championship manager 01/02 youth training

If proof were needed that you can only push a fanbase so far it came in the aftermath of Wednesday’s derby debacle as those supporters who stuck the 4-1 defeat out to the bitter end chanted “sack the board!” in the direction of the Directors Box, a lone, frustrated Evertonian walked onto the pitch to express his frustration to three of the players and, in a video clip that quickly went viral, another aimed a passionate, expletive-laden rant at Director of Football, Marcel Brands.ĭepending on your interpretation of Brands’s words, the brief exchange might have offered an unwitting glimpse into the lack of consensus that exists behind the scenes at Everton and the Dutchman’s own sense of futility, frustration and, perhaps, disempowerment.Īsked, “did you recruit them?!” in reference to the players that had just been torn apart by Liverpool and lost for the sixth time in seven matches, Brands replied with a question of his own: “Is it only the players?” Caught in a confrontational moment, it sounded like a reflexively defensive response that suggested the issues in the dugout - ones probably not of his making - were just as salient to the Blues’ sorry predicament as the lack of quality on the pitch.īrands was hired to succeed Everton’s first nominal “Director of Football” in the expectation (at least among supporters) that he would be a more fitting incumbent of the role than had Steve Walsh.

Championship manager 01/02 youth training