Of course I am not privy to exactly what is going on behind the scenes. Let’s face it the club has directors that don’t know exactly what is going on.
It seems obvious that if there really was a plan to do well in the National League this season then 2 things had to happen.
1. We would somehow have to increase crowds after 4 years of decline from the circa 2,000 they had dropped to.
2. We had to recruit almost a full team of players and coach and motivate them to compete in this league.
It would appear that number 1 was the responsibility of Lee Turnbull supported by the club staff and Neil Wright. Very difficult task but 3 games in – job done.
It would appear Keith Hill and his coaching staff have been given full autonomy and the available financial support to achieve number 2. Six games in they have massively under achieved.
The other thing the club was reportedly trying to achieve was new ownership. This was by his own admission the sole responsibility and focus of the current owner. He is to the surprise of no-one also underachieving.
I simply cannot understand why some people wish to blame Turnbull and Wright for anything that is going wrong at the moment. Why should they walk away from the club they demonstrably care about and what would be achieved by their doing so?
Conventional wisdom say a coaching team get 10 games at the start of a season to prove their worth. For many managers 5 straight abject defeats often short circuits that grace period.
I have given up wasting emotional energy on wondering what the owner is up to. Nine years of bullshit does that to me. Only my opinion but for the first time I am calling for the coaching staff to go. I have absolutely no confidence they can do anything about the situation on the pitch.
If they get the full 10 games then if they are still in the relegation places then they must go.
Anything else I would take as proof of the managed liquidation theory.
