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I agree that we need a fresh, new management and coaching team … possibly with some level of experience and success at our current level. I’m less than convinced that Lee Turnbull should be shown the door. First of all I remember the glimmer of hope when Lee left a perfectly good position at Notts County .. only recently acquired .. to come to us. Did he know something that we didn’t was my hopeful speculation. I think he did… but has had to navigate some difficult developments with a fair degree of diplomacy and discipline.He definitely injected some initial interest and buzz into the club which was no mean achievement. I hope he continues to make a contribution to the Iron for the foreseeable future.
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On a musical note … how’s this for some gallows humour. Some of you will know that I was in hospital a couple of days ago for an op. I was on the slab waiting for anaesthetic to kick in. There was some v bland .. supposedly soothing music playing … so I asked the surgeon if it was the anaesthetists choice. The surgeon was a chirpy, confident type … entertaining the nurses etc as he prepared. So his response to me was ‘What. Don’t you like it? OK. Someone put on ‘Another one bites the dust!!’ Now THAT’S edgy. I actually laughed at the cheek of it. I thought afterwards … if it went wrong I could have sued. …. But then, who would know?
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BPG … you have both my number and e mail. I’m happy to chat. No need for airing your disappointment with me on the forum. There is a difference between a ‘thanks’ and a ‘like’ …. I think Siderite earlier in the thread and particularly Deerey just above have been a bit more perceptive.
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Have a bit more to say but have made myself late for the Hospital. A minor op today … if I make it through I will add a final bit later
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Thanks for a genuine and logical … and on the face of it ‘courteous’ response , Deerey. You have ‘previous’ on this …. which I appreciate.
I don’t think it’s a secret that I am not in favour of how the EU emerged out of the initial economic cooperation. Although I was roundly mocked for stating that some things should be judged over a longer timespan than a few years I still hold to that. There’s certainly plenty of evidence/activity across the EU to indicate that all may not be well in coming years.
I definitely agree that some of our present economic woes are attributable to the economic pain of leaving the EU. If I didn’t believe that the path it took was pretty well inevitable then I could even be tempted for the old days of purely economic union. But I’m not really even tempted on that.(I’ll post this then add a bit more … unless I get jumped on first…. because I keep losing text and it’s a bit frustrating)
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When that ‘no food or drink taken in’ rule was first implemented there was still a corner kiosk opening both inside and outside the ground. I bought a tea and went towards the turnstile. This young steward nervously told me I couldn’t take the drink in. I told him where I had bought it one minute before. I pointed out that I could have gone in and bought it on the other side. Still wouldn’t let me in. I had three choices. Drink it outside. Nope. Take it back to the kiosk and have them pass it to me when I got in. Maybe … but nope. I kicked off til the Senior Steward came .. and let me in. It didn’t make me feel loved, appreciated and valued as a customer I can tell you.
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Apparently we didn’t have a scoreboard when we first arrived at Glanford Park. Apologies to Mr Swann. Memory a bit dickie.
Still can’t muster my old sense of pride at wearing the club badge on my ‘bobble hat’ though. It feels like a golden chain stretching back over 60 years has somehow been tarnished and then broken.1 user thanked author for this post.
First time at Glanford Park that there’s no scoreboard. First time that I don’t wear my Scunny hat with a sort of defiant pride at being one of the chosen few. Any more?
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Gurney wrote : You can’t put your faith in prayers, JI!
Agreed.
But I’ve made it no secret that I have faith in one who I pray to. For me prayer is dynamic and gives me involvement and agency in situations that are heart rending and otherwise saturated with a sense of futility and impotence. There’s much that is mysterious about this … but then I’m not claiming to understand everything.
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Praying for the fall of the regime in Iran. Such courage displayed.. especially in the earlier stages before the protests grew.
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