Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
Not sure how we're going backwards FT. We're only two games in and it's been very disappointing so far but...Mel's first season in charge resulted in a top six finish and we came very close to beating a team in the play offs who beat the Champions yesterday. The season before Mel took over we finished eighth so how is that backwards?

Aren't all chairman effectively 'amateurs' anyway...they then employ professionals to do the job and at least ours is, as you suggest, 'well meaning' and a genuine supporter.
You may well be right to say that our sixth place last season indicated forward progress given the previous year's poor finish but then again we reached Wembley in 2014. Also there was considerable disquiet among supporters last season regarding the way the team was being managed and some pretty lack lustre performances which didn't really improve as time went on - with one or two notable exceptions. I wasn't trying to judge the club's current position on a few pre-season matches and three competitive games.

Your point on all chairman being amateurs really sums up where I was coming from - We have employed professionals for both on-field and off-field activities e.g Sam Rush; the question is, are they being allowed to do the job or is the amateur doing the job they are being paid for?