06-03-2015, 23:45
(This post was last modified: 07-03-2015, 00:00 by St Charles Owl.)
(06-03-2015, 23:16)Thurnscoe_OWL Wrote: I think some of you older lot are blinkered by these great days in the early 90's. Spoilt by 4/5 good seasons 20 years ago.
Top managers will not come to us. Top players will not come to us. We're not one of the top teams anymore. We aren't even one of the top teams in the championship. We are a mid table side and are currently having our 2nd best season in 15 years.
Who said we are a top side these days?? Yes those of us who lived through the early 90s were definitely spoiled, and rightly or wrongly we will always compare our current team to that one!! I don't mean this to sound condescending, but until you have lived through something like we did for those few seasons, you cannot imagine how your expectations and standards change, and for certain what you want changes as well.
Wereham said he wanted a great manager, and referred to Big Ron, but I don't think he is expecting that sort of hire now, but there is no reason why we should not be able to get a very good manager with a good track record in the English game. McClaren managed England but is now at Derby, that is the sort of manager level we should be looking at. Paul Lambert, Pearson if he gets canned, or any of the other ex-prem managers would probably be interested in the position. Once thing is for sure, we can and should be doing better than SG going forward.
As regards players, no one is expecting top players to come to us, but we should be expecting better players!! Look at the players other Championship teams have bought, that is the market we are now in, instead of the free transfer or unproven youngster market as we have seen for the past few years. We will now have the capability of competing within reason with wages compared to other teams in the championship but players capable of playing in the prem will still go there rather than us, or any championship side for that matter, so they probably will not come as you say. One thing is for sure, we now represent a much better opportunity that we did three months ago for prospective players, we have ambition and we now have some money behind us to back that ambition up, that will attract a better quality player than we have been used to.