Whatever the reasons, any manager who fails to turn Keith Treacy (whatever his "problem") into a match winning left winger is, for me, a failure.
Treacy is one player I would happily pay to see. Phil Brown seems to have taken an immediate dislike to him. For me, Brown wants 11 defensive work horses in his team. How can Daryl Russell be in the team when Mayor and Treacy are not? Ridiculous.
A good defence is partially achieved through the oppo worrying about your forwards. However, with North End's 8 man defence at the moment, teams can concentrate on attacking pretty much most of the time. Eventually, a goal will be scored with our leaky defence. Brown seems to be aiming to win each game 1-0 or to battle for a draw.
Mayor and Treacy should start in any squad, to keep the full backs occupied.
English managers (including North End's new boss) prefer a cart horse to skill. Depressing times ahead for PNE.