Summer Steve McClaren turns up at SJP and despite all of my reservations, I try to believe him when he talks about challenging at the top half of the table and cup runs galore. Investment is coming into the club (spending the money we have ‘saved up’ by spending the bare minimum for three years) and it looks like we are going to try and change things. The nagging doubts are still there however. We have employed another ‘yes’ man desperately out of his depth and who has failed in the Championship in his last two jobs. I’m torn though because I keep reading that his is an astute, modern coach with fresh ideas and
has learnt from experience alongside Ferguson and during hard jobs around Europe. Jesus, he won a cup at Boro so he must be able to do something right? The set up at the top of the club bemuses me though. Head Coach on the board of directors. Ex-Secretary now MD of the club. Head Scout now more or less the Director of Football and an ex-Captain (and ‘yes’ man) at the tabnle for no other reason than people within like him (as far as I can see). Everything changes but nothing changes. We invest a shed load of cash but ultimately don’t but the players we desperately need. An experienced solid Centre Half, a proven PL goal scorer
and a left back (maybe right back as well). The model doesn’t change. We chuck money at players who we can sell on at a profit. The fact that we paid more for them makes no difference. Buying youngsters who haven’t played in the PL from foreign leagues hasn’t worked for 5 years yet we still keep going. The fears are starting to grow, however, we are spending for once and optimism starts to creep in. A pre-season which took us on a badly planned trip around the USA along with more sexy locations like Gateshead and York was mixed with bad performances and good ones being evenly spread. I took my boy to his first ever
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