Woodwardfan
Woodwardfan
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There is a background to the rebuild and it relates to the ownership of the club. It can affect everything to do with our manager and his plans and that is, as they say, the typical Bladesway ( anybody heard from him lately? love the man.) to complicate things.
For this thread I ask you to assume the status-quo as regards budgets, likely future budgets and ownership.
I ask you to offer a considered response to my question: Are we on the right tracks to develop the club as a force for elevation to the Premiership by, say 2020?
By then Wilder will have been manager for 4 years after he took over a demoralised average squad in League 1 less than 2 years ago.
The reason I ask this question is because I thought the fans last night were over-critical of the team which had to defend for their lives in the face of a capable, long established Championship team which showed they had a plan and were prepared to ruffle our feathers throughout the game, aided by a lenient referee.
Rebuilds depend on the leader. He has to motivate what he has got and then improve the squad through whatever budget he is given. Player signings from funds available are key to real progress even if the leader is Mr. Motivator Supreme.
Wilders signings in Year 1 were brilliant. We strolled through League 1 as Champions.
Since then we have added to the squad last summer and again, with quite a number of signings in January. Nobody would say these signings were 'expensive' for this division but certainly a 'step-up' for us as a club.
The question is: Do you think our manager has stepped up to the challenge of incremental improvement of the squad within the above stated reasonable timescale to challenge for promotion to the Premier League by 2020?
My view is very much the affirmative. What do you think?
The sub-plot is - How much do we want right now FGS?
The other sub-plot is: Do you believe our manager can grow the club during the next stage despite his lack of experience at this and the next level. Again I say 'Yes'.
There is another stage of all this in the Premier League and if we have foreign owners they can easily be swayed by know-all, never dun'it advisors.
Kevin McCabe. Please stay, please Blade.
For this thread I ask you to assume the status-quo as regards budgets, likely future budgets and ownership.
I ask you to offer a considered response to my question: Are we on the right tracks to develop the club as a force for elevation to the Premiership by, say 2020?
By then Wilder will have been manager for 4 years after he took over a demoralised average squad in League 1 less than 2 years ago.
The reason I ask this question is because I thought the fans last night were over-critical of the team which had to defend for their lives in the face of a capable, long established Championship team which showed they had a plan and were prepared to ruffle our feathers throughout the game, aided by a lenient referee.
Rebuilds depend on the leader. He has to motivate what he has got and then improve the squad through whatever budget he is given. Player signings from funds available are key to real progress even if the leader is Mr. Motivator Supreme.
Wilders signings in Year 1 were brilliant. We strolled through League 1 as Champions.
Since then we have added to the squad last summer and again, with quite a number of signings in January. Nobody would say these signings were 'expensive' for this division but certainly a 'step-up' for us as a club.
The question is: Do you think our manager has stepped up to the challenge of incremental improvement of the squad within the above stated reasonable timescale to challenge for promotion to the Premier League by 2020?
My view is very much the affirmative. What do you think?
The sub-plot is - How much do we want right now FGS?
The other sub-plot is: Do you believe our manager can grow the club during the next stage despite his lack of experience at this and the next level. Again I say 'Yes'.
There is another stage of all this in the Premier League and if we have foreign owners they can easily be swayed by know-all, never dun'it advisors.
Kevin McCabe. Please stay, please Blade.