Swizzlestick wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:54 am
This ‘cards close to his chest’ thing is a bit of a myth. He’s made pointed comments about the board before when he’s wanted more cash. I think he’s picked the wrong moment for this fight and he might find he doesn’t have as much support as he expects.
All managers want more resources, that's human nature, but this dig by Sean feels different, and if we don't back him we could live to regret it, he's made mistakes as all gaffers do, Drinkwater & Gibson are notable costly errors, but pound for pound he's been our most successful manager in decades, and if he decides that there's better options, or he's taken BFC as far as he can, we'll have some bleeding big shoes to fill.
Even if a new manager comes in, he'll expect funds to strengthen, so i don't understand Garlick's thinking here, to generate a profit we have to remain a PL club, and our best chance of doing that is keeping hold of SD, he's earned the right to speak out given the 100's of millions he's brought into the club in the last last few years.
Now to balance this out, our wage bill is high compared to our turnover, and we could do with cutting out the dead wood, the only ooc players i'd be interested in keeping would be Bradsley & Hendrick, the rest can go for me, and the likes of Hart & Lennon will i suspect be among our highest earners, and they're not regulars by any stretch, plus they're not getting any younger.
I'd hope we have a list of targets that might be cheaper than before the CV crisis, and i'd guess some Champ clubs might have to have fire sales come the next window, so if we could pick up a few bargains there, and potentially lower both the average age of our squad, and our wage bill i'd be happy with that scenario.
But the conundrum for Mr Garlick is we either pay out on wages, or pay out on transfer fees to replace outgoing players. somewhere we'll have to invest in the playing staff, otherwise we'll be facing Championship footy sooner than we'd like.
As other posters have mentioned what the hell does Mike Rigg bring to the table, i can't think of anything constructive he's done in his time here.