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I might be in the minority here but I genuinely don’t think that there was a lack of effort or an attitude problem today, we were just poor.
When you think about the game we actually had the better chances we just fluffed them and Southend took theirs including a huge deflection.
The game turned when Poleon somehow inexplicably missed that sitter after their keeper had made a great save.

Maybe I’m just being too kind because I was at Blackpool (shudder).

 

The post match interview I heard, Grayson did indeed praise Gibson's contribution, and acknowledged that he looked bright and positive and made an impact. The reporter asked Grayson why he had not figured in the match day squad sooner, and Grayson was very open and honest, and said that the lad had not done enough in training whilst Grayson has been at the club, and he hopes the penny has dropped with Gibson, and realises that he has apply himself more in training and look at Warnock's attitude, for example, who trains likes he plays.

 

Wasn't McCall judge on what he got out of the same players, now he had bare bones compared with what Grayson has at his disposal, Warnock, Guy, Lund.
McCall was expected to get positive results from these players (and rightly so) but because the argument "there not Grayson's players" he gets a free ride, not for me most just wanted Grayson to stop the rot and it took us fans berating the team at Blackpool to do that.

 

Boring you say? You mean like your constant criticism of our managers. You complained about Parkinson enough times, now you are having a pop at a bloke with a proven track record and someone that hasn’t even been able to bring in his own players.

Just for the record, how did Man City do last season under Guardiola? I’d suggest (by their standards) they had a poor season and that was with Pep’s own players. Fast forward 12mths and with another season rebuilding, look at them now.

If you’d been a Man City fan, you’d have wanted him sacked last season...!

 

I want someone in charge who's desperate to manage City, not someone who'll do it on his own terms. Cant believe the arrogance of the man, who plays god awful football to boot! Lets give a young up and coming manager a chance this time, its worked in the past.

 

Even if you don't rate him, city fans should still be hoping Grayson is our manager next season. If he is, it means he's been backed to do the job and we can look forward to bringing in high calibre players. If he leaves, it means we have a midtable budget at best and are set for another average season. I know which one I prefer...

 

People make the mistake regularly of saying lack of effort when in fact we weren’t very good. Players such as Guy, Wyke and Bruenker always put the effort in and if Poleon puts that chance away we might see a different result. We were poor today but it wasn’t through lack of effort, just lack of talent.

 

I remember a McCall after match interview earlier in the season, where he was asked why Gibson was not featuring and his answer was exactly the same as Grayson’s last night.
“ I can only go by what I see in training”
Can they both be wrong?

I think Gibson obviously has potential, but if his general attitude isn’t right he’s going to make it hard for himself

 

As mentioned above Grayson gave an honest opinion about Gibson and the rest of the youngsters. Would you rather he came out and said he was great and had made it? I like Graysons refreshingly honest assessment of what he has at the club. He’s not here to make friends like McCall. Even Wayne Jacobs praised his appraisal and backed it up by saying that youngsters had to put it in everyday, not just on match days.

There can be no coincidence that Gibson, despite his obvious talent found himself on trial with us after Rangers released him, and that Stuart only gave him a handful of starts in non events, even when we were down to the bare bones.

 

Grayson confirmed on The Pulse that an overhaul is needed. So he knows it's not good enough.

 

all this talk of grayson not being good enough for the job is imo ridiculous.He can't be judged yet until he gets his own players in. at the moment theres not amanager in the land could get results with the bare bones he has to work with. Lets be honest hes got fair players out injured or others not wanting to play for whatever reason,only they know.So until he gets to manage,and that's a big if, then and only then can he be judged.

 

Bit wide of the mark there Jay. I sit in my Season Ticket seat, lower JCT.
Roger Owen.

 

It was a bright cameo from Gibson but to be brutally honest - he snatched at a good chance and didn't really get a decent ball into the box. I think Grayson's comments were completely fair and an admittance that this is a player that has to carry on improving.

There is heaps of talent there but its a talent that McCall, as a manager who favoured these kind of players, didn't give many league minutes to either. Only 20mins while 3-0 down against Wimbledon and 10mins while 2-0 down at Oldham. At least Grayson has given him a good chances to impact games, while at 0-0 at Doncaster and at 1-1 last night.

Maybe McCall had similar advice for Gibson to that which Grayson provided in his post-match interview.

 

It’s not so much about fitness even though I think looking at the players this season they seem behind other seasons. It’s about attitude it small sided games and putting the effort in and standing out. Like Hawkes must have done as Grayson alluded to.

 

The teams that do wel in lower league football are adaptable. Get it down and play when surfaces and opposition allow and when the pitch is like it has been or we are outnumbered in midfield it needs to be more long ball. We need Grayson here or someone like him who has record of producing winning and successful teams. Wake up Fordy

 

Bronco to Sunderland !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Im not sure he’s ready for management just yet

 

Sorry I didn’t see him play last. Other half says he looked good last night, but he was actually more impressed with Hawkes not sure of his name, he looked cool and composed.

For me Grayson and McCall are absolutely right about training. Having talent is not enough, you have to train and work hard, then you will be absolutely ready to play. It is also a matter of discipline in that as a professional you have to do things that we don’t like. Gibson has some growing up to do, and I hope his father can Instill in him the need to work hard in training.. look no further than Stephen Warnock for what it takes to perform at the top level.

 

Every time I have seen Gibson he has been excellent. But if he is not putting in the effort in and standing out at his place of work the training ground he shouldn’t be picked

 

But you’re still missing my point Dave.

If you are a young player starting out in the game and your manager has not yet seen you perform in a matchday environment, what has he got at his disposal to judge your ability? He either sees you in a game or he likes what he sees in training.

Now, if Grayson has never seen Gibson before this season, he can only judge the player on the training pitch. If he doesn’t do what we’ve seen him do, how can Grayson think he’s good enough.

Put another way, clubs have trials before they sign some players. They don’t tend to give a trial to known, experienced players (though we have done in the past). Gibson is effectively on trial as Grayson has no other knowledge of what he can do.