DJ
Moderator
If the players are timid of going to the manager with ideas that's not good. Ok Brian Clough made that statement about discussing things with players and then we decide ''I am right'"but I do think it was a joke ...but partly true. He was a strong character and Eddie could be similar!!! You would like to think, though that someone like Franno , S.Cook, Harry or Defoe could challenge Eddie a bit on issues- that's healthy teamwork surely?
I think you have to take the comments from the BBC interview in the context they were said.
They wouldn't want to make suggestions in regards to training, because that's very much Howe's domain.
But they are able to have their input in player meetings, as mentioned in regards to their end of season reviews, which must be on their mind at the moment because they've either had them or are about to in the coming days/weeks.
Sounded to me that it was more "there's a time and place" for players to have their input. Knocking on the manager's door the morning of a training session and asking for a five-a-side instead of running drills is probably not the time...