10-09-2019, 16:32
That`s exactly my point, Dev; the devil`s in the practicalities. Yes, in theory we could ditch our manager - again - along with half of the squad that he`s recruited, but we can`t afford to do it.
We`re still paying MA`s contract up until the end of the season, JS has a large chunk of his still to run, so if we did that in effect we`d be paying 3 managers simultaneously. In the same way, unless some club is prepared to take some of our current squad off us on terms that the club and the players concerned would find acceptable - unlikely in the extreme, I`d have thought - we`re saddled with them for the duration and any additions would again cost money that we surely can`t afford.
I can`t argue with what any of you have said, but if the atmosphere in the club as a whole is as bad as you all think it is there must be a root cause and that`s what has to be identified and eradicated first and foremost. Until it is, anything else is just papering over the cracks and unlikely to achieve a great deal. I don`t enough about the internal workings of the club to say what that root cause is - we can all make assumptions but we really don`t know - and it`s inevitable that morale isn`t going to be sky-high when a club`s in the position that we are right now; however, bearing in mind that we`ve been in freefall for several years now, during which time there`s been a complete change in management and playing staff (not to say several complete changes) it`s very difficult to say what it is.
I agree that a very large post-card is required; no argument there either.
We`re still paying MA`s contract up until the end of the season, JS has a large chunk of his still to run, so if we did that in effect we`d be paying 3 managers simultaneously. In the same way, unless some club is prepared to take some of our current squad off us on terms that the club and the players concerned would find acceptable - unlikely in the extreme, I`d have thought - we`re saddled with them for the duration and any additions would again cost money that we surely can`t afford.
I can`t argue with what any of you have said, but if the atmosphere in the club as a whole is as bad as you all think it is there must be a root cause and that`s what has to be identified and eradicated first and foremost. Until it is, anything else is just papering over the cracks and unlikely to achieve a great deal. I don`t enough about the internal workings of the club to say what that root cause is - we can all make assumptions but we really don`t know - and it`s inevitable that morale isn`t going to be sky-high when a club`s in the position that we are right now; however, bearing in mind that we`ve been in freefall for several years now, during which time there`s been a complete change in management and playing staff (not to say several complete changes) it`s very difficult to say what it is.
I agree that a very large post-card is required; no argument there either.