Mallard
Winger
A generous 5
give everyone a fresh sense of hope, opened communication channels and there was a sense of us "getting our club back" however it was short lived and unfortunately that is about it as far as praise goes. when going well everything was rosey however the apparent inability to take criticism and his mates ability to say the wrong things. It has became fairly obvious fairly quickly why clubs of a certain size their owners don't give a running commentary
I think sitting in with the fans causes all sorts of issues, it is ok when things go well but looks amateurish regardless but when you stop when things are going tricky is a poor look.
Recruitment, well the less said the better the only positive is that the majority of them are on 2 year contracts, however this summer it will prove problematic, we get promoted you release them but then have to replace them, if we don't get promoted, well you release them because they haven't been good enough but then you have to replace them.
As for outgoings, credit has to go to them for getting rid of Pappy, N'Dong and Rodwell, however, we were repeatedly told "we don't need to sell" yet repeatedly we have sold our better players and the almost hilarious length of time it took to sign a replacement for Reece James for a back up left back.
Will Grigg? Leadbetter? I don't believe they were signings of the manager.
No plan beyond getting promoted last season, the summer felt it felt like it was under Short, slightly lost and stuck.
Jack Ross shouldn't have been sacked and it showed weak leadership and just listening to fans, well, it isn't always correct. A number of journalists said that we won't know the scale of the job Ross done until a later date. If this is true, then surely Donald would know this?
I also feel they have divided the fans and I haven't known the fan base to be as split and I am very much on the fence whether or not they hold any responsibility for this.
Credit where credit is due, Donald has put himself in a god like situation with some of our fans, bit like Rafa did up the road without actually doing much to deserve it.
The club seems to have lost direction and purpose unfortunately however, unlike with Short, when he sold it felt like everyone needed the change, as for Donald, he does have some change in the bank and there isn't an desparate need/wish to get a new owner like there was with the majority of the fan. That will change rapidly if we are were we are come February/March.
give everyone a fresh sense of hope, opened communication channels and there was a sense of us "getting our club back" however it was short lived and unfortunately that is about it as far as praise goes. when going well everything was rosey however the apparent inability to take criticism and his mates ability to say the wrong things. It has became fairly obvious fairly quickly why clubs of a certain size their owners don't give a running commentary
I think sitting in with the fans causes all sorts of issues, it is ok when things go well but looks amateurish regardless but when you stop when things are going tricky is a poor look.
Recruitment, well the less said the better the only positive is that the majority of them are on 2 year contracts, however this summer it will prove problematic, we get promoted you release them but then have to replace them, if we don't get promoted, well you release them because they haven't been good enough but then you have to replace them.
As for outgoings, credit has to go to them for getting rid of Pappy, N'Dong and Rodwell, however, we were repeatedly told "we don't need to sell" yet repeatedly we have sold our better players and the almost hilarious length of time it took to sign a replacement for Reece James for a back up left back.
Will Grigg? Leadbetter? I don't believe they were signings of the manager.
No plan beyond getting promoted last season, the summer felt it felt like it was under Short, slightly lost and stuck.
Jack Ross shouldn't have been sacked and it showed weak leadership and just listening to fans, well, it isn't always correct. A number of journalists said that we won't know the scale of the job Ross done until a later date. If this is true, then surely Donald would know this?
I also feel they have divided the fans and I haven't known the fan base to be as split and I am very much on the fence whether or not they hold any responsibility for this.
Credit where credit is due, Donald has put himself in a god like situation with some of our fans, bit like Rafa did up the road without actually doing much to deserve it.
The club seems to have lost direction and purpose unfortunately however, unlike with Short, when he sold it felt like everyone needed the change, as for Donald, he does have some change in the bank and there isn't an desparate need/wish to get a new owner like there was with the majority of the fan. That will change rapidly if we are were we are come February/March.