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........ and that's the issue. There is no ambition. There are times in business and TS of all people knows this that you have to invest and yes, speculate. We could easily end up more in the "Red" by lingering around in L1 and even L2. A £10 million investment or near that mark would have made a measurable difference to our status/future and in my opinion it would have been rewarded. Easy to spend other people's money I know but no one buys a football club without the notion it will probably be a severe cash burner. Relative to his business the sponsorship monies are not a lot and if TS hadn't expected to dip into his pockets when emerging as our saviour then he was naïve. Naïve I believe he is not. Poor investment in people and infrastructure has been the real problem and I don't see that lessons have been learned. NW would have corrected that with investment. That investment was turned down and found to be too expensive for TS's liking. I get that and it is his money so he choses what to do with it. But talk of big budgets have been silly and not materialised and if people are saying the big budget is being used to pay wages, then that reinforces my point. This team is reliant on one loan player, has no defence and shows little in the way of tactical knowledge. The mistakes of our recent past - Dextor Blackstock, Stubbs and many others are where the budget has gone not to mention the money for Danny ward. A lot of fans are happy to turn up and watch their team play in whatever standard of football. Some fans want more and I'm in that camp.Originally Posted by Casper64Frank
Football is a product, nothing more so I believe you can only stretch loyalty so far. If you have been going to a restaurant for years because the food is good, the atmosphere is good, the service is great and you feel comfortable, you are willing and likely to continue going there until all that changes. In time, say, the restaurant is sold to a new owner who completely revamps it, provides modern fixtures and fittings, changes the menu to what they want to sell rather than what the punters actually want to eat. The staff are rude, the food is average at best and all of a sudden the product is no longer value for money. Do you still go and pay your dues even though you no longer feel that the product is value for your time and money? Eventually, the promises of the new owner wear thin and the restaurant starts to lose its' sole and ambiance. Do you still go out of loyalty? Loyalty to what? Chances are you stop going and I worry that many fans will stop going unless things change. Cheap and cheerful RUFC will not be the place many fans want to pay their hard earned money to visit.
An investment in and with NW would have been the answer. We missed a trick and now we will not be able to attract anything of worth in the managerial stakes or player stakes. I doubt even Hursty would come now. Why would he?
As loyal as you are George, I can't believe you are enjoying your RUFC footy like you did.
