Another game, another disaster, another gutless display. I could go on all day with how shocking our performance was on Saturday, infact you would be able to say the same thing about the first 180 minutes of the season.
For a number of years, there has been something that just hasn’t been right. Since Steve Bruce left in 2011, we are onto our fourth manager or head coach in less than four years. Five, if we include Kevin Ball’s temporary three match reign.
Dick Advocaat is the most experienced of the four permanent bosses that have been and gone, yet he still cannot find the solution for the obvious problems within the squad and club. Following another humilating Saturday afternoon, Advocaat said. “Even this squad must be good enough to get a better result against Norwich with five new players, but there is something wrong, that’s quite simple.”
“I have an idea about it, but tomorrow we will have a meeting and they can talk and I will talk.
“What was so wrong was I saw players playing – and I don’t want to mention names, it was the whole team with the exception of one or two players – and they did things that I don’t expect from a player at this level.
“I have to know why that can happen because it’s really strange for me. You can play badly and badly, but not knowing what to do is even worse.”
Ellis Short has a lot to answer for, with his decision making along with his members on the board. However, the players must take the majority of the blame, some have gone through four managers in less than four years.
Sunday could turn out to be a pivitol day in saving SAFC’s season, two weeks in.
