Not defending Butler making seemingly unnecessary late subs but the ‘stubborn’ tag gets bandied about too easily for me. Many of the calls fans have made in recent weeks and months, Butler has seen also and acted upon. Ewing was dropped, Mahady dropped, new recruits, etc. Sometimes mistaken, but stubborn? Nah, he’s managing as he sees fit and unfortunately when it doesn’t work he gets accused of being stubborn because the online experts knew better. He’s not stubborn when it’s going well is he. 8 don’t want a manager who hadn’t the courage of his convictions and kowtows to every supporter opinion.
Do you not think Whitehall concentrating more on playing football today and spending less time looking for free kicks might just have been down to Butler speaking to him about it? Steady though, let’s not offer Butler praise where it might be warranted.
