by fredisley » 19 Aug 2016, 21:19
Interesting comments from very differing perspectives. Regardless of our opinions on Nicholsons stewardship, I give very little weight or credence to the overused statement when things are going badly that the team needs time to gel, strange that the same comment is never made by managers who have successful starts to the season, these are allegedly, professional sportsman, its their job, they should do better.
Historically, Nicholson had a good contract signed early, the great percentage of season ticket sales in the region of £220,000 was probably his to spend as the takeover was still lumbering on for most of the pre-season break where the promise of investment capital was peddled on a weekly basis.Unlike last season he had a nucleus of a team under contract early, but as in previous years we always wait until the week before the season starts to do a January sale type purchase, and pick up players that no one else has acquired two months earlier.
The reality of getting quality players to move to the west country is in itself a difficult proposition especially as we are not paying anything like top dollar, regardless, that,s part of his job description.
Wherever we end up this season we are committed to keeping him for three seasons, because we all know the difficulty and costs of buying out our last but one manager . So lets give him a chance and hope he learns very quickly, finds a few experienced, seasoned pros that every other club has overlooked and perhaps instil a little fight in the team without the accompanying yellow cards.
Interesting comments from very differing perspectives. Regardless of our opinions on Nicholsons stewardship, I give very little weight or credence to the overused statement when things are going badly that the team needs time to gel, strange that the same comment is never made by managers who have successful starts to the season, these are allegedly, professional sportsman, its their job, they should do better.
Historically, Nicholson had a good contract signed early, the great percentage of season ticket sales in the region of £220,000 was probably his to spend as the takeover was still lumbering on for most of the pre-season break where the promise of investment capital was peddled on a weekly basis.Unlike last season he had a nucleus of a team under contract early, but as in previous years we always wait until the week before the season starts to do a January sale type purchase, and pick up players that no one else has acquired two months earlier.
The reality of getting quality players to move to the west country is in itself a difficult proposition especially as we are not paying anything like top dollar, regardless, that,s part of his job description.
Wherever we end up this season we are committed to keeping him for three seasons, because we all know the difficulty and costs of buying out our last but one manager . So lets give him a chance and hope he learns very quickly, finds a few experienced, seasoned pros that every other club has overlooked and perhaps instil a little fight in the team without the accompanying yellow cards.
