Throwing money at it is part of the answer. Man for man we are better than just about everybody in the league, but it takes time to heal the neglect in the rear echelons of the club and also to foster a bit of forward momentum on the pitch.
Quote from: Ads on February 20, 2017, 10:21:59 AMThrowing money at it is part of the answer. Man for man we are better than just about everybody in the league, but it takes time to heal the neglect in the rear echelons of the club and also to foster a bit of forward momentum on the pitch. I really struggle with this.If it was a manufacturing plant that was dependent on modern machines and assembly lines I would agree, but we are a football club.It really shouldn't make much difference to the way the team plays if the commercial dept for example is shit.
I worry about us for next season. My impression, and I haven't researched stats to back this up so it may be wrong, is that teams seem to get worse the longer that Bruce remains with them. I worry about his recruitment so I'm not that confident that he will be able to turn it round and get us in the mix for promotion next season.A glaring hole for me is that he has just gone out and bought to strengthen the midfield but has left us light up front. And amongst the midfielders he has bought, he didn't get anyone as backup for the Jedi when he had already been struggling with fitness and there must be doubts about his ability to play 3 games a weekI wasn't keen on him being appointed our manager in the first place because he is very much more of the same and I thought it was a good opportunity to go for a new approach. But once he was appointed then I thought maybe as a short term fix to get us back up. Now I am doubting that
one of the biggest mistakes we made in the window was getting rid of Ayewhe wouldn't have made any difference while Bruce was the manager as he hasn't got a clue how to use players like himBut at least the next guy in would have a decent player to work with