Hi Ian.

I think he's publicising it to steer some of the flak away from him, by making it a more 'public' issue. He says he has turned down a number of media interviews, to avoid it becoming a one man crusade.

You are probably correct but he should have thought about this before the first outburst really

With his record I think we should be grateful/surprised he has tried to dig himself out of it a little

Hardly the crime of the century. He said his piece, started the "improvement" ball rolling. Job done.

It could well be that apart from anything else Degsy's comments were designed to take a bit of pressure off the coaching staff and the players.

Good point that chiss.