And unfortunately that’s life, when the facts and the circumstances don’t really lend themselves to any sensible basis for positivity. We can all dream up reasons to be cheerful, wax lyrical about the next Ray Graydon or Dean Smith, but the reality is that two takeovers later we still have the same CEO who’s remit would appear to include choosing the manager, or at least have a very big say in it. Its like those films where the hostage escapes then hitches a lift off the captor, and the level of optimism eminates from some kind of “cheer up next time we reach the road and hitch a lift…” wears a bit thin after a while.
Phillips or whoever gets the job could work miracles for a couple of years before exiting for bigger and better things, but the reality is that until there’s a manager proof structure, and some genuine medium to long term blueprint that is evolved and invested in, we will continue to have an overall downward trajectory, the realisation of which is about the only thing Pomlett has got right, before the incredulous appointment of Fullarton lead him to bin his solitary good idea.