Nosmo-King
Well-known member
We had ambition, pride, confidence in a club that had rarely been bettered. Professional in approach, attitude, ability and with a playing staff comparable to some of the best boasting outstanding individual playing ability. A chairman rightly cited as one of the best - and one of us. The pride of the fans was palpable- a feeling our club was capable of reaching heights some of us had never seen.
Did we live beyond our means? Probably. But the value of our assets - the players was considerable.
And now and for a few years? Pretty damn miserable. Players quality reducing, team tactics wrongly employed, a chairman who has long lost the tag of the best chairman through adopting a revolving door policy, a weak and staid upper management, a vow of silence from the owner who tends to treat the “customers “ with a degree of contempt, no conceivable policy to attract new fans - frankly you could go on.
The magic of Gibbo is tarnished to a degree I never thought I would witness. He is reliant on fans having long memories to recall a slither of success to avoid universal criticism. I doubt any other owner/ chairman would be afforded such luxury and slack he has.
I wish we could see the old Gibbo back - sadly I think those days have long passed.
The decline of the club - and the allowance of this- is not only a shame but a disgrace.
And the sad reality is little will change.
Did we live beyond our means? Probably. But the value of our assets - the players was considerable.
And now and for a few years? Pretty damn miserable. Players quality reducing, team tactics wrongly employed, a chairman who has long lost the tag of the best chairman through adopting a revolving door policy, a weak and staid upper management, a vow of silence from the owner who tends to treat the “customers “ with a degree of contempt, no conceivable policy to attract new fans - frankly you could go on.
The magic of Gibbo is tarnished to a degree I never thought I would witness. He is reliant on fans having long memories to recall a slither of success to avoid universal criticism. I doubt any other owner/ chairman would be afforded such luxury and slack he has.
I wish we could see the old Gibbo back - sadly I think those days have long passed.
The decline of the club - and the allowance of this- is not only a shame but a disgrace.
And the sad reality is little will change.