MLT accepts offer to become ambassador of Southampton football club

[Archers Road]

"We are working on pledges that should be coming out in the first quarter of this year that will come directly from Mr Gao and the leadership, so you can look forward to that being the first clear statements of strategy coming from them.

"They are evolving at the moment. I believe we are at five pledges and the terminology is already on my desk and we will probably get them out after my meetings in February."

- Ralph Krueger, January 2018

Link: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/15804864.big-interview-krueger-outlines-gaos-ambitions/

Must still be busy evolving those pledges... I eagerly await 'the first clear statement of strategy' directly from 'Mr Gao and the leadership'.

As I have no idea what any of that means, I won’t bother worrying about it. I will, however, judge the new owners by their actions. Actions like appointing Ralph, stuff like that

 

[fran-MLs little camera]

I choose to translate Kreuger's statement as meaning there is so much money it has to be delivered in 5 trucks.

 

[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

In fairness they would be criticised if they released anything over the past year because of how we have been on the pitch. Lack of communication from the owners is a small part of the problem. For now i think, or at least hope, everyone is focussed solely on surviving this season.

But this is half the problem. This was meant to be the excuse last season. And if it was just an excuse last season, then fair enough. But, because of the complete paralysis during the summer and just caving in to letting Les and Hughes carry on, here we are again. It's the same excuse for this season. We're just tying ourselves over, season-to-season.

Once last season ended, we should've been planning long-term and deciding where we were going to next. Should have been mucking out and rebuilding.

Instead, and it's been reported since, Gao - who has still not said a word, nor indicated any kind of ambition - just decided to let things trundle along in the same way they were before. Because it was an easy life. It would've been more work to replace people and start putting a proper structure in place, uprooting some of the bad eggs (in the staff and the squad) and attempting to correct our errors.

Then, when the **** hit inevitably hit the fan once again this season, Ralph got sent out to say... erm, well I'm not sure what Ralph said. But that's what Ralph is good for. He's a human meatshield that talks in riddles.

Now we are once again going through the exact same situation - in the very next season - that the club governance said they would learn their lessons from and prevent happening again.

Lo and behold, we are here again.

But ultimately, what I'm getting at is that this kind of 'let's just focus on surviving' rhetoric is just time spent circling the plughole. See for example Swansea, see Aston Villa, see Stoke City.


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PS - This isn't me having a go at you MLsfc, it's just me showing my frustration at how painfully inept this ownership is/has been to-date. Please don't take it personally at all! I'm actually a big fan of Hasenhüttl - good appointment, well done powers that be - and what he's trying to do but sooner or later things will come to a head with him here when he's finished dealing with the bullshit going on below him and becomes frustrated by the amount of bullshit above him. Unless things change, and so far the track record since August 2017 isn't exactly too encouraging.

PPS - Matt Le Tissier is a hero and deserves as many free tickets as he likes. The end.

 

[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

PPPS - Sorry for sullying the MLT thread. I needed to get that out of my system. As you were.

 

[saintlyhero]

Personally I think they gave Les Reed the opportunity to undo the screw ups, but he just kept on screwing.