Quote Originally Posted by Özim View Post
He talks about their unquestionable commitment and spirit and says you have to give credit to the effort they put in, he seems to watch something different from everyone else, moreover when he's asked about being let down everytime by a squad that he believes in he deflects the question by saying we live in a world of criticism.

I just don't see any acceptance of the shortcomings anytime he speaks, why does he absolutely refuse to see we're just not up to it, especially after pretty much 9 years of the same thing, it's really puzzling.

It seems to me he feels his achievements in the last 9 years are success and that being genuine contenders until the end or actually winning something by beating the best means little.
He's not prepared to criticise the players in public. It's really that simple. If he heaps the same criticism on them as the media and the pundits and the rest then he's only cutting his own throat. This is what he said, let everyone else criticise and he'll get on with his job. Surely nobody thinks he says the same things behind the scenes as he does in public? Do you think after the chav game he took them all to one side and told them they have great spirit and that was it?