he is to blame for changing the defence

as we were shambolic without Dublin in there.

But that does not explain what happened to the rest of the team. He is not to blame for Robinson and Hughes being absolutely shocking.

We need to wait until at least after the transfer window closes in January to assess Grant though. I have much more confidence that he will learn from his mistakes than Worthington.

As much as it was an error to bring Doherty back in, he has a right to expect that professional footballers will be just that, and do their jobs - which is not to pull shirts, not tackle and pass to opposition players.

Hopefully this might finally herald the arrival of some of the youngsters in the team and clear out some of these senior 'pros', who just aren't up to it.

Posted By: ede on November 19th 2006 at 17:30:59

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surely grant is to blame for today (NCFC) - Dave in France, Nov 19, 17:09:18
- Yes, Pick Doherty ahead of Dion was the mistake (NCFC) - XXL16, Nov 19, 17:43:30
  - come on david, grant fucked up at stoke as well (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 19, 17:45:44
- he is to blame for changing the defence (NCFC) - ede, Nov 19, 17:30:59
- Agree - got it wrong (NCFC) - duke of york, Nov 19, 17:11:07
  - Would you accept Grant's lack of managerial experience as an excuse for what happened? (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Nov 19, 17:14:01
    - No, not at all (NCFC) - duke of york, Nov 19, 17:22:50
    - No...that's twice he's changed the defence after consecutive clean sheets... (NCFC) - Declan, Nov 19, 17:21:23
      - If Dublin was in defence the Haynes header would have been stopped of that I am sure. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Nov 19, 17:24:40

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