An issue for the scouting team and s stability. Our inconsistency on the field , instability of ownership and finances all add to us having no forward plan. Donald and co can’t afford and aren’t savvy enough to give us either
Yep. All fine when things go well, then fans are really quick to turn. Amazing how many fans accuse others of gross incompetence or having no idea how to run a football club.... No one does, there is no course to go on, no training, just the skills you have utilised in making your own business a success.
What has he done right exactly? I’d love to know because other than hand over the parachute money that belonged to the club anyway I’m not getting it. Stripped the academy bare to the point where they’re getting humped every game, the 1st team is worse than last year with a poor manager to replace the last failure he took on. God knows why anybody wants this to continue if this is his best. If my club continues to get worse I’ll piss and moan like I did when we dropped through the Divisions under Short. Staggering that fans are supposed to stand there and just clap away like clowns. We’re an absolute shambles
We were owned by Short who had given up on the club and stopped spending, a club that had no leadership or management, and we were heading towards bankruptcy. We had players on mega wages who didn't want to play, rotten apples and all the rest of it. New managers every year and no stability, no credibility and if we are being honest we were circling the drain for years with miracle escapes from relegation.
nevause we didnt want him that much in the end? because the target changed...or to paraphrase someone with dtrong notrth east connections..events dear boy events..
made the club financially table..invested enough in the academy for it to retain category one status in league one..a situation unprecedented in football...
a higehr price than what?
Agree whole heartedly with this, how can we as fans back the present regime is beyond me, Heard someone mention if we beat Pompey in the playoff final all would be good well we would be relegated from the Championship by now with the team we have at present, and the argument well we would have the uplift in tv money all that brings in the championship well it would be virtually all eaten up by player wage rises anyway so I’m not buying that argument, simple fact is this owner hasn’t enough money to take club forward, plus he definitely hasn’t put any structure in place that’s proven by the idiots he brought up here (other than I will say I do like David Jones from the bits I’ve read and heard from him seems like a good addition although obviously not full time) and as for his shout of basically if we can get up and fpp fund him is what I think he’s implying in his recent podcast, please god no, you are clueless get it sold and move on, you have done enough damage to our academy especially and first team, move on and buy Oxford as you have always wanted.
what damage has he doine to the academy> it reains category one status and continues to produce footballkers for the first team..
Self sufficient companies can still have debt. In fact it’s often more economical.
The team has been on the up since Parkinson’s took over your not giving him any time
yes the grigg deal, at least, showed the world safc are still mugs to negotiate with, sd seems to acknowledge the blunder hemade with grigg..but not how it impacts the clubs reputation in the wider context..
we didnt need a longer term ooption..we needed someone to do a job in ythisleague and fuck off...rather than over paying for league one shite that cant step up like grigg, wyke and boyce, who would then be a burden if we went up..
Isn’t that exactly what they tried to do? Quoted £10m for marquis
will grigg was an infomr scorer from tis eague..the previous season to when we bouhght him..so o nly monehts befoire..he was one of the top scorers in this league..
To be fair if you were asking for a proven league one goal scorer which I think was what you said, Grigg looked about as close as you could get.
