For reasons only known to themselves the owners stood by McCann when many a Chairman would of sacked him on the spot especially after that Wigan debacle when players seemed to give up and the club became a laughing stock. The only real way McCann could claw some respect back and get some of the fans back onside was to take us back up again...and fair play to the bloke because he did just that with games to spare. Next season who knows?. Enjoy the ride.
Agreed. While good to watch, I'm not sure how successful our all out attack approach (typified by wingers doing little tracking back, which they were clearly under instruction) will be against better teams. We wont have as much of the ball. We also won't create the number of chances we have this season. As you say, he deserves the opportunity. Remains to be seen whether we can adapt under him.
It quite clear from what we've seen that the squad and management are completely together. ALL the credit must go to Grant for this. Given a chance to put right what went wrong last season, he's done it, and with some room to spare. Now he's up there in the company of a few top Hull City Managers.
Actually, I haven't. Obviously they won't be as poor as a lot we have faced this year. Mid table will do me,
Now the dust has settled would it be too much to ask that Eham has been forward planning? It would be good to see McCann leave this week amicably so the new manager can have the next 2 games to properly assess the squad before next season.
many years ago - i worked with a guy who was Head of Forward Planning - I asked him what was the difference between a Head of Planning and a Head of Forward Planning - he just looked at me
Now would be the perfect time for the Allams to sell City & hand over to new owners who have the money to invest in the squad to gain promotion to the PL, which the Allams do not have.I have no doubt though this won’t happen & the Allams business plan will be to invest the bare minimum to keep the club operational whilst continuing to pay Allamhouse millions a year in interest on the debt that never goes down.
I have watched some highlights and I think it is a big step up and expect we will need to strengthen a good deal to have any chance of not going back down. I may be wrong of course.
You are wrong.... It is a step up, of course, but not big. Aside from Fulham, WBrom and the Blades..... I'd predict we'll cope.
I also don't think theyll sell, but to be fair they will do a fair bit more than "the bare minimum" you mention , just like they have done this season.
That would do. Last thing I'd want is to actually be promoted again into the VAR league (please tell me they don't use it in the Championship!)
Problem is that people with more money than the Allams and with the money required to get a team into the PL would be able to buy a club with their own stadium and a larger fan base. Why would they choose us?
Don’t think that matters too much. MK Dons did not have much of a stadium and played on the old national hockey stadium. The owner had the vision to build a stadium/hotel/leisure complex that now hosts top world snooker events. They are only a mid table league one side but they have an owner with vision