Quote Originally Posted by GB. View Post
Another way of looking at it, is that the end was near for the nucleus of the team. AVB was brought in with the remit to sort it out. The senior boys didn't like it and by extension didn't like AVB. They did everything in their power to undermine him. Everyone knows RDM is a temp, so the senior boys decided to stop sulking because RDM is handing them everything they want on a plate, letting the head boys call the shots. Their relative success of the past few weeks won't last.
Pure speculation, but regardless of this it's a manager's job to get players doing what they are suppose to, if he can't manage/handle his players and gain their respect then he's doing something wrong.

It's a results business at the end of the day and if a manager isn't getting the results he's doing a bad job.