I have spent quite some time recently perusing the comments made on our site and have come to the realisation that most of us are calling for change. So what does that change constitute?
The subject of Derek McInnes, of course, comes up the most often and I'm glad to see that common sense seems to be prevailing when it comes to the question of should he stay at Ashton Gate. Most posters accept that he took on the proverbial "poisoned chalice" and are now of the opinion that he must stay and rid City of the dross.
Clearly the current crop are divided and unmotivated and unless that changes soon we could fall through the trap door to possibly many years of hard labour.
A lot of the blame on this site seems to be more directed at previous managers and senior management, a train of thought that fits well with me. So what to do?
Here is the floater I suggest and I know it could bring down the house on me but here goes.
There are a lot of savvy football people out there looking for work right now and how about bringing in a well respected name immediately to help and advise our manager for the rest of the season. Now I know you are going to say "how would DM feel about that?" but if it is presented that this new senior footballer will not pose a threat to his tenure as manager but would possibly create a new management team.
The supposed new person is being brought in under an apprenticeship for the position of chairman and would allow Derek and this person time to find out if the partnership would work to their mutual advantage.
In a perfect world this new management team would get us out of this mess and build a senior management team that would take our club forward in a professional manner. They could jointly discuss the problems that exist and how to change the entire attitude at the club. Sexstone would be shunted over to the rugby club immediately and the rebuild for next season would start now.
Change is what we need isn't it, so why not go for the full meal deal?
The subject of Derek McInnes, of course, comes up the most often and I'm glad to see that common sense seems to be prevailing when it comes to the question of should he stay at Ashton Gate. Most posters accept that he took on the proverbial "poisoned chalice" and are now of the opinion that he must stay and rid City of the dross.
Clearly the current crop are divided and unmotivated and unless that changes soon we could fall through the trap door to possibly many years of hard labour.
A lot of the blame on this site seems to be more directed at previous managers and senior management, a train of thought that fits well with me. So what to do?
Here is the floater I suggest and I know it could bring down the house on me but here goes.
There are a lot of savvy football people out there looking for work right now and how about bringing in a well respected name immediately to help and advise our manager for the rest of the season. Now I know you are going to say "how would DM feel about that?" but if it is presented that this new senior footballer will not pose a threat to his tenure as manager but would possibly create a new management team.
The supposed new person is being brought in under an apprenticeship for the position of chairman and would allow Derek and this person time to find out if the partnership would work to their mutual advantage.
In a perfect world this new management team would get us out of this mess and build a senior management team that would take our club forward in a professional manner. They could jointly discuss the problems that exist and how to change the entire attitude at the club. Sexstone would be shunted over to the rugby club immediately and the rebuild for next season would start now.
Change is what we need isn't it, so why not go for the full meal deal?
