Genuinely think
the moaners on here really care. So do the so-called ‘happy clappers’. So do the owners and probably most of the Board.
The problem is that the modern game is very complicated and there’s no magic formula. Sometimes outside investment works. Sometimes it’s disastrous. After totally messing up the last tilt at the Prem and the subsequent season, and without such investment, the owners/Board took a punt on a new style of regime. It’s early days but it looks as though it’s going to be pretty unsuccessful.
I’m not convinced by Webber (talks a very, very, very good game) and definitely not by Farke (seems a good guy but totally unproven) and I’m annoyed by the Board’s latest appeal for the fans to bail out the club when it should have invested in the Academy when times were good and is now trying to cover up for its negligence. However, that’s not Webber’s fault - he’s just trying to make up the shortfall, I suppose. You can call it an investment opportunity if you like but it’s an appeal to the fans to help rectify a massive error. It’s a pity that, despite Webber saying ‘mistakes were made’ not one member of the Board has admitted culpability. Pretty spineless.
Conclusion: the club is a mess. Off the field and on it. Treading water. Not going to be any better next season. Maddison will be gone and the signs are that any recruitment will be from the bargain basement. We might get lucky in that respect but is Farke a man to turn sows’ ears into silk purses?
The one problem I have with Webber’s repeated claims that ‘it’s going to take a few windows to sort out’ is that it assumes that there will be good recruitment . Franke, Stiepermann, Husband, Srbeny and Watkins suggest that might not be a given.
Therefore (in my opinion, of course) we all care desperately but the fact is the current owners, despite their passion, have presided over a period of pretty disastrous demise. Their latest throw of the dice looks pretty hopeless and they must be wondering what to do next, other than pass the buck to their nephew.
Posted By: BillySteele on March 10th 2018 at 18:46:20
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- Genuinely think (NCFC) - BillySteele, Mar 10, 18:46:20
- if that's the case, why don't they ever post any thing constructive? It never happens. (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Mar 10, 19:28:45
- Selling everyone, scouring German division 3, garnished with premier league rookie loans (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Mar 10, 19:46:46
- Why do you think the ‘vision’ is the right one? (n/m) (NCFC) - BillySteele, Mar 10, 19:33:48
- Because a) despite your reservations, recruitment is a vast improvement over the McNally (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Mar 10, 20:09:29
- All good points but (NCFC) - BillySteele, Mar 10, 21:01:18
- Good Post. Makes a lot of sense. But.... (NCFC) - Saucerer, Mar 10, 22:05:48
- Probably not. Don’t really know why (NCFC) - BillySteele, Mar 11, 09:27:45
- Good Post. Makes a lot of sense. But.... (NCFC) - Saucerer, Mar 10, 22:05:48
- All good points but (NCFC) - BillySteele, Mar 10, 21:01:18
- Because a) despite your reservations, recruitment is a vast improvement over the McNally (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Mar 10, 20:09:29
- I love these sorts of posts. I love having my views challenged in a thoughtful way (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Mar 10, 19:11:33
- Add Stiepermann, Srbeny and maybe Vrancic to that list! (n/m) (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, Mar 10, 19:11:24
- ^^^ here's one. Srbeny has only playe a few minutes (in a new team, League and country) (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Mar 10, 19:33:53
- That's a fair post. You may well be right. (NCFC) - norway, Mar 10, 18:54:30
- I’m sick of the happy clappers (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 10, 18:57:00
- Who though? Who relentlessly says everything is great? (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 10, 19:06:30
- Too many to list tbh (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 10, 19:11:26
- One person's sanctimonious (NCFC) - norway, Mar 10, 19:17:03
- Too many to list tbh (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 10, 19:11:26
- Who though? Who relentlessly says everything is great? (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 10, 19:06:30
- I’m sick of the happy clappers (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 10, 18:57:00
- If the club was a mess we would be called Sunderland (NCFC) - usacanary, Mar 10, 18:54:13
- My issue is look how we replaced Jerome for example. A 3rd tier German striker replaced hi (NCFC) - roedtonowhere, Mar 10, 19:10:42
- Nah Sunderland are a calamity (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 10, 18:55:35
- Absolutely (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 10, 18:49:25
- if that's the case, why don't they ever post any thing constructive? It never happens. (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Mar 10, 19:28:45
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