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Minor Gripe

Minor Gripe

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SouthWhite

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Right, Don't get me wrong... I love the way we are playing at the minute, Attacking football, quality young players and a coach who has shown on numerous occasions he knows what he is doing!

But I do sometimes feel AN is very half hearted when it comes to recognition for the fans esp at away games... I've been to a fair few now and 9/10 he doesn't come all the way over like the players do...

He is doing a brilliant job for the team however to make him all around Fans man too, i still think he needs to work on a few things... COYW
 
Who cares, it's a long walk from the dugout to the away end and it's horribly cold at the minute, he probably can't wait to get on the team bus as he has a pre heated seat to keep his sack warm.
 
SouthWhite said:
Right, Don't get me wrong... I love the way we are playing at the minute, Attacking football, quality young players and a coach who has shown on numerous occasions he knows what he is doing!

But I do sometimes feel AN is very half hearted when it comes to recognition for the fans esp at away games... I've been to a fair few now and 9/10 he doesn't come all the way over like the players do...

He is doing a brilliant job for the team however to make him all around Fans man too, i still think he needs to work on a few things... COYW
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The way I see it, he's just letting his players take the credit for their performances without putting himself in the spotlight. Fair play to him.
 
SouthWhite said:
Right, Don't get me wrong... I love the way we are playing at the minute, Attacking football, quality young players and a coach who has shown on numerous occasions he knows what he is doing!

But I do sometimes feel AN is very half hearted when it comes to recognition for the fans esp at away games... I've been to a fair few now and 9/10 he doesn't come all the way over like the players do...

He is doing a brilliant job for the team however to make him all around Fans man too, i still think he needs to work on a few things... COYW
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I prefer that. Grayson used to time his walk over to the fans so that he had his own fanfare. Always used to bug me. Alex strikes me as a business first sort of guy, wouldn't surprise me if he's down the tunnel before the players to set his stall up for the post match briefing.
 
SouthWhite said:
Right, Don't get me wrong... I love the way we are playing at the minute, Attacking football, quality young players and a coach who has shown on numerous occasions he knows what he is doing!

But I do sometimes feel AN is very half hearted when it comes to recognition for the fans esp at away games... I've been to a fair few now and 9/10 he doesn't come all the way over like the players do...

He is doing a brilliant job for the team however to make him all around Fans man too, i still think he needs to work on a few things... COYW
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It must be rather more irksome to you than a 'minor gripe' given you've taken the time to start a whole thread about it.

It really doesn't matter.
 
I don't think it's in his personality to heap praise on anyone....give me good football and a sulky face any day.
 
we all read different things into everything..... for instance I used to like the way Grayson 'allowed the players' to take all the credit before he came across last to thank us.

Never felt it was about his own fanfare - but others did.

As for AN- as long as he makes sure the players acknowledge the fans then I dont mind where he goes at FT.....

At Wolves a few too many walked to the dressing room rather than coming to us.....its easy to come across when we win, it takes a real pro to do it after a loss.
 
Can see the point of the original poster. I've got a lot of time for Neil and his methods but that's one thing Larry always got spot on - he would come right over to us at the end of every away game and give us the big applause. It's a small gesture but it goes a long way. We've all forked out decent money to follow the boys away - a bit of recognition every now and again wouldn't go amiss.
 
I fully understand the OP.

According to the LEP, AN has heaped praise on the fans at Burton, saying that they were vocal and it really does make a difference to the players... but seeing the players and manager come over to the travelling supporters does help bring more of a togetherness. Obviously, I'd rather see a grumpy git delivering 3 points than a polite manager presiding over defeats but AN should really do that courtesy to those who ultimately pay his wages, even if it's not in his nature!
 
If we're down to moaning about this then we can probably enter the Christmas period pretty happy about things.
 
preach said:
Who cares, it's a long walk from the dugout to the away end and it's horribly cold at the minute, he probably can't wait to get on the team bus as he has a pre heated seat to keep his sack warm.
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Would you sensually tongue Alex Neil's gob for 5 grand?
 
cragtek said:
The way I see it, he's just letting his players take the credit for their performances without putting himself in the spotlight. Fair play to him.
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I think that is the case too.

You don’t see many managers that do go over to the away fans.

Neil has praised the fans in several interviews recently.
 
Alex came over to the following at weekend and clapped us all, fair play to him. We all enjoyed the moment but what really came home to me how much TC and PH love our club. They ready we're buzzing when we scored and clapped us all at the end. Great stuff.
 
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