It’s a bit like the old joke, about the Thatcher government, “how do you get a small business?……..Start with a big one!
Not saying we were a big club, but we were a league club, holding our own and enjoying the odd day in the sun, Darlo away - Effion’s goals, Cardiff, Daly & Effion, Sunderland, the unbelievable following that day and Boydy against Sheff Wed, granted that wasn’t a sunny day.
Almost feels like it was all in vain as we scrimp & scrape around, not even for bargains but taking punts on players with an injury laden past then being surprised when they get injured and we’re dumped out of a competition by a side from two tiers below where we are now, as Fergie said “hard work will overcome natural talent when natural talent doesn’t work hard enough”
Typically we’re all over the place, a group of individuals devoid of working for each other, we’re not supporting each other when we’ve got the ball, we’re not working for each other when we’re trying to get it back. There is some talent and some grafters in the side, I won’t use the word team as there is no teamwork evident in recent performances.
It’s not any one thing it’s a combination of many, lack of investment from the owner, poor training techniques or training on artificial stuff then playing on real stuff, confusing tactics from managers, players wanting to be professional footballers then playing like pub teams, there’s no substance to any of it unfortunately, it’s all for show however it’s a
sh!£show currently and it doesn’t look like changing for the better only getting worse.
Topical at the moment, with Christmas coming up, the words of Clark Griswold ringing in my ears “how can it get any worse, we’re standing at the threshold of hell”
