Irons take the kids to work – a very poor decision Slav

Carrying your child is fine but not when there’s work to be done

Some things are just wrong and taking the kids to work is one of them.

Alarm bells were rattling all over the place when I watched Winston Reid and the others carrying their kids on to the pitch yesterday afternoon.

We had heard all about focus, intensity, doing a Spurs on Liverpool and then the kids turned up with ‘Daddy’ on the back of their shirts.

Now, let me make it clear I have absolutely nothing against kids…I was one myself once but there is no place for them in the workplace when there’s a serious job to be done.

All it meant was that the players had mentally relaxed and been made to believe they had done the job for a season – yes, they were  given a “it’s holiday time ” mentality.

And the man to blame is Slaven Bilic. He was preaching this message of total focus before allowing an end of term mentality to affect his players.

The performance of the players – if you can call it that – reflected the mindset. It’s time to relax…we’re safe and can now look towards next season.

Bilic has his haters and many of have already seized on this as just another stick with which to beat him at the end of a season when he has had more troubles than enough.

He’s certainly not without fault but I’m not among those who went him gone at this point.

However, I find it more than difficult to accept his decision that the tunnel of the London Stadium should double up as a creche before a hugely important game where his team needs to impress and follow up on a great win against Spurs.

It was a very poor decision and handed ammunition to those who want him gone because they see him as being to soft.

Poor decision Slav…very poor indeed!