by YorkshireRoyal99 »
05 Dec 2022 15:57
URZZZZZZZZ Millsy Snowflake Royal Can't remember if it was under this shit show or the Thais.
Either way twice in a few years isn’t just poor, its piss poor.
We're terribly run. The sooner Dai oxf*rd off thd better
Terribly run we may be and Dais may be crap.
But you can't just ignore the crushing effects of Covid, the Cost of Brexit crisis and the strange WC timing in all this. These have been a
very strange couple of years.
This is true to a certain extent, but it hasn't stopped other clubs from continuing where they left off pre pandemic. Locally, Swindon, Oxford and Wycombe's attendances are all up compared to pre-pandemic levels, this is mainly down to having personnel in place doing the jobs. The RFC staff base is completely down to the bare bones at the moment, which is inexcusable given the wealth we have behind the club on face value. It's an absolute drop in the ocean compared to the player related spending and could make tangible improvements to the way we are run - but nothing seems to be changing.
I think a lot of that has come down to redundancies during the pandemic as well as cost-cutting before we were inevitably slapped with sanctions, it's probably part of the reason as to why we lost our academy status and unfortunately I think these were always going consequences amid the backdrop of the sanctions, it was never going to be just as simple as 6 points off, a couple of immediate restrictions etc (although I'm not suggesting you're saying that by the way), there was always going to be repercussions.
As much as that responsibility falls down on the head of the owners, that's the consequences that they, and subsequently we, have to deal with. I think we would be better off with better owners if we were up for sale, even with the improvements we looked to have made over the last 6 months or so by putting a bit more of a footballing structure in place. As much as many lament someone like Mike Ashley, given our circumstances I'd bite your hand off for an owner like that now.