44:49
      - I used the word sensible in its literal sense. (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 19, 11:52:46
        
        To be fair, the apparently sudden switch in targets was bizarre (NCFC) - norwaay, Oct 19, 12:19:29
        
        Not intended to be targetted. (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 19, 12:30:41
    - This is very true (NCFC) - norwaay, Oct 19, 11:39:33
      - What on earth does he say though? (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 19, 11:41:35
        
        Indeed - but the optics of refusing interviews has its own very specific dynamic. (NCFC) - norwaay, Oct 19, 12:18:06
        
        Or being the Senior manager ,supporting YOUR team! (n/m) (NCFC) - The Ghost MP1969, Oct 19, 14:44:34
        
        It’s hardly deflecting blame from manager either (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Oct 19, 13:32:26
        
        You only get to be honest when you are doing well (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 19, 11:47:59
        
        Injuries are part of the annoyance at the club though (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 19, 11:52:07
        
        Two weird things to add to the mix (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 19, 11:57:24
        
        Diallo is very young too, and new to the league (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 19, 12:08:35
        
        Yep. Forgot him. (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 19, 12:16:00
        
        Dont players ... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 19, 12:06:42
- JHT with Darling, Mattesen and Diallo added plus Nunez retained would have had this lot (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 19, 11:16:13
  - Yeah - Nunez going was inevitable, based on what knapper says (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 19, 11:56:45
- Don’t they just. The issue they actually had was the senior players didn’t want him… (NCFC) - WalksietheReturn, Oct 19, 11:05:20
  - Yes. The senior players should have gone. Coaching wise JHT was streets ahead of Manning (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 19, 11:14:30
    - Neither of them are any good give me experience every time rather than the children we’ve (n/m) (NCFC) - Mickdundee, Oct 19, 12:31:51
    - Gunn, Duffy, Kenny and Nunez had all tuned out. (n/m) (NCFC) - WalksietheReturn, Oct 19, 11:18:49

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