Quote: sergeant pepper "Fair points.
I'll admit that I've been very critical of IL as of late. I know something is wrong, but if you asked me what, I'd be somewhat stumped. Maybe it would be a mixture of issues, some of which contradict eachother i.e I can't say penny pinching as he signed Hastings and Bateman, but he's also not invested in the front row.
I'd probably summed it up as this - IL and KR have been slightly negligent in the way they've pulled together the 1st team squad & coaching staff. It seems like mates looking after mates, when we needed to be a bit tougher.'"
I think in what is a very complicated situation thats as close to my feelings that I've seen/read.
I do have some/quite a bit of info relating to off the field issues and it can't be underestimated what effect the Latics situation as also had on our fortunes.
I can't go into a lot of it, but IL spent A LOT of time and effort in this area for about 10 months and I'm not 100% sure its been the best outcome for us (not saying the new guys are doing anything wrong BTW, just that the cards fell a certain way and if they'd fell differently it may have worked out better for us).
However
I do see more issues in the last 2/3 years than I have in the previous 10
A bit like you I can't quite put my finger on it, he seems to want to stay in control, however the decision making doesn't seem to back that up.
Hes spent money in some areas but neglected in others
Hes obviously backing the club with his own money, but seems to be throwing it away with some of the decisions made.
I'm all for new investment, as log as we don't discard people who have played a great part in our success if they do want to still be involved etc.
I just thi k people being critical and picking out negatives continously is a disgrace especially when we have no idea if there is anyone out there who would step into ILs shoes etc.
How many people with 100m and willing to underwrite possibly 1to2m pound of loss per year are actually out there?