Quote: Offside Monkey "I don't think its a bad choice of club. I think his problem is that he has expected/demanded/implied/promised so much as soon as he took over. I think people took umbrage at the fact he reckon he could just splash a few quid and surpass clubs that have spend years building success (or indeed mediocrity)
Build from the bottom - get a solid squad, rather than a few washed up stars, get a decent home record (which they've actually got, now), get your strength and conditioning sorted so that you can 100% out of the players you have, build links with the community, ramp up your youth development and THEN sign Sonny Bill Williams and declare your abitions as a contender. IMO
I sell equipment to takeaways and was at a customers new venture. They've been open two weeks, going okay, but a little quiet, but they've held back on advertising and flyers until they've been open for a month. Why? Because if they got a flood of customer int heir first week and couldn't handle it, the bad service provided would damage chances of future trade. Better to get a bit of experience under their belt to make sure they're getting everything right, then getting the masses in.'"
I think you're right, but that's just Koukash and he aint gonna change! He's used to success and expects it, and now. There is the perfect example to follow just down the road at Warrington, am sure Simon Moran is a very amiable fellow, very successful self made man too. I'm sure he would give Marwan great advise on how to build a club not just a team.
But as I say I don't think Marwan will change so we are where we are, and where we are is a lot better than where we would be without him.