Vincent (King) Kompany,,,,,

[Notsosuperstevedavis]

Dyche never took them seriously and neither did the press because they knew nothing much had changed from the previous game (team sheet, tactics).

They just turned in a way for him to make a really dry joke that may or may not get him some publicity and when you're threatened with relegation it's not what you want to be hearing.

But this is what the OP touches on. The Press conferences. It was mundane bordering disrespectful.

Also: ‘they just turned in a way for him [to get] HIM some publicity’

It should NEVER be about him. I think many realise it, but wont say anything negative about him, as he ‘did a good job’

And: its the way the world works. Fans will always judge the previous manager by the current managers yardstick.

If its currently better, (than the previous mgr) the manager will be looked upon in a dim light. If its currently worse (than the previous manager) the current incumbent becomes the villain.

Its nothing new. Its not exclusive to our club and theres nothing as fickle as a fans ‘support’ you either like that person. Or you dont. This can of course change over time.

[boatshed bill]

I thought this thread was about Vincent Kompany.
Check out the club site (if you haven't already) and see what he did for his testimonial.

[jrgbfc]

He worked miracles. No doubt.

I blame the previous owners for not giving him money to spend.
It was ‘smart price’ football on a ‘smartprice’ budget - while, what seemed to me, MG fattened the clubs bank account to subsequently line his own pockets.

Some people tolerated the the brand of football, whilst winning.
But like anything, if you have to put up with something you dont like for an extended period of time, tolerate will turn to dislike.

Looking at his press conferences, I think he forgot who the paying customer was. They were patronising, with absolutley no information; he had nothing but utter contempt for the media and in turn, I feel, some of the bond was lost with the fans. As far as I’m concerned, he couldn’t be arsed. With them or us. Of course, when its a fan in his face - he’d be different. But that’s one fan.

He shouldnt be forgotten. It was his players we essentially sold for £70m, that bought this seasons team.

But forgive fans for having an emotion about what was put on the pitch and what came out of his mouth. For lengthy periods of time - it was shoite.

VK is breath of fresh air and speaks to media like its a fan asking the question - how it should be.

So, thanks SD for all you did. But dont let the door hit you on the way out.

Dyche thought he was bigger than the club by the end. Almost as if he resented still being here.

[boatshed bill]

Dyche thought he was bigger than the club by the end. Almost as if he resented still being here.

Agreed.
it became all about him.
So many good years, but tarnished in the last couple of seasons.