If I could be arsed I'd drag up the threads on here. Loads of people were saying he was a good appointment. Plenty were in the "he's here now so I'll back him" which I think is fair enough. You were in a minority to point out his record was poor.
I agree though we should have acted far sooner in disposing of his services. I wanted him out very early, but I can admit that is because I thought he was a ****e appointment. Before the window would have been ideal, although we actually bought well in the window with Townsend and Shelvey. I seem to remember a break after the window where we had the perfect opportunity. Instead we muddled along for a few more games until the situation was ridiculous.
It comes down to money the rest of it. At the moment we don't have it. I would prefer we risked money in a more solid situation like next year. We get the TV money with the promise of more. If we buy well the players should have good value even if we did drop. I just couldn't see what is wrong with what we did this window on the budgets we are working to. We got the manager players he wanted without lumping on risk to our situation. It has been a successful strategy, yet we are still pillaring the owner and MD (or whatever his role is). It doesn't make sense to me, shouldn't we all be happy we are on a good run off the back of it?
