Tabby McTat
Goalkeeper
And last time we were in the championship we had the highest wage bill in the league.Not this shite man.
Look at our wage bill. Wages define what you spend in this league. Not transfer fees. We’re miles behind some very small clubs. Miles behind!!
The reality is rightly or wrongly the club has a football structure that the 'head coach' fits into. Neil was frustrated with the lack of transfers in, and he perceived himself as not being backed. I suspect saying yes to Stoke's approach was a power play on his behalf, expecting SAFC to cave to some demands that went against the current structure, be that wages or players, contract or something else. He's got form for this from his time at preston.
We've ended up in the shit before by chucking money at situations rather than dealing with them pragmatically. Six months ago, Alex Neil was a manager who no club had looked at for 12 months, and had to drop into league one to get a gig. He's done brilliantly well, and I'm gutted he's gone, but I reckon he's tried to turn the screw on the club and the club have stood firm.
In hindsight, in the past we'd have been far better off standing firm and not caving in to demands of players, managers and agents.