Don't blame Warnock, Robson, Speed, Blackwell, Adams, Carver or any of the rest of the unhappy band, I blame the people who put them there. IF (and its a bloody big one) they have learned their lesson they will stop meddling, stop chucking money around elsewhere and concentrate on the one thing that matters to every single supporter of SUFC. The FOOTBALL CLUB. Once we start doing that there is hope.
I came to the conclusion a long time ago that the Manager isn't the single biggest influencer on the team for someone like us. Sure they are part of it and Adams hasn't covered himself in Glory but its a bit like sending a soldier into battle with a wooden gun when all those around him have real ones. Adams had to wheel and deal which was bad enough, but he had no real time to do it in. Yes, he brought some shit in and for that he should be questioned however, I go back to my initial post. You give the man a budget and a whole season, you set out their objectives and monitor their progress. If they have spent half the budget but are outside their goal (i.e promotion) then you give them a reminder of what that budget is for and that your expectation remains no matter what they do or don't spend.
Why the hell should the Chairmen who appoint these Managers get away scott free? You generally appoint a manager on a contract. Well if you believe in that then you should stand your reputation by it.
Why did we give Robson a long term contract and then boot him out less than a third of the way through it? Isn't that poor management from the top?
Why did we give Blackwell a further extention on his contract and then sack him with 2 years still on it? Isn't that also poor management from the top?
More arguable would be why did we let Warnock go up with a team and not get a bigger/better name in? But if you are the Grade A businessman that McCabe says he is you aren't scared of making these decisions are you?
When you are in a big deep hole, why do you appoint a man with absolutely no managerial experience (Speed)? Isn't that a really big gamble to take?
Contracts are too readilly bandied about on Managers and players who are at best a bit of a punt (with a p). If these businessmen are so sure of themselves then shouldn't their reputations stand on this also?
I see some stinkingly bad decisions all authorised by one man. The same man who took Birch on, the same man who had Terry the Pieman running things all over the shop (apparently Terry suggested Robson as Manager!!!). This is the man who authorised Chengdu Blades, Hungarian clubs, Belgian clubs, Argentinian partnerships, Brazilian partnerships, Australian Partnerships, a big hotel. And thats off the top of my head. To me thats the equivalent of signing Doyle & Collins 100 times over but to some he can't and shouldn't be criticised.
Apparently phrases such as "we are relegated, it will pass" and "could be worse, could be the pigs" are the ones we should hang our hats on. Cliches like "All True Blades are at the Lane" and "Stop moaning" are rearing their heads. To use a McCabeism it really beggars belief that anyone would trust McCabe to run a bath let alone a football club. Yet there are more people blaming former managers here than the man still at the helm.
We even turn on each other as fans rather than vent our frustrations at the people who are the puppetmasters.
