by Dave » 01 Jun 2014, 11:05
1) Had the club been relegated the year previous, the football would have been as equally dire, in fact taking into account some of the opposition even more so.
2) Had Alan Knill's promised budget not been cut ( believed to be in the region £250k ) it's highly likely, we would have seen Cooper at left back and Benson up front, as it's widely believed AK had both lined up to join and thought he had the budget to do so, what was two of our biggest problems last season LB/scoring goals, cant put that forward as fact, know where the information originates from and personally believe it to be correct, up to individuals whether they want to believe it or not. So we wouldn't been lumbered with some players Knill signed as alternatives to certain players he wanted to.
3) If not Knill who do you think we would have had as manager ? bring the clock forward 12 months would CH been ready, he had little or no first team coaching experience 12 months prior, so who.
4) How would our finances be in any better shape ? we still had to pay off both Martin Ling and Shaun Taylor, and we would have lost all the sponsorship and funding that goes with being a league club 12 months earlier than we did.
The football was pretty dire 12 months before Alan Knill came anywhere near our club, I do not blame in any way, either ML or AK, we've just suffered an entirely avoidable relegation. In conclusion, only if the club had given Martin Ling the support and backing he needed when we were sat 2nd in league 2.
For a start we may have enjoyed 1 maybe 2 seasons as a League 1 club. Two, we would NOT have ended up paying off two managers and one assistant, and it's quite likely we would still be a League club, so a question, taking in to account all that, what shape do we think our clubs finances would be in now ? Those on the board who seemed to have taken decisions to penny pinch and do everything on the cheap are to blame.
1) Had the club been relegated the year previous, the football would have been as equally dire, in fact taking into account some of the opposition even more so.
2) Had Alan Knill's promised budget not been cut ( believed to be in the region £250k ) it's highly likely, we would have seen Cooper at left back and Benson up front, as it's widely believed AK had both lined up to join and thought he had the budget to do so, what was two of our biggest problems last season LB/scoring goals, cant put that forward as fact, know where the information originates from and personally believe it to be correct, up to individuals whether they want to believe it or not. So we wouldn't been lumbered with some players Knill signed as alternatives to certain players he wanted to.
3) If not Knill who do you think we would have had as manager ? bring the clock forward 12 months would CH been ready, he had little or no first team coaching experience 12 months prior, so who.
4) How would our finances be in any better shape ? we still had to pay off both Martin Ling and Shaun Taylor, and we would have lost all the sponsorship and funding that goes with being a league club 12 months earlier than we did.
The football was pretty dire 12 months before Alan Knill came anywhere near our club, I do not blame in any way, either ML or AK, we've just suffered an entirely avoidable relegation. In conclusion, only if the club had given Martin Ling the support and backing he needed when we were sat 2nd in league 2.
For a start we may have enjoyed 1 maybe 2 seasons as a League 1 club. Two, we would NOT have ended up paying off two managers and one assistant, and it's quite likely we would still be a League club, so a question, taking in to account all that, what shape do we think our clubs finances would be in now ? Those on the board who seemed to have taken decisions to penny pinch and do everything on the cheap are to blame.
