Since we acheived promotion
we have signed, by my reckoning, 77 players. That's an entire new first XI and bench every year, near enough. The net result of all that activity is that we are now weaker in every single position than we were in 2004. Forget quibbling about money paid to agents, we spend a phenomenal amount of money, year in, year out on players who mostly are not good enough.
Our scouting is awful, and it's been obviously so for years. I see the failure to deal with that issue as a total failure of corporate governance. The Wynn-Jones fan club (you know the ones - they get upset if anyone even uses their beloved's correct name) will claim that this is all the fault of managers - Worthington, Grant, Roeder, now Gunny. In which case I agree - it isn't a total failure of corporate governance - it's a total absence of corporate governance. And on the subject of Worthington - who the Wynn-Jones's were willing to pay ?600,000 to go away because he was so bad at his job - yes he really is the same one they wanted to bring back. You really couldn't make it up!
And whilst we have been merrily signing the likes of Jarrett, Louis-Jean, Thorne, Boyle, Brellier, Murray, Strihavka, Archibald-Henville, Koroma, Carney and the rest what has our Academy's contribution been? Er...Umm...Actually nothing. Not one Academy player has made any sort of impact on the First Team Squad. And what has been done about that? Another total failure of corporate governance. Or total absence if you love the Wynn-Jones's (sorry but it's their name).
Yesterday, every time Hoolahan insightfully passed the ball to one of their players, or Emo fell over, or one of our "strikers" blazed high and wide all 6,000 of the Blackpool fans cheerfully chorused "that's why you're going down". But they were wrong. The reason was sat opposite us, high up in the stands, calmly contemplating the flight back to Marshall's and fish and chips by half past seven.
Are you pleased with what you've done?
Posted By: Bryan Salad Surgery on March 8th 2009 at 10:06:53
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- Since we acheived promotion (NCFC) - Bryan Salad Surgery, Mar 8, 10:06:53
- The AGM told me everything I needed to know about our board (NCFC) - lovely old job, Mar 8, 10:39:10
- 'little club makes good' is all we can dream of -sod this family club crap if this is it (n/m) (NCFC) - 1902, Mar 8, 10:48:28
- If you are talking about me re: the names (NCFC) - Yellalee, Mar 8, 10:36:43
- I'm with you Salad - Monty & Ralph will soon be appearing on masterchef ; ) (n/m) (NCFC) - 1902, Mar 8, 10:33:28
- er, why do you think it helps your argument (NCFC) - Monty Peculiar, Mar 8, 10:21:24
- oh good, some petty sniping at your fellow Wrathers... (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 8, 10:12:21
- The AGM told me everything I needed to know about our board (NCFC) - lovely old job, Mar 8, 10:39:10
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