by howser »
14 Sep 2008 14:45
Lets not get blinkered over the reasons that we have failed to build on the progress that we had made over the previous few seasons, in our first Premiership season we achieved more than anyone could have ever dreamt. Throughout that whole campaign we were treated to the almost boring continual retorts from the manager that we were and had "overachieved" so what if we did ? wasn't that the time to take stock of what we had done and look to the future with increased investment in the team for the following season. But that is where, of course, the collapse of our previous achievemants started, blatently the owner considered that he had done what he set out to do and got the premiership place he promised, job done and to hell with the consequences. We are now seeing the ambition that he now has, many comments on these recent threads tell us that he wants to unload what is becoming a burden around his kneck, and his desires and wishes for the club this season seem to comfirm this.
We are at the moment safe in the championship, our home form will ensure that, but a return to the top league is not even on his radar, this lack of ambition and desire from the top must thread down to the players who must realise that they are just now pawns in the owners "selling off" plans. The January window will further confirm this when I fully expect to see more high fee transfers out and very little coming in.
The calls for the mangers head that are increasing daily while the expected response from disollusioned supporters are futile as no creditable manager would come to a club with such minimalisitic plans and ambitions for the next forthcoming seasons. We have to accept that under the present ownership that we are where we are going to stay.