I agree with everything you stated above and on a personal level I'm happy with the five to ten year plan for success.I’m not sure what people expect given the position we are in. He is a decent coach and I like his honesty. Let’s give the bloke a chance it will take time it’s not suddenly going to get better. The life has been sucked out of the club in the last 14 years, that’s why people are expecting miracles. They need to think again the process will be slower than many envisage.
I think anyone would struggle with the shit that has been left by Ashley that’s why these top managers so to speak are giving us a swerve. The damage is massive and is not going to be fixed over night. Most managers given our plight will not be interested until the ship is steadied. They will simply not take that gamble hence Eddie Howe and similar it’s just how it is.Decent coach, nice bloke bla bla bla. Heard it all before and got us nowhere. We need a quality manager not a decent bloke. The media are keeping decent blokes in jobs they don't deserve. If ever we needed a really good manager, it's now to compensate for the lack of quality in the squad.
We all know why Ashley kept Bruce on. He wouldn't pay £8m to sack him and Bruce wouldn't walk away because of the £8m pension. Win win for both. As for Nuno, he is a top manager who after only 10 league games has been binned with the team in the last 8 of a cup and 9th in the table. Let's see if Conte can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.Bruce was kept on for so long because of Ashley not the media. Nuno got the boot because they can attract top managers.
Why does everything take so long at our place? Spurs changed their manager in a matter of days. Other clubs sign players in hours?
I think anyone would struggle with the shit that has been left by Ashley that’s why these top managers so to speak are giving us a swerve. The damage is massive and is not going to be fixed over night. Most managers given our plight will not be interested until the ship is steadied. They will simply not take that gamble hence Eddie Howe and similar it’s just how it is.
You're probably right but there are always exceptions. We were in a similar situation when Bobby took over, and let's not forget Emery supposedly agreed before choosing loyalty over money. It's actually good to see nowadays that not everyone can be bought.
The differences between when Bobby got the job and now are incomparable - there was no change of regime and the club hadn't been decimated by 14 years of negligence and abuse
Where we are now is nothing like when Bobby took over
At best we can only describe the current situation as a shambles, it's completely ridiculous that we have been bought by businessmen who appear to have no plan !
It's a fascinating argument Mc
my current stance is dictated by two factors.
The first is the question:
'are we better off than we were before the takeover'
the answer is undeniably yes just based on the fact we now all have hope.
The second factor is based on trust.
I choose to trust the new owners because I have to assume that the Saudis are desperate to promote themselves in a positive way, why else spend 300 million, it would make no sense for them to mess us around.
Those on the other side of the debate are spot on though.
At best we can only describe the current situation as a shambles, it's completely ridiculous that we have been bought by businessmen who appear to have no plan !
The good news is that they will (most likely) invest heavily in the club and the whole city and for that reason alone I will gratefully endure their incompetent start.