We should've gone down the rebuild from top to bottom route the moment we got relegated.That said, none of us were moaning when we spent big. The absolute desperation to get back up straight away has left us years off actually achieving it IMHO.Putting a solid structure and playing style in place and seeing it through how ever long it took would've been far wiser than attempting a quick patch up job on a completely broken club.IMHO at least
I'd happily see Dean Smith replace Bruce.The sentiment of a long term manager is a nice one, but I don't think it's the reality of football.Clubs just need to hire a good one. If they succeed, expect them to move on.We've not managed to hire one since Martin O'Neill, although, I guess it could be said he started this.
Quote from: sirlordbaltimore on December 27, 2017, 01:54:19 PMWe should've gone down the rebuild from top to bottom route the moment we got relegated.That said, none of us were moaning when we spent big. The absolute desperation to get back up straight away has left us years off actually achieving it IMHO.Putting a solid structure and playing style in place and seeing it through how ever long it took would've been far wiser than attempting a quick patch up job on a completely broken club.IMHO at leastI think RDM actually did start going in the right direction, he just under-estimated how big the job was and got his choices wrong in the centre of midfield. The real mistake was to move away from that so quickly to someone who wanted to do the same things that Lambert, etc had been doing for a few years before we were relegated. The desperation that led to Bruce is what fucked us up. It's not even about what I think of Bruce, it's that he's from the school of thought that saw us signing people like Richardson, Richards, Cole, Lescott, etc and that was at the heart of our fall.
Quote from: paul_e on December 27, 2017, 02:03:38 PMQuote from: sirlordbaltimore on December 27, 2017, 01:54:19 PMWe should've gone down the rebuild from top to bottom route the moment we got relegated.That said, none of us were moaning when we spent big. The absolute desperation to get back up straight away has left us years off actually achieving it IMHO.Putting a solid structure and playing style in place and seeing it through how ever long it took would've been far wiser than attempting a quick patch up job on a completely broken club.IMHO at leastI think RDM actually did start going in the right direction, he just under-estimated how big the job was and got his choices wrong in the centre of midfield. The real mistake was to move away from that so quickly to someone who wanted to do the same things that Lambert, etc had been doing for a few years before we were relegated. The desperation that led to Bruce is what fucked us up. It's not even about what I think of Bruce, it's that he's from the school of thought that saw us signing people like Richardson, Richards, Cole, Lescott, etc and that was at the heart of our fall.Not sure about that Paul when you look at the signings RDM made. I think the ethos was to sign proven players at that level to try and get us straight back up and that was understandable at the time. Bruce has followed that philosophy and if we don't make it up this season it will be time for a total re-think.