I just want something to make me feel positive about my club again . LP should be looking back at that day at Northampton a chance missed by the Club for inspiration as to what can be achieved .
I have no issue with the integrity of our Chairman/Owner. In fact I believe he is as desperate as the rest of our fans to make this club successful. Trouble is, he doesnāt have the financial clout of the Shanahans at P.Vale, so thereās no point comparing the two clubs, and their respective ambitions.
Somehow, Leigh has to reconnect us all - players, fans and staff, and whatever we might desire, he canāt throw millions at it, so we need to trust him to steer the club in the right direction. If that means BD is kept as manager, then so be it. I personally hope that any savings from not replacing him go into the pot for potential signings.
I suspect that we may be given some clarity next week, but donāt expect major change, or youāll likely be massively disappointed.
Yes. JB at the top during the pandemic would have been an absolute disaster.
Leigh pomlett been an absolute disaster too so I donāt see the difference. Itās been a total shambles. Least weāll remember derek forever more
I think some people, including Leigh apparently, are missing what the problem actually is.
None of the other people in key executive positions in the club have changed - the same ones who have been doing such a fantastic job for the last 15+ years both operationally and on the football side. Same unaccountable Bonser apologists with the same lack of ideas who probably came embedded into Leighās deal to buy the club. It wonāt change with the same people there.
All this ādid Leigh go to X game?ā stuff is a bit pointless, he obviously cares. But you donāt need diehard, never-miss-a-game-home-or-away loyalty to run a football club, you need business acumen and judgement. Unfortunately, so far itās these elements that are proving the most troublesome for me, rather than whether or not he travelled to every away game in 1991 or whatever.
Pomlett has a lot to answer for. Imagine if this had happened under Bonser, our EFL status risked and looking more precarious as the weeks pass just to give someone he thinks is a bloody nice bloke a crack at it which resulted in 3 wins in 20?
Itās been pretty disastrous from him so far and I see very little difference to the decision making as before.
We can talk about Covid all we like, but Cambridge, Cheltenham and Morecambe have done very well out of it. It is no excuse to finishing this badly, to keep giving him chance after chance, to not plan the departure of Adebayo when it was obvious for weeks that heād likely be going.
He has to do better as chairman, the odd YouTube video will only escape him of criticism from the few who still see him as some kind of saviour for so long.
What frustrates the life out of me is the depression thatās descended over our club, and fans are so disillusioned that they purport to not care any more, which couldnāt be further from the truth, but itās the only way they can cope with the reality of the situation. I cringed when I read how excited Darrel Clarke is about moving on the ādead woodā at Vale, and his plans for a promotion push next season. For godās sake Leigh, give us something to get similarly excited about, as all this silence at wfc is deafening! We may have a small fan base, but there are thousands of us who desperately want to have something to cling to. Youād be amazed how that fan connection could reignite an interest in the club. Itās all there, waiting for you to kick it off!
It is common knowledge that JB wanted to offload the club for a long time. However due to the financial structure of the club, which he cunningly arranged to meet his own personal greed, the club was not an attractive prospect for an outside investor. No one wanted it. No rich Arab sheikh, no Chinese businessmen, no Russian oligarch, no self-made dot.com local boy multi millionaire. No one!!
No one except LP. Why would he spend Ā£1 million of his own money, which he may never see again, on something that no other bugger in the world would touch with a barge pole? Heās unlikely to make money from it- if he was other investors with more funds would have beaten him to it years ago.
Heās invested because he is a fan and wants the best for the club. Iām at the front of the queue to question his decision making, but I think itās overstepping the mark to question his integrity.
This, a thousand times this.
Cambridge, Cheltenham and Morecambe were top seven in January. We were a no show. The long play was, and is, cut out losses there and plan for the future. We can only hope that was the right choice.
Couldnāt agree more SaddlerJK, Omlette is surrounded by " bonserite " induced staff who unfortunately hold key positions within the club, why these people are still employed here after years of constant failure to move this club forward beggars belief, I cannot understand how Omlette who by his own admission has been a successful businessman tolerates such inept poor management from these individuals. The Gambles and Moles of this world would have been removed fairly quickly if employed in any other business organisation. So until our chairman actually demonstrates his business acumen and clears the deadwood from the boardroom then perhaps we can move forward with fresh impetus and ambition, but I feel this wonāt happen soon thus continuing the downward trend of amateur behaviour to exist.
Darrell Clarke should be taking the lionās share of blame for this season. Assembled a crap squad with what we now know was a decent budget, then jumped ship like a complete wuss instead of sorting out the mess he made. It sent a signal to the players that his āprojectā wasnāt worth it after all, and fudged up the footballing structure of the club.
Fullartonās appointment, while too late this time, will hopefully prevent a similar situation from happening again.
Yes, Adebayo was also a factor. If weāre following the official line that he didnāt need to be sold then itās even harder to justify. Itās still mostly about Clarke for me though.
FTFY.
Yeah Leigh, was you at a Tuesday night game years ago?? This is vital information we must have.
Does he have any Saddlers tattoos? Only evidence such as that will convince me if he actually gives a damn about this club.
Bet Jeff had a Walsall tattooā¦sigh.
For me the owner of the football club could be a die hard fan, but someone who is making decisions? Not necessary. To be honest, itās a high risk it can cloud someoneās judgement and it wonāt be good. Pandemic will soon end, but who will make the right decisions will win. So I hope next few decisions will be right. Return to League One requires them.
Yep Darrell Clarke also to blame for the terrible squad. However I just canāt see that weād have finished 19th under him. The football was crap but heās still a better manager than Dutton.
If we had Clarke next season I wouldnāt be worrying about relegation, if we keep Dutton I would be.
Probably have finished around mid table like last season with Clarke I reckon 12-14ish