16-12-2020, 17:34
I agree - from the outside this seems weird and unfair but we know that the decision was made before this game and stems back to a stuttering final phase to promotion and a lack of gutsy performances since the start of this season - The team looked united and fought out an amazing 1-1 with City and looked to be fighting for the manager (But why has this not been on display all season).
The board did support him with money but only to secure the services of the loan players we had already. Yes we have Grant - but they sold Hegazi and have entered into a HP agreement for Grant, it was not a war chest.
The damage was done at the Hegazi stage. Bilic, I assume, expressed his feelings in no uncertain terms and so there has been a rift ever since. We have effectively been trying to survive in the Premier League with a Championship Squad and with relationships soured there would have been little trust in a January spend supporting a manager that could be gone at end of season.
I guess the board spoke to candidates and listened to what they would do to shore up and improve the squad and decided they can trust 18 months under Big Sam more than a disgruntled and soon out of contract current manager.
It's a shame as I liked SB very much but this is football. He will walk away suitably compensated and will be earning even more somewhere else very soon. Big Sam will unite the squad and we will become harder to beat and in a few weeks we will have a few new players and possibly start getting results. He might even earn a bonus for staying up.
As they said on the radio - the players won't care as Big Sam gives them a chance of surviving and having another premier League contract next year.
The gravy train continues.
The board did support him with money but only to secure the services of the loan players we had already. Yes we have Grant - but they sold Hegazi and have entered into a HP agreement for Grant, it was not a war chest.
The damage was done at the Hegazi stage. Bilic, I assume, expressed his feelings in no uncertain terms and so there has been a rift ever since. We have effectively been trying to survive in the Premier League with a Championship Squad and with relationships soured there would have been little trust in a January spend supporting a manager that could be gone at end of season.
I guess the board spoke to candidates and listened to what they would do to shore up and improve the squad and decided they can trust 18 months under Big Sam more than a disgruntled and soon out of contract current manager.
It's a shame as I liked SB very much but this is football. He will walk away suitably compensated and will be earning even more somewhere else very soon. Big Sam will unite the squad and we will become harder to beat and in a few weeks we will have a few new players and possibly start getting results. He might even earn a bonus for staying up.
As they said on the radio - the players won't care as Big Sam gives them a chance of surviving and having another premier League contract next year.
The gravy train continues.