Apparently ........ but that Guardian article is so surprisingly unquestioning from a journo who is supposed to be a top sports writer that I can't take it seriously. I reckon DA got the wine out for him or is capable of being a very charming man.
DA had every chance to get us to the Championship. He had the Manager and the players. He made it so obvious he would no longer invest that the manager booked an early flight to Pompey and the players were dispersed around the country as he feared. We played in the play-offs with a keeper who hadn't played for two seasons, how much more obvious did it have to made where we weren't going? The plan to take us up that high was flim-flam to bring in the fans. I reckon it came as a terrible shock when Cookie made it look feasible.
DA had every chance to get us to the Championship. He had the Manager and the players. He made it so obvious he would no longer invest that the manager booked an early flight to Pompey and the players were dispersed around the country as he feared. We played in the play-offs with a keeper who hadn't played for two seasons, how much more obvious did it have to made where we weren't going? The plan to take us up that high was flim-flam to bring in the fans. I reckon it came as a terrible shock when Cookie made it look feasible.