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Re: [roker report] Captain's Blog: At Bruce's Behest - Drawing My Own Gyan Conclusion
Well it seemed to me a long and somewhat convoluted attempt to shift a lot of the blame onto Bruce.
My shorter answer to the question you've posed above is that our Board won't give in to the new and unreasonable demands of greedy players and agents 5 minutes after they've signed the last contract. Other Boards play ball or are prepared to threaten the player with the 'rot in reserves' option. I realise you've covered this in the article - I just don't go with the guesswork and conjecture which then tries to plant the blame in Bruce's lap.
It isn't BASED on that premise at all.
It is based on a question: If greedy players and mischievous agents are not something unique to SAFC, then why is top players leaving for lesser leagues and lower clubs with this kind of regularity pretty much unique to SAFC, (certainly in the Premier League, anyway).
The rest is just exploring that question, speculating on a few possibilities, and drawing my own personal conclusion.
Well it seemed to me a long and somewhat convoluted attempt to shift a lot of the blame onto Bruce.
My shorter answer to the question you've posed above is that our Board won't give in to the new and unreasonable demands of greedy players and agents 5 minutes after they've signed the last contract. Other Boards play ball or are prepared to threaten the player with the 'rot in reserves' option. I realise you've covered this in the article - I just don't go with the guesswork and conjecture which then tries to plant the blame in Bruce's lap.