Quote: Alan "Steve, if you were at the last Forum, and listened to the Finances presentation, I would suggest that the 'short-term' has not yet been fixed at all, and isn't likely to be until the end of the year.
I suppose it depends on your definition of 'short-term', but the problems we were facing then haven't exactly gone away, and are still being addressed.
Sure, we must look to the future, but we daren't take our eyes off the immediate future.'"
Whilst I applaud the efforts made by the 2 guys who did the finance presentation, if they are having a direct input on how we move forward overall then we should all fear the worst. Their message to us all was unless Paul and the lads win everything this year, seemingly including the Challenge Cup and perhaps also the next series of X Factor, we are doomed.
We need people who are a bit more dynamic with the ability to head problems off at the pass, not a pair of doom mongers reporting on historic information which frankly is patently obvious with the crowds we are generating.
Starbug has commented previously that we seem to exist only on a short term basis and he is absolutely spot on - within our fan base and more than likely the Touchdown Corporate people we must be able to draw upon more dynamic business people who have the ability to make things happen and to make it happen over the medium and long term. Our short term fix has been highly successful and Trevor and the PSG are to be applauded for that. Surely the time is now right to acknowledge that they have done a great job, however the fact they have the free time to get involved every week cannot be the main reason for their involvement.
If people don't understand this just look at Fev who have been advertising and marketing their Destination Super League campaign all season, which quite obviously is a 3 year plan to demonstrate sustainability at that level. In comparison our focus is to limp through this season with no strategic aims or targets - we need to learn this is why we are where we are and fast, get people involved to add value and start making things happen.