Quote Originally Posted by Arabdownsouth View Post
I honestly don't know why people make such a big deal about who's responsible for the signings. You'd think we were the only team that operates this way or something. Tony Asghar gets it in the neck for everything that goes wrong but gets absolutely no praise for everything that's gone right so far. Up until Jack Ross's tenure everything was moving upwards, there's no getting away from that. Now a few (admittedly horrible) results and people are tearing into the guy again, when for me it's obvious that Jack Ross just wasn't a good fit and broke what only needed tweaking slightly rather than fixed. Now we are like a meccano set without instructions. Maybe Tony could be blamed for bringing in Jack but there weren't too many that disagreed with it at the time. People also complain when we promote from within of course, and call it the cheap option. Then the same people complain about the clubs finances at every turn. I'm willing to see if the new manager can turn us around, although a longer trial would have been preferable if I'm honest.
I agree with most of what you are saying ADS but TA has been given credit when he has seemingly got it right. IMHO I thing TA is a victim of his appearance and demeanor. That isn't right but it's the world we live in now. I find it hard to warm to the man but I admit it's because I am looking for a scapegoat for the basket case our club has become. I don't have a clue what goes on behind the scenes at Tannadice but TA is a big target when it isn't going well. I'm pretty sure the negativity and rumours concerning him is water off a ducks back.