All fair comment yosser, but we are what we are. It must be frustrating at times for bobby, he hasn’t got alot of money to spend, so has to take a chance on cheaper players, and the best thing for him is if they perform just good enough. Let me elaborate on that, if they don’t perform well, we get mullered and ultimately will get relegated, if they perform too well, they’ll be sold to the highest bidder at the first opportunity, so mediocrity is the order of the day, to get a team gelling and playing well enough to stay in the league. At least he’s taking a chance on 2/3 million pound players and not 8/10 million pound players, which have just the same potential to be shite at times.
We will never be top six challengers with the spending and wage structure we have, and that is due to the lack of income the club receives, but in the long run we’ll be ok, and that is what’s important, if you look at a club like Everton, it’s taken 10 years from a good manager like moyes to get steady results and at times a really good side, but they spend beyond their means at times and leave themselves vulnerable because of it, and they too are forced to sell assets when another club comes in for them, they haven’t won anything and I think we have got to as many finals as them in the last 10 years. And this is a club steeped in history and success with a large fan base, so what do we really expect?
I think that mid table is a fantastic achievement, but survival is always the aim, and I think we are capable of that, a good cup run would boost morale and revenue and give us more exposure, so we should be giving it a real go, something I think we have been guilty of ignoring in recent years.
We have to remember that we are new to this game, and are feeling our way into it, both economically and on the pitch, if we are still here in 10 or 15 years I would wager that the ground will be full every week, and the personnel will be of a better standard, but we’ll have to put up with some frustration in the meantime, but it’s not all bad, we’ll have some great days this season as well as the shite.
