08-08-2020, 12:31
My only worry is that Trusts tend to suffer from the Hughie-Green syndrome. The more they say "sincerely folks" the less you expect to see any sincerity.
Mr Goodwin and his colleagues seem and sound like good eggs. For the first time since Dave Allen's five-year plan it sounded as though we might be interested in success in the long term. And for the first time in my lifetime it is beginning to feel as if the fans, the town and club may actually be coming together.
Locally to me down here in Devon I have had very bad experiences and have seen how a Trust can "accidentally" operate in ways in which those apparently in power would never have intended at the outset. It always seemed to me that one of the problems was those involved in making decisions didn't really have any skin in the game. BUT football certainly has the capacity to be different. The reason supporters' voices need to be heard is because they do have skin in the game, not only through the turnstiles, but through their hearts and souls. Football is about us having skin in the game. We love our teams. If Mr Goodwin stood on the Cross Street End aged seven the thing he should remember is to NEVER LET THAT LITTLE BOY DOWN. He and his fellow board members don't have to win us a string of promotions, nice as they would be, they just have to enable us to look towards the next season and the one after that, knowing there is a future and that we can adapt and survive.
It makes me want to come back to Derbyshire.
Mr Goodwin and his colleagues seem and sound like good eggs. For the first time since Dave Allen's five-year plan it sounded as though we might be interested in success in the long term. And for the first time in my lifetime it is beginning to feel as if the fans, the town and club may actually be coming together.
Locally to me down here in Devon I have had very bad experiences and have seen how a Trust can "accidentally" operate in ways in which those apparently in power would never have intended at the outset. It always seemed to me that one of the problems was those involved in making decisions didn't really have any skin in the game. BUT football certainly has the capacity to be different. The reason supporters' voices need to be heard is because they do have skin in the game, not only through the turnstiles, but through their hearts and souls. Football is about us having skin in the game. We love our teams. If Mr Goodwin stood on the Cross Street End aged seven the thing he should remember is to NEVER LET THAT LITTLE BOY DOWN. He and his fellow board members don't have to win us a string of promotions, nice as they would be, they just have to enable us to look towards the next season and the one after that, knowing there is a future and that we can adapt and survive.
It makes me want to come back to Derbyshire.
