I get the "player power" narrative, but am skeptical about it's impact. Maybe I don't appreciate just how fragile and eager-to-please club management is, but I don't buy them succumbing to everyday gripes from fringe players. This doesn't mean that certain players weren't making life difficult in the locker room, but the "player power" narrative only works with actual power.
I'm far more inclined to believe your paragraph right before the player power narrative: "There has been naivety in tactics, such as not knowing how to see out a game, or only playing one way regardless of the opponents or the situation. His substitutions always come too late, and a lack of being pragmatic has hindered results." Now *those* are real problems if I'm club management!
I get the "player power" narrative, but am skeptical about it's impact. Maybe I don't appreciate just how fragile and eager-to-please club management is, but I don't buy them succumbing to everyday gripes from fringe players. This doesn't mean that certain players weren't making life difficult in the locker room, but the "player power" narrative only works with actual power.
I'm far more inclined to believe your paragraph right before the player power narrative: "There has been naivety in tactics, such as not knowing how to see out a game, or only playing one way regardless of the opponents or the situation. His substitutions always come too late, and a lack of being pragmatic has hindered results." Now *those* are real problems if I'm club management!