Originally Posted by
KINDERSCOUT
I have read with interest all the comments about the management of the club, the recruitment of players and transfers and the future of the club. It seems to me obvious we should take into account the policy Patrick set out about future recruitment following our relegation down to L1. The policy was based on the premise that we can't compete financially with most clubs in the Championship therefore we were going to recruit young players who could develop into good players. Recruitment was good and we had the pleasure of watching young lads give everything last season to compete at Championship level while in many cases developing into very good players. On that basis the recruitment and coaching was a great success.
Inevitably the results attracted scouts from other clubs and in January we began to lose players. However we did receive financial compensation from transfer fees which has left the club financially secure for the immediate future.
So in that sense the policy set out by Patrick was a success.
Now comes the hard part. The scouts and coaches have to do it all again but I don't think we should gamble our financial security on buying and paying expensive experienced players. We are still a small club with 10000 supporters situated in a town which isn't very affluent so we are never going to generate a lot of money. That will apply even if there is a change of owner in the future. In the meantime I think we should support Patrick and his family and stop making insensitive remarks. Some things are more important than football.