Alcy, thanks for posting this. The Cod is spot on. This is not a dig at you, but a few days ago you posted that you fell out with Wharton because he lacked ambition. A poster listed Wharton’s achievements against the lack of achievements by Swann.
The above article explains where we are due to being over ambitious, yet Wharton achieved without us tumbling down the league after relegation from the Championship.
Confused!!
I’m pretty sure I actually wrote that Wharton SEEMED to lack ambition.
I based this assumption on more than one observation.
First off, his apparent reluctance to fund decent signings. “We tried but the lad didn’t want to come”, and the joke about 50p and a half eaten toffee didn’t come from nowhere.
Second, the unseemly haste with which any half-decent player was sold on, and his acceptance of low offers just to get some money in. We NEVER looked like keeping decent players for another season or so, just to see where they might have got us, and to allow the paying, and long suffering supporters chance to see a quality player in an Iron shirt.
Third, his apparent reluctance to try and fund success, (see 2, above), while the supporters paid and paid, week in, week out.
And lastly, the almost obscene haste with which teams that had reached the Championship were dismantled.
I’m not going to mention what really got up my nose, since I’ve recently mentioned it on here and the thread was removed. Seems we are still favouring fear over the truth.
