Dead man walking?
Hear me out.
A thought crossed my mind on Saturday whilst i was suffering the depression of us throwing away 2 points yet again, a thought that has festered for the last couple of days whilst i considered whether to post my thoughts.
I looked at our side during the game and felt that we, once again, are missing that "never say die" attitude, the winning mentality that Robbie spoke about. Our team have lost confidence, the fans are quiet and we are feeling rather glum at our run of results.
I look at our "neighbours", a squad that on paper man for man I'm sure most of us would agree should not be so much better than us yet when they take to the pitch they have that belief that they are invincible.
Now i beg the question - has our side lost confidence in Hughes? - his training methods, team selections, formations, tactics, substitutions etc.
Is it feasible that although players always take the field to win a game maybe they are not quite giving their all as they feel that Hughes is one defeat from the sack?
I would think that the players are privy to info that we are not and bearing in mind what we are like for itk stuff on here, maybe certain players are aware that we have sounded out replacements for Hughes?
Is history repeating itself? - we know that last year Hughes won the battle with certain factions within the club however this time the outcome might well be different.....
There is only so much "his" voices within the dressing room can achieve, cliques will have been formed that even Bellamy can't break into and I wonder whether the "powers that be" might have gauged the feelings of certain players and maybe, just maybe, the feedback isn't too glowing.
In summary I wonder whether Hughes is history, maybe he knows it himself, but I certainly get the feeling some of the players are not fighting for him and that one defeat will give our owners the excuse they need.
Dead man walking?
