RevidgeBlue

Results suggest otherwise.

Wasn't it Glen Mullan who said after a meeting with Waggott something along the lines of "No discussions have been held with JDT about a new contract - he's ambitious" Now it might be the case that JDT wouldn't even consider signing any form of new deal under the current conditions but it doesn't exactly smack of a Club prepared to do everything within their power to keep him either. If anything exactly the opposite.

Disappointed to see Wahlstedt starting as well. Not much censure for performing horrendously is there?

Yep there must be far better keepers than those two in the Lower Leagues. Also hard to believe Hilton wouldnt be a significant upgrade on both.

Good spot! For me right from his first interview it was apparent that he had no genuine aspirations of success for us, just that he wanted to turn us into the Crewe Alexandra of the Championship. (Mind you there's not even much chance of that given his recruitment is so shite) Bet he can't believe his lucky stars he landed on his feet with this job in which he seems to be clearly miles out of his depth. In talking a good game however, he is absolutely World Class. Rememember him bragging about Telalovic being our "second PERMANENT striking addition of the summer". Lol Well - except when the transfer window is on and you WOULD expect to be hearing from him at which point he goes completely schtumm. I don't know how we manage to keep finding these people.

Great post. Lest we forget last January just how DID he get away with the OBrien/lad from Rochdale fiasco scot free when he is MEANT to be Director of Football?

Yeah, very good, unfortunately where your assertion falls down is that the financial situation at the Club has only deteriorated beyond the pale during the last six months due to circumstances which no-one saw coming. How much money did Mowbray waste over the years? There's no real reason why he couldn't have been a lot more successful than he was. However, putting scoring petty points off me to one side, I think most of us would agree that we're now in a pretty dire mess. I would still maintain that this hasn't been helped by what money we have had being completely wasted which is a common theme of Venky's tenure but I doubt they ring up from India and insist we sign a load of dross be it Leon Best, Chris Brown, Ryan Hedges, Sam Gallagher, Barry Douglas George Hirst, Ennis, Telalovic or Walstedt. That's down to the people on the ground at the time.

Maybe so, but IF that is true you obviously think it's OK for the Club employees to constantly do the bare minimum required. What's wrong with them going over and above and exceeding expectations from time to time?

Does sound as though the players have started to lose confidence in the system. Once that happens it's a slippery slope.

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That would be the ultimate nightmare wouldn't it, JDT tiring of the Regulated Venkys/Waggott/Broughton circus and Waggott reappointing his old mate Mowbray in the hope they can cream a couple of years more wages out of it before the wheels fall off completely.

Well, yes. their previous indiscretions, in spending money on things they technically shouldn't have been doing appear to have caught up with them, and far more importantly, us. And whilst I'm sure Mattyblue will instantly leap in and disagree, that STILL doesn't excuse the employees of the Club from doing their job properly though be it JDT ensuring whatever X1 he puts out on the pitch are completely up for it and as hard as possible to beat, be it Waggott who SHOULD be demanding results or Broughton who shouldn't be completely cooking up the recruitment.

It's incredibly complacent not to be looking down imo. We've lost more than 50 % of our games. All that needs to happen is for our win ratio to drop off a bit and we'll be bang in the thick of it. I thought at the start of the season it would be a bit of a result if we stayed up with the striking options we had ( Not that that should be the AIM per se, a la Waggott) but I'm still of the same mind.

Was thinking that. Why couldn't we try a grittier type of midfield consisting of Travis and Garrett with Adam Wharton feeding whoever is up front ?

Errrmmmmm...............

The way we're playing we'd need 45 points on the board to feel safe.

Judging by the fact JDT won't play or at least seems extremely loath to play many of the players Broughton sources, you'd think they never spoke to each other! Hard to believe the likes of Hirst Ennis Wahlstedt and Telalovic were his choices and you can certainly see why he wasn't keen on playing them!

I seem to be on my own in agreeing with you on your last paragraph, it's incomprehensible to me that with funds particularly tight we blew our summer budget on "Leo" and that with the need for a striker paramount for the last 12-24 months the best he could come up with has been Hirst, Ennis and Telalovic, funds limited or not. Then of course we had the transfer window debacle last January. As I've said more or less from the off - bullshitter extraordinaire. How's the plans to turn us into "a sustainable Premier League side" going Gregg?

Was wondering what would happen IF one of the requests to transfer funds was denied. Presumably, as you say, that would bring a rapid close to their ownership.

But why should the players bother? (Incredibly) by the CEO's own admission the manager is under no pressure whatsoever to produce results, therefore, from his point of view as long as we perform well enough in a large enough percentage of games to stay up its happy days. The lethargy permeates from the top of the Club down. If the fans have to sit through various no shows - tough kitty.

(Tin hat on) Did say at the time Nyambe would be the hardest of the outgoing players to replace. Not Roberto Carlos in the final third but ver let us down.

Morgan has some raw talent but he highlights the problem of relying too heavily on loan players. When the going gets tough they generally go into hiding. Not my problem guv.

and for raising prices during a pandemic......and for unsuccessfully trying to sell off part of the training facilities.....and for failing to tie down key players.

Spot on. Its the only conceivable explanation for two largely different sets of players under two different managers failing to secure a play off spot when it looked impossible not to for two seasons running. Then combine Waggott/Mowbray's negligence in not getting key players tied down with a subsequent reduction in funding and things look incredibly bleak.

Waggott has admitted quite clearly what it is. Stay up and sell one or two players at a profit. The first might be problematic the way we are going. I bet Waggott can't wait for JDT to leave then he can get another Mowbray in who like Waggott is only interested in feathering his own nest for a few years and who won't give him a hard time.