Agree. Ive never heard such a ridiculous excuse for not playing somebody. Cook should’ve been sacked weeks ago, yet I do wonder if this wasn’t done because the not-so-new-by-now owners realised that had they brought Bruce, etc in, theyd have had to splash some cash, and knew theyd get away with not doing with the freebie and ‘jobs for the boys’ loving Cook.
The whole thing around our club at The moment…I find so frustrating. We shouldn’t even be having this discussion about Grigg going, its as simple as that. We have real question marks against our owners, chairman, and board now. What are their actual true intentions? “The premier league in two seasons”? Thats a load of bull. Unless they splash some serious cash, we will be nearer the Northern Premier League, im afraid.
Given their first major dealing in transfers will be to offload the clubs best striker, which looks to be followed by allowing Powell to leave for nothing, is absolutely scandalous. The two players we have with any kind of sell on ‘value’, and we will have got 500k or whatever. The rest of the squad are worth nothing, and when it gets to being like that, by christ, that’s a dangerous situation for a club that is struggling to get 8000 home fans on, with question marks over how long IEC will, if at all, be willing to cover the costs of wages and running the club, the same way Whelan did for 23 years. I can see some really hard times ahead, put it that way.
I honestly cant see that fans forum going ahead. If they do, it just shows how deluded they are that all is well. I think theyll have a real shock with the reception theyll get.
But as for now, I am really disenchanted. Unless Grigg goes and we replace him with someone who comes in with a pedigree and who can slip right into the team, as opposed to another ‘one for the future’ (what future? We still think and act like we are a premier league club with that bullshit. Its all about now when you are where we are!) I will not be there on Saturday. Enough is enough. I wanted a managerial change weeks ago…it didnt happen. I dont like the silence of the chairman and owners…far too quiet.
So unless we come out this transfer window at least on an even keel, in my opinion, I am going to vote by my feet and not turn up on Saturday. Theyll still include me, as a ST holder, like they have done for weeks with the increasing number of stayaways…its true. More and more empty seats every game, its plain to see.
And if Grigg goes to Sunderland, I wish him all the very best. Hope he scores for fun for that magnificent football club. They say you dont know what youve got, til you lose it…I think thats the case with Cook and Grigg. He’d be too stubborn to ever admit it though.
