WoodleyRoyalWestYorksRoyal Norwich are a good blueprint to follow. The way they recruited and used the Maddison money to strengthen was excellent. We should aim to do the same with Olise.
I do think our first XI would have given them a better game, but they simply have the depth you get from several years good recruitment and development. I like to think we could do the same with Pauno (though the Dais will probably ruin it all by sacking him after a playoff loss and spunk a load of money on big name mediocrity).
You really don’t do yourself many favours wyr. The mental spending on shit players was gourlay. Our recruitment over the last couple of years has been good. And every manger change under the dais have been correct (manger incomings not so much) but I really can’t fault the dais leadership to this point.
I'm not convinced. This summer was a farce and from the outside Paunovic looked like a big gamble which has paid off, but which could easily have turned into another Gomes. Maybe I'm wrong; maybe they spent months scouting potential managers and lining up a good fit but it didn't look that way. Bowen was treated very badly after doing a decent job. I agree our owners have good intentions and back managers financially, but I do think they're impulsive and at times badly informed.