18-06-2022, 10:49 AM
I'm sure I can't be on my own on this one.
We've got owners that don't see any need to compete with their peers in League One or even contemplate a promotion challenge, no Director of Football, no scouting system to speak about, a shambolic excuse for an Academy...need I go on.
The one person that may have moved us forward is Mark Catlin. A man that understood football, this club and our fans and probably the only man to make sure that the Eisners are accountable for the current fiasco. Perhaps he might make them understand that the sole focus on sustainability, no debt, no risk, no spend strategy is killing the club. Of course, if he managed to get a response from them is another matter but I think he would have, at least, tried. My impression is the encumbent CEO is more of a Project Manager and possibly takes the view that what happens on the playing side isn't overly important.
If MC was still running the show I think we would have been in a less embarrassing position than we are today just a few weeks away from a new season.
If something doesn't change I'm fearful as to exactly where we're heading. We might get 11,000/12,000 season ticket sales but the majority of them will pick and choose their games depending on form, quality of the opposition and suchlike and, in my view, we're not far away from the point on a Tuesday night league game that will see a sub 10,000 gate.
We've got owners that don't see any need to compete with their peers in League One or even contemplate a promotion challenge, no Director of Football, no scouting system to speak about, a shambolic excuse for an Academy...need I go on.
The one person that may have moved us forward is Mark Catlin. A man that understood football, this club and our fans and probably the only man to make sure that the Eisners are accountable for the current fiasco. Perhaps he might make them understand that the sole focus on sustainability, no debt, no risk, no spend strategy is killing the club. Of course, if he managed to get a response from them is another matter but I think he would have, at least, tried. My impression is the encumbent CEO is more of a Project Manager and possibly takes the view that what happens on the playing side isn't overly important.
If MC was still running the show I think we would have been in a less embarrassing position than we are today just a few weeks away from a new season.
If something doesn't change I'm fearful as to exactly where we're heading. We might get 11,000/12,000 season ticket sales but the majority of them will pick and choose their games depending on form, quality of the opposition and suchlike and, in my view, we're not far away from the point on a Tuesday night league game that will see a sub 10,000 gate.