The whole of football is getting spoilt by money! Honestly its starting to filter down into non league as well. WhitleyBay were 5th from top halfway through last season and looking good, then under mysterious circumstances the management went to North Sheilds and most of the first team were sold. Whitley plummeted to 5th bottom, the caretaker manager who lost 17 games out of 19 (they got humped 5,6-0 on quite a few of those) was kept on permanently.
I have heard they had another manager lined up but he wanted money to spend which they said no. That manager told them to fuck off! Not the first time ive heard this, a work colleague of the wifes, canny bloke as well, he would ask your opinion and would listen too. Used to manage Whitley, done really well I thought, amazing FA cup run (proper not the vase) was just started to get a real team together then they sacked him. Again didn't want to spend money to kick on. Honestly its like they've been reading the Ashley copybook on how to make money out of a football club and kill off the excitement.
Football is not a business its a hobby but because of the amounts involved now it attracts greedy ***** like Ashley et al.