Not so Black and White as that.
He has the final say on transfers, so he said.
He struggled to find players better than what we've already got, so he said.
He saw 500 million DVDs of other CB and still couldn't come up with a solution, so he told us.
As somebody mentioned above, when you start propping up the hierarchy and spill that kind of sh*t to the fans, you're leaving yourself wide open by making yourself look complicit.
I agree with all that too, Jürgen has effectively been a "bullshitter". The reason that doesn't annoy me though, is that IMHO ALL managers are "bullshitters" and all of them spin the truth in order to suit their agenda.
You and I know mate how the pitchfork crew would have responded to such comments previously. By now they'd be analysing every word of every interview, talking about body language, whether or not he needed a defensive coach, whether or not he's "getting the best" out of certain players etc. That would before they've even got onto how his teeth look etc.
None of that stuff ever really appealed to me though, so I'm not going to get into it now. Of course there are players better than our defenders in World football, and to say there wasn't was a ridiculous thing to say (if we disregard the fact that he was probably trying his best to make the defenders feel good about themselves). To say he was "totally in control" of transfers was a ridiculous thing to say (if we disregard that he was trying to once and for all stand up and take the responsibility for whoever walks in the door).
Saying we'd win the league within four seasons was probably a ridiculous thing to say too, but it sounded good to us all at the time and I for one won't be holding him to it. I think perhaps once he's realised just how difficult it is to do that (I still don't think he does), he'll be less inclined to toss off the league cup than he is currently.
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