03/09/2008

Neill's performance catching up with him?

The dressing room bust up whith Neill supposedly telling Curbishley to show some leadership reported e.g. by the independent (here) is a telltale sign of a captain in frustration.
But what is he frustrated with?
I’d say Neill is showing obvious signs of frustration with his own performance, certainly as a player and possibly as a captain. We’ve all seen it thousands of times - an obviously missplaced fullback yelling at the goalie after him self causing the goal.
This is no different.
This does, however, not imply that Neill was way off in his "analysis".
If there is at least some truth in previous rumours and ex-West Ham players statements, Curbishley does have a comunication problem, at least with some of his players.
The interesting part is that this comes after a 4-1 win.
I'd hate being in the dressing room after a 1-4 defeat!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Curbs also has a communication problem with the supporters. Results are as good as can reasonably be expected, both this season and last. Maybe he's just too dull.