northernlight
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I agree they shouldn't be getting abused and have probably done a good job off the pitch, although too much smoke and mirrors for anyone to honestly know how good a job they've done. However, a football club exists for what it does on the pitch and this is the area they've failed at so far and are now at a crossroads where they need to make one of the most important appointments in our history. And yet, it's looking like we're going for a cheap option in someone with a poor record who the vast majority of fans who've answered polls, don't want. They're gambling with the future of the club and that's without speculating on what has gone on with the investment/turnover saga.
The honeymoon period is over, they have to deliver, and quickly. They can't live on what they've allegedly done off the pitch financially, forever.
They haven't failed so far on the pitch. They inherited such a sh!tstorm that last season could easily have seen us floundering around mid table or worse. We actually over achieved by challenging as we did although arguably, having done so in the first half of the season, we should have got over the line. This season it was reasonable to expect better and Ross has paid for that with his job - he certainly isn't the only one to blame for the lack of progress. The required investment wasn't made in the summer and it leaves whoever takes over with a real challenge between now and January.