sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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And I respect your right to not have raised your expectations. I work with a guy who always wants to do the same thing, who never wants anything to improve as long as his status quo is kept the same, and I respect him for that, but I balance this part of him out by driving new projects, developing new ways to do things, and aiming for higher goals. We’re all different people, and I don’t expect to be told my opinion is worth less because I expect more following the biggest spend in Europe… no matter how it’s dressed up.We may have spent 200m but we are still shopping in the same market of potential.
After our qualification into Europe we sold 200m worth of talent, most of which was McAllister and Caicedo. Replacing them with 20-30m rated talent is always going to be a risk and take time.
For me our spend doesn't come with 'much bigger expectations' it was overdue to keep us at the same level. Maybe it pushed up from top 10 to having a good crack at Europe. But our overexcitment about champions league came from our great start to the season. Courtesy of our inept manager and shit players.
We are sitting in 10th in the premier league with some of the most exciting young talent in Europe. What is everyone moaning about?
Shit form happens but we haven't become a shit team over night. Hold your nerve, it will be alright.
Irrespective of that, I just don’t rate our manager. I think our best results have been in spite of him, not because of him, and I think he’s looked tactically inept for the majority of his time here, without a proper footballing plan at this level, in pretty much every game I’ve watched live.
I hope he proves me wrong, because I want our club to succeed, but my faith with him is really low. If this was someone on probation at a job, they’d be in meetings with a plan for how to drastically improve very quickly, and if they didn’t, they’d be out.