Originally Posted by
The_Moog
Quote Originally Posted by Basingstokered:
Surely the target would be win a cup
Either inadvertently or not, right there in a nutshell you’ve captured why so many people are so disappointed and hacked off currently.
Targeting Europe over a cup win is bo’llocks and in my view demonstrates a complete lack of both ambition and understanding of what most fans want and expect.
That’s like feckin arsenal being happier finishing fourth than winning a cup - f’uck that.
I’m sorry if my and others standards and expectations are higher than that - but that’s the truth of it and if the club and management don’t match that then they are going to get flak.
Listen to Lennon again tonight. Lassie interviewing him on BT basically said he must be happy with fourth expecting the usual platitudes.
His answer was an emphatic no, fourth not good enough for him. Wanted at least third before he’d call it a successful season. Didn’t throw his players under a bus in anyway, just made his standards and expectations clear and the fact they’d not been met.
Given where they have come from, I and many others would say they’ve had a great season finishing fourth - but Lennon has higher expectations and isn’t afraid to say it.
No chance they will lie down to Sevco on Sunday - he’ll send his team out to try and get the 6 goal win required. Unlikely and Unrealistic, yes, but a winners attitude.
I’d love more of that attitude and expectation to exist in our management and board - fat chance though.