RoyalBlue Learn to read a bit more carefully. The 'abuse' was used in the heat of the moment after an incredibly inept performance by him and the team and an absolutely absurb post match interview, during which he appeared to intimate that the reason he hadn't brought Guthrie on was that he wasn't fit. Well, whichever way you look at it, you have to be a pretty dumb manager to put a player on the bench when he's not fit. We may have a weak squad (for which he has to take some blame) but we're still not short of fit players. Those limitations aren't perceived, they are there for all (barring the most myopic of followers) to see.
Equally, you have to be pretty dumb if you fail to spot (like it/agree with it or not) that being an an intelligent, hard-working, honest and likeable bloke counts for virtually nothing if you can't deliver performances and results in the PL.
So I'm not attempting to justify my comment, I'm explaining why I made it - a subtle difference, which you will probably fail to appreciate.
Before McDermott took us as low as we now find ourselves, I made it clear that I respected all his qualities you refer to, and what he has achieved in the past. However, I made it equally clear that, IMO, those things alone were not enough if he continued to fail, failed to learn and adapt, and took us to rapid relegation this season. I remain unchanged in that view.
And I'm afraid if he continues to perform/manage the way he is, and then adds insult to injury with his post match interviews, then I may well react with some more 'abuse' in the heat of the moment. What's more, I will not be the only one and you will increasingly see the side of football fans you despise.
Strangely, given all that you say about me, as someone who does regularly attend matches, I think it will still be some time before I joined in chants for McDermott's dismissal. In the heat of the moment, I may yell about some of his ludicrous tactics/substitutions etc. but I don't really want to subject him to mass chants. I hope either he or the club will do the sensible thing before it comes to that.
We may not have the same level of funds, which is why it is even more critical that the manager doesn't squander those that he has on players who don't fit in with his preferred style of play. Equally, the manager/club should not further limit their choices by freezing players out of contention due to contractual issues.
So much wriggling.
So now he's not a clown, that was just said in the heat of the moment, right?
Now he's just "pretty dumb".
Great. What a fella.
