Firstly you can forget about the Admiral. He’s got a better job back here in the NE.
Secondly I’m with RB on this one. Michelle gambled on Butler back in the summer. He was already on the payroll, so was a cheap option. Maybe he was given a certain number of games to get us top of the table with the promise of a renegotiated contract? Just a guess, I have no idea really.
But he was part of the coaching staff under Dean, so in effect part of the problems we had last season. The appointment of Schofield now looks to have worsened the situation rather than improve it.
Add to this the fact that we have lost our kingpin in midfield and two other decent players in Elliot and Ogle and it’s probably not surprising that we now rely on Roberts’s goals and Fitzsimmons’s saves to earn us points.
Butler is looking like he was the wrong person for the job in the first place, but hey-ho! Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
