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by KateR » Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:52 pm
I don't believe it's a dilemma for SD, he got a job when he needed one, get's paid well, does not have to work under the threat of being sacked as many other club managers do. I believe he has done a fantastic job and his reward is that the customer is demanding more for less, now some fans are starting to sound like West Ham fans, I would bet a lot of money that sexy football was never mentioned at the interview or during annual planning meetings and sure as hell wont be one of his KPI's he gets measured against.
I am confident he is as frustrated by the lack of transfers as much as the fans are, am sure he works to put plans together to convince the board to spend some money, everybody and there dog knows what is at stake so not in dispute.
I am sure that Mike Rigg is the most frustrated of all and this job is/has to be thankless, spend your time effort and energy trying to identify candidates within very narrow parameters to then have players/clubs say no or yes but it's XX Millions, I can see no job satisfaction from this and probably why the personnel in this position changes as often as it does.
Where I get extremely frustrated is in seeing the same plan being the only plan used year after year with known outcomes and rarely have we seen players brought in to go straight in to the first team, particularly where we are weak, majority of players we do sign are clearly for back up. Is the first team good enough to stay up, so far they have been so difficult to argue against the policy/strategy over the last 5 years. I think the question many are asking, including me, is this a sustainable strategy, and are we looking to change/improve, the answer to me in what I have seen over the last 3 years is no it is not sustainable. If we moan about it year after year we are bound to be right sooner or later, I would really like to think, and up to this point have done so, that a different strategy is also being developed to help with recruitment but have reached the point of doubting this greatly but yes of course I don't really know.
The same message every window comes from the club so no great surprise there but it leaves you feeling empty, the sympathy vote has gone, now lot questioning this well run club philosophy as to yes that's great but, where is the money going, is MG lining his pocket, etc. Valid questions in some way but unless your a shareholder you don't have much right, granted it's supposed to be entertainment, but if that is the be all and end all we would be Man City supporters the last few years and this year Liverpool supporters, the only right we have is to moan, and vote with our feet/bums in seat.
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