Having a Gas (ft. Joey Barton)

If we are anywhere near the top at Christmas then most of the ones on here moaning constantly about JB will either disappear without a trace or would have found something else to moan about but probably a few will still be droning on . It really is an embarrassment how the same people use every thread to criticise JB. Personally I fully expect us to show a great improvement in the coming weeks but can't see it starting before either our strikers return or we sign a new striker.

Yes it’s the managers job to motivate players but remember this was a squad on its 3rd manager, who had been asked to play in 3 different styles, missing it’s better players and had been getting beat pretty much every week despite what they tried…. He only publicly criticised Ehmer if I remember rightly and if you have a player who is not listening in training, ignoring instructions and isn’t responding to behind closed doors conversations, the final option is to to try reverse psychology, publically call the player out in public to spark that player into wanting to prove the manager wrong by putting in stellar performances… it’s worked on players in the past, it’ll work in the future, but doesn’t work every time….

I don’t think anyone thought any different to what the manager said?

That should be the minimum expectation. Anything less is unacceptable.

Bang on, we shouldn’t even be here.

There are very few clubs that are in the wrong position in the football pyramid.

Based on last season we are lucky we can only be relegated one division at a time.

My opinion is we shouldn’t have been relegated, I felt we had enough with the correct management.

Thing is, there was obviously some history with Ehmer and Barton

Perhaps they were never going to work well together. That's fine.

Not sure what benefit publicly criticising him did. I am sure the players knew what the deal was.

Calling Ehmer out, was simply playing to the crowd

Enjoyed the chat, it reaffirmed how lucky we are to have a man like Wael at the helm who is a fan and a football man through and through just like JB. Their passion for the game and to get Rovers to a better place comes across strongly and i wish them a long and successful partnership.
JB shoots from the hip and speaks from the heart and like Wael will make mistakes, i believe both will learn from those mistakes and bring success to the club.
I do not analyse every thing JB says and look for contradictions and anomalies as some do ,and are entitled to do , i find it boring and too many threads turns into an excuse to find fault with him and are a reason to sigh and turn off!
I enjoy listening to JB and he gives me confidence, i understand him more after reading his book, and i hope he can overcome his well documented character flaws and win over his detractors.
I think JB realises he has a tough job on his hands and that we are unlikely to storm the league, more likely we will huff and puff our way to mid table around Christmas and then with every one fit and a couple of signings we storm through to promotion one way or another! No doubt there will be melt downs and euphoria on here in equal measure on the way before we come out the other side, good luck Wael and JB , UP THE ROVERS!

I agree it failed but so did everything else that was tried…. JB tried everything possible to get the best out of him but for whatever reason it didn’t work and I just don’t think all of that can be placed at JBs door - especially when neither of the previous 2 managers could make it work either… the player(s) have to take responsibility too if not more so