Holt Remonstrating At Hartley

[Guest]

Not for the first time this season have we seen players giving Hartley pellets during a game. Holt at least twice today. 

Is this a clear sign that Paul has lost credibility with the players?

Usually results in a player being frozen out of the team but unfortunately Hartley has never covered the left back position. 

Edited 15 April 2017 by Guest

[Attilio]

Just now, HIHO said:

Not for the first time this season have we seen players giving Hartley pellets during a game. Holt at least twice today. 

Is this a clear sign that Paul has lost credibility with the players?

Usually results in a player being frozen out of the team but unfortunately Hartley has never covered the left back position. 

Holt giving anyone pelters today is hard to comprehend.  Kettle, pot and black spring to mind.

Your point about no cover is well made as well.  The boy has looked like his confidence has been shot for some time imo.  He was not alone by any means but he was all over the place in the 2nd half.

[barkblue]

8 minutes ago, Attilio said:

Holt giving anyone pelters today is hard to comprehend.  Kettle, pot and black spring to mind.

Your point about no cover is well made as well.  The boy has looked like his confidence has been shot for some time imo.  He was not alone by any means but he was all over the place in the 2nd half.

Other than one great interception first half, he was poor, but give the guy a break Hartley. One week he's a LB, the next he's a CB. Today he was both and neither. Any wonder the players don't know if they're coming or going?

[Guest]

This wasn't intended as a dig on Holt BTW but suggesting that some of the players, regardless of how good or bad, appear to have a lack or respect toward Hartley and they are not afraid to show that publicly. 

[Attilio]

1 minute ago, barkblue said:

Other than one great interception first half, he was poor, but give the guy a break Hartley. One week he's a LB, the next he's a CB. Today he was both and neither. Any wonder the players don't know if they're coming or going?

A fair point BB and that was how it looked tbf.  He wasn't alone imo.  Kerr looked a lot less effective on the 'wrong' side of the pitch.  if we wanted to play three at the back why was Ghadz on the bench.  I could go on and on.

[Blue4evr]

I wonder how Holt would look at right back?

[barkblue]

6 minutes ago, Attilio said:

A fair point BB and that was how it looked tbf.  He wasn't alone imo.  Kerr looked a lot less effective on the 'wrong' side of the pitch.  if we wanted to play three at the back why was Ghadz on the bench.  I could go on and on.

Yeah, absolutely. Kerr got two chances early on to break up field and seemed to be trying to do things with the wrong feet and body shape due to being on the unnatural side of the park for him. It seemed to impact his confidence from there too.