Quote from: ChicagoLion on July 10, 2020, 09:25:20 AMThe worry is the future intent of the owners, they will be i a position to offset the investment with incoming transfer revenues.So any talk of being well placed next season is meaningless until we know where the owners are at.It’s Just like the talk of easier fixtures and winnable games.Indeed. When they took over, they spoke about wanting the club to be self sustaining. Rather than shoot for the moon/ do what it takes to get back to European football. Which was welcome, to an extent. After the lunatic before. But if it's starting to look like a financial black hole they might reassess. Events on and off the pitch this year won't have helped that.
The worry is the future intent of the owners, they will be i a position to offset the investment with incoming transfer revenues.So any talk of being well placed next season is meaningless until we know where the owners are at.It’s Just like the talk of easier fixtures and winnable games.
I'm struggling to think of a CEO in any industry that has got so much wrong and survived. I very much doubt Purslow will be the first.
Quote from: Rudy Can't Fail on July 10, 2020, 08:11:30 PMI'm struggling to think of a CEO in any industry that has got so much wrong and survived. I very much doubt Purslow will be the first.Eden’s is very much an American business man, that means Fail, and someone pays.
"At the end, this is a performance-based thing," Horst said. "We believe in this team, we believe in our players and in the talents that they have. We're looking forward at making playoff appearances in consecutive years for the first time in over a decade and hopefully winning a first-round series for the first time in over a decade."Edens added: "We like our team a lot and sometimes you have to change if you’re going to give yourself the best chance. Unfortunately change really can only happen at the top if it’s going to be meaningful.
Quote from: oldhill_avfc on July 10, 2020, 08:18:02 AMThere is is a total over reaction here.Since Eden’s Sawiris and Purslow arrived we have stopped going backwards.Ok we might get relegated but we’re aren’t starting into an abyss. We go down with a much better squad than we’ve had for years with scalable assets and a core which could easily get us repromoted with a few judicious signings.It’s not ideal model but loom here the last yo-yo (Burnley) club is right now and We could better given our additional resources.I think team we had at the end of last season would demolish what we have now.
There is is a total over reaction here.Since Eden’s Sawiris and Purslow arrived we have stopped going backwards.Ok we might get relegated but we’re aren’t starting into an abyss. We go down with a much better squad than we’ve had for years with scalable assets and a core which could easily get us repromoted with a few judicious signings.It’s not ideal model but loom here the last yo-yo (Burnley) club is right now and We could better given our additional resources.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on July 10, 2020, 10:15:17 PMQuote from: Rudy Can't Fail on July 10, 2020, 08:11:30 PMI'm struggling to think of a CEO in any industry that has got so much wrong and survived. I very much doubt Purslow will be the first.Eden’s is very much an American business man, that means Fail, and someone pays. https://eu.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2018/01/22/report-bucks-fire-jason-kidd-coach/1055454001/Quote"At the end, this is a performance-based thing," Horst said. "We believe in this team, we believe in our players and in the talents that they have. We're looking forward at making playoff appearances in consecutive years for the first time in over a decade and hopefully winning a first-round series for the first time in over a decade."Edens added: "We like our team a lot and sometimes you have to change if you’re going to give yourself the best chance. Unfortunately change really can only happen at the top if it’s going to be meaningful.
I don’t think there is a winning mentality, either from the players or coaching staff. Other than for 10 games at the end of last season, which increasingly looks like a wild anomaly, at no point over the last two seasons have we been able to grind out results. I don’t think it’s a formality that we will hit the ground running in the Championship, and put the division to the sword. I think we’ll have a lot of players who think they should be somewhere else, and I don’t see a steely desire to win from anyone frankly.
Quote from: itbrvilla on July 10, 2020, 08:40:24 AMQuote from: oldhill_avfc on July 10, 2020, 08:18:02 AMThere is is a total over reaction here.Since Eden’s Sawiris and Purslow arrived we have stopped going backwards.Ok we might get relegated but we’re aren’t starting into an abyss. We go down with a much better squad than we’ve had for years with scalable assets and a core which could easily get us repromoted with a few judicious signings.It’s not ideal model but loom here the last yo-yo (Burnley) club is right now and We could better given our additional resources.I think team we had at the end of last season would demolish what we have now.Why?There’s only Tammy from last year who we’d want now.The likes of Whelan, Jedinak, Chester and Adomah, as much as they We’re likeable players, would not be fit for purpose now.The defence and midfield are much better now if all fit.
Thinking this morning that he's been a bit on the quiet side since survival, he was somewhat verbose after the play-off final. Thoughts anyone?