by YorkshireRoyal99 »
10 Feb 2022 15:16
Millsy Snowflake Royal Millsy Re: the interview.
To be fair to Pauno you have an interviewer goading you about a fan protest against you and then you’re effectively asked if you’re going to resign? What’s the guy meant to say?
Having said that Stam was impressive by staying professional and just calmly saying he would continue to do his job and if owners wanted him out would respect that, iirc.
I resign.
Or, I am doing my best and will continue to do so until the owner asks me to leave. I won't walk away and leave the club with no manager because I think that would only make the situation worse. I understand the fans frustrations. I feel them too. I have absolutely no hard feelings. When results are this bad, a reaction is inevitable. It's not good enough.
Makes me wonder if he's genuinely surprised anyone's suggesting he should go. Does he think he has a God given right to stay? Does he really think he's the answer?
I don't think he will think that it's a surprise, he isn't clueless, he's been in football basically all of his life and he's been in management a while, he will understand results reflect his performance ultimately, probably not more so that we are towards the bottom where the results really do matter and every point counts.
I also don't think he has the "right" to stay, but I also do think he has a right to believe he should have his contract honoured as that's what the club trusted him with. I probably do think he believes he is the answer, otherwise he wouldn't be in a job. As much as people don't like the idea of him staying based on current results and position, from a personal point of view, fair play to the man for wanting to rectify what has been going wrong, especially when a fair few of the reasons behind our performance hasn't all been down to his management either, debatably so. I'll always respect someone who wants to change the situation they currently find themselves in, it's part of the reason why I still have some support for Pauno, even though I do want to see a change. I'll support the club whilst he is our manager and when he isn't as well, so I'll always want to see him do well and I do actually want to see him turn this situation around even though I'm losing belief that he is the answer, fair play to him for sticking at this.