Fair points but I do disagree with the notion Lerner needs to sell up now, thats not within his power. He has been trying to sell for a while now. There are no buyers, just like several other premier league clubs. Nobody wants to buy these failed businesses. Thats hardly his fault. I am just grateful he has not pulled the plug entirely on spending, which he could easily have done and may yet do.
We're not the only club owned by someone who arrived knowing nothing about football - the game itself I mean. But where Randy and others have failed is in not getting real football knowledge on board from the off.We've ended up with people in key football positions being appointed who just aren't up to the required level and the football side of the club has been destroyed as a result. Knowing some of the individuals now working for the younger end of the academy I have serious worries about that too.My one hope for our club is actually the current manager, once he gets chance to look beyond the first team and it's problems. My fear is that first team results will bring on that much fan pressure between now and the summer that the plonkers in charge will bow to it and go for another change.Something that gets overlooked about Graham Taylor's appointment in 1987 is that he immediately identified what a poor state the club was also in beyond the first team and was given the power to address that.I don't think we're yet in such a bad state it was then, but we are heading there unless someone with Taylor's intelligence and football knowledge is trusted enough to be given the power Taylor had. As I've said, I believe that person is now at the club, and has undoubtedly realised by now what a bag of shit he's taken on.
I remember SGT telling me that we didn't even have ice-packs for treating injuries. They just put plastic cups full of water in the freezer.
but i think he should be british as the championship is a diferent cup of tea to the premiership and historically, foreign managers have nopt done so well in the championship. maybe Redknapp? venables? hoddle? ie an experienced manager, not one who is cheap.
A killer combination of arrogance, complacency, apathy and downright stupidity has got us into this unholy mess. Well done, Randy.
Clement isn't a foreign coach last time I checked.