05-01-2022, 12:21 PM
I think there needs to be a note of realism injected into some of these comments; especially on the back of ten games undefeated in the league. Cowley has done a really good job since the Ipswich defeat with only very limited resources. After all we have gone close to four months with only one recognised central defender and conceded just four goals in the last nine matches. There's only one player I'd have back and that's Jack Whatmough; otherwise with the likes of Ogylvie, Morrell, Romeo and Co we're better off than we were tis time last year.
You can point the finger at Cowley because we're struggling to find the back of the net and tactically there are some valid points but he wasn't the one who brought in Marquis and Harrison for close to £1.5million and made them our best paid players. He has tried to unload them but as it is he'd have to give them away and, in any case, they'll sit tight for the next six months because they are never going to earn that type of money again!
I'm going to discount covid because essentially that's the same for everyone.
His other major hurdle is the Eisners because to turn this side into a play-off team would only require a relatively modest layout for multi-millionaires...perhaps two strikers or a striker and another central defender. The fact is that dressed up in the guise of sustainability they don't really want promotion and, from their perspective, financially it makes more sense to potter along in the top half of League One because they know that 16/17,000 will turn up religously every week. In four years they've learnt enough to know that they will always turn up in good numbers. In some ways you can't really blame them especially as they are never really going to understand english league football and the bond between the club and the fans, as well as the ambition to see us play at a higher level where we rightfully belong.
You can point the finger at Cowley because we're struggling to find the back of the net and tactically there are some valid points but he wasn't the one who brought in Marquis and Harrison for close to £1.5million and made them our best paid players. He has tried to unload them but as it is he'd have to give them away and, in any case, they'll sit tight for the next six months because they are never going to earn that type of money again!
I'm going to discount covid because essentially that's the same for everyone.
His other major hurdle is the Eisners because to turn this side into a play-off team would only require a relatively modest layout for multi-millionaires...perhaps two strikers or a striker and another central defender. The fact is that dressed up in the guise of sustainability they don't really want promotion and, from their perspective, financially it makes more sense to potter along in the top half of League One because they know that 16/17,000 will turn up religously every week. In four years they've learnt enough to know that they will always turn up in good numbers. In some ways you can't really blame them especially as they are never really going to understand english league football and the bond between the club and the fans, as well as the ambition to see us play at a higher level where we rightfully belong.