13-09-2015, 21:43
I'm not going to lie, but I wasn't exactly thrilled when we appointed Powell. I was never that impressed with his Charlton sides but they were relatively effective, if very dull. When he was appointed I was expecting the same but he appears to have only delivered the dull side of things!
He isn't a great manager and he hasn't been able to get the best out of what he's got. That was his 'brief' when he was appointed and he was happy with that. More fool him working under our current board constraints but this will be the same for any manager appointed by this board. This board cannot make it work in this 'big boy' league and need to rapidly change their outlook.
Balancing the books is all well and good if you want to run a nice little club in league 2. You cant do this in the Championship and maybe Hoyle was naïve to think he could? Maybe he really didn't run the numbers prior to doing all within his power to get us out of league 1? Where is that drive to succeed now?
The problem is, Hoyle wont walk away and I doubt there is a long list of investors waiting to take us on. Where is the potential? Hoyle has us where he wants us and he is busily recouping his investment before getting out. He must have recouped well over 50% of his investment with player sales etc, so he hasn't done half bad really. What bugs me though is that why does he just not go for it and back us to the hilt? He has the financial clout to take us to the promised land, yet would rather see us struggle in order to seemingly have a nice balance sheet!
The fans have no say and until another rich benefactor comes along, then its hello healthy balance sheet and bye bye Championship!!!
He isn't a great manager and he hasn't been able to get the best out of what he's got. That was his 'brief' when he was appointed and he was happy with that. More fool him working under our current board constraints but this will be the same for any manager appointed by this board. This board cannot make it work in this 'big boy' league and need to rapidly change their outlook.
Balancing the books is all well and good if you want to run a nice little club in league 2. You cant do this in the Championship and maybe Hoyle was naïve to think he could? Maybe he really didn't run the numbers prior to doing all within his power to get us out of league 1? Where is that drive to succeed now?
The problem is, Hoyle wont walk away and I doubt there is a long list of investors waiting to take us on. Where is the potential? Hoyle has us where he wants us and he is busily recouping his investment before getting out. He must have recouped well over 50% of his investment with player sales etc, so he hasn't done half bad really. What bugs me though is that why does he just not go for it and back us to the hilt? He has the financial clout to take us to the promised land, yet would rather see us struggle in order to seemingly have a nice balance sheet!
The fans have no say and until another rich benefactor comes along, then its hello healthy balance sheet and bye bye Championship!!!
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