Actually EL P You are correct, reading the article again, Greer approached Naylor to spout all this on his own free will. So I accept Greer has said all this about his previous two managers without being pushed to say anything. Gone down in my estimation he has after those comments, as he could...
I couldn't agree more a captains duty to try and help morale and do what he can to get the fans to support the team, but to come out with something so utterly ridiculous as he is a better manager than the two previous managers is an insult to those two guys and to the intelligence of the fans...