I was going to post something about the things I’d like to see the new Chair do but, because who they are, the amount of money they’ll have available and the situation they’ll face remain uncertain, there doesn’t seem much point.

However, I heard a retired NBA player (Chris Webber, probably one of the 100 best of all-time, had some controversies, played for a few teams, never won a championship) talking about what he looked for when changing teams. He said he was struck that he’d visit some places and they wouldn’t even talk about winning - something I feel has been very true of Rovers in recent years (honourable exception for 2017).

Sandercock would talk about having a red hot crack, which sounds painful but I know what he meant - giving our all in likely defeat against a team full of internationals. Chester talked about enjoying the Wembley experience (that went well!) rather than about trying to win the game. JP5YP. Sheens did really well initially, but was soon talking about ‘playing some footie’ and ‘losing but not being beaten’ (I’m sophisticated enough to understand the point but it is still a point about losing). Smith I think gets it and his choices have been very, very limited - but again he seems reluctant to frame things in terms of winning. I‘m not even talking about winning trophies here, just games. New players talk about playing in front of the East Stand or their admiration of the current coach but not about winning. Lots of fans talk about just wanting to see 100% effort. The last decade of Neil Hudgell’s chairmanship has been focused on building and sustainability.

So, the one thing I’d really like the new chair to try to do is break the taboo we seem to have about talking openly about wanting to win games and that being an important priority. It is, after all, kind of the point of professional sport.

Good pep talk that.

Interesting Webber anecdote.

Wrote a joke. Deleted it before submitting because it was in bad taste.

Pretty miserable, this.

Couldn’t be as good as the joke Hudgell has been playing on you for the past few years. Remember to pull together and buy your pass for next year so they can dish up the same old slop. Hahaha

Thank you for reminding me that things could always be worse.

Indeed, you could be A Adler, an abhorent person that people would prefer to wang rancid Laughing Cow at than converse.

An individual so foul that the local chickens would rather eat their own excrement than provide eggs.

A gormclops that the local al fresco drinkers, sitting under their bridges would rather fall into the canal and drown than debate with.