On here there’s people who’d be glad to see the back of him and last season on the Facebook page it was vitriolic almost a campaign to get rid, in fact halfway through last season the sentiment over spilled into quite a hostile atmosphere at hone and all aimed at Butler.People like myself were derided for backing him
Could Butler be the most unloved successful manager since Alan Clark?
Clark was only unloved because Wraith took the ridiculous decision to sack John Duncan who was doing an excellent job, Clark unfairly picked up quite a few supporters flack as a result. Nobody dislikes Butler because the Itchy and Scratchy show got cancelled.
The vast majority of issues fans had with Butler last season was his stubborn insistence on playing 5 at the back with players totally unsuited to the formation.
Nothing to do with liking the man or otherwise.
As soon as he quietly changed formation the noise went away – as it tends to do when your winning.
Of course Butler never admitted he had changed system or accepted he had stuck to a flawed system for too long.
As I think it was Awaywego said, arrogance in a manager is acceptable but stupidity is not.
Clark had arrogance in spades which as a footballer he was entitled to. As a manager not so much. He was disliked because he slagged off his inherited squad as soon as he arrived and said they weren’t good enough to get promoted. Except that’s what the team then went and did. The promotion happened in spite of Clark not because of him.
Clark was only unloved because Wraith took the ridiculous decision to sack John Duncan who was doing an excellent job, Clark unfairly picked up quite a few supporters flack as a result. Nobody dislikes Butler because the Itchy and Scratchy show got cancelled.
Not far off IRONAWE. There was a couple of bits not mentioned.
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