st albans fox
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yea, yea, yea ............ heard it all before ........ just hearsay. however, i was told of the content of one of the 'interviews' for our new manager via a close friend of one of those interviewees: the discussion was rather short when it became apparent that Mr Chairman intended to veto any signings that he wasn't in agreement with; that Mr Chairman wanted a very active role in the day to day decision making relating to team affairs.
Now this got me thinking back to Pompey history and i'll take a lesson if i remember things incorrectly......... Porstsmouth only became 'successful and stable' after the return of Harry from Soton. Lets asume that Harry only returned to the club on the basis that MM would butt out of team affairs and signings ....... remember that he left cos of MM interference in things re Jim Smith/ director of football etc. he would surely never have come back unless MM commited to this. how long did MM stay at Pompey once he couldn't enjoy his day to day meddling? (assuming i'm right??)
So, are we seeing the same thing happening with our club? (and i appreciate that without MM's arrival we would likely be in Div 1 now). I'm just pointing out that success is very unlikely until we get a manager that is able to tell MM to leave the running of the team to him. i can't believe that IH is in a strong enough position to do this. a four year contract and security for his family would, in my opinion, be enough to get IH to swallow his pride - so we have to wait for at least one more manager to break out of the malaise that we are in.
Now this got me thinking back to Pompey history and i'll take a lesson if i remember things incorrectly......... Porstsmouth only became 'successful and stable' after the return of Harry from Soton. Lets asume that Harry only returned to the club on the basis that MM would butt out of team affairs and signings ....... remember that he left cos of MM interference in things re Jim Smith/ director of football etc. he would surely never have come back unless MM commited to this. how long did MM stay at Pompey once he couldn't enjoy his day to day meddling? (assuming i'm right??)
So, are we seeing the same thing happening with our club? (and i appreciate that without MM's arrival we would likely be in Div 1 now). I'm just pointing out that success is very unlikely until we get a manager that is able to tell MM to leave the running of the team to him. i can't believe that IH is in a strong enough position to do this. a four year contract and security for his family would, in my opinion, be enough to get IH to swallow his pride - so we have to wait for at least one more manager to break out of the malaise that we are in.