can we save the hysteria for at least a few months, please?
you know when BR was saying "it'll take time", "there's a big job to be done here" etc. he wasn't managing expectations, he was telling us the truth. and due to no CL football for 3 years and the fact that 'king' kenny [oops] 100M or so up the wall there isn't a lot of money going around at the club.
am i the only one happy that the club has a clear philosophy now?
There's more to a successful football club than a clear playing philosophy House, I too am happy with the philosophy, however a successful football club must compete against their competitors across the following three fronts: 1 on the pitch 2 revenue and 3 in the transfer market. weakness or failure to compete in any one of these three elements will adversely affect the other two. At the moment we are only partially competing on the revenue front with sponsorship and merchandising but not on gate receipts. We are not competing on the pitch and we are not competing in the transfer market.
Given that scenario finishing 8th last season and being beaten 3 - 0 (could have been more) by WBA in our first game this season should not be a major surprise to any of us. When FSG sacked Kenny at the end of last season I called on this forum for them to put their money where their scalpel was and give our new manager a fighting chance, they haven't done that, instead they prefer to 'manage our expectations' while they spend buttons on low to mid table players. It is not hysteria for fans to voice their concerns about what is going on and now is the time to let our feelings be known. I can remember us being beaten by more than 3 - 0 on the first day of a season before but taken in the context of all the circumstances today against the circumstances then, our situation now is much more precarious and in my opinion we should all be letting FSG know how we feel about their dismal efforts in the transfer market, and consequently on the pitch.
