The Bros and an alternative view

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If we look at where we were five years ago and consider the old adage of football club owners ? "where we want to be in five years" ? we are certainly leaps and bounds away from that awful place. We barely had any expertise in the direction of the club under Hardy, and we were littered with nightmarish PR, which inevitably led to us being relegated out of the league.

Players like Milsom, Vaughan and Alessandra were costing us an arm and a leg as they continued their own decline in quality. The egotistical maniac who owned us hardly did anything for the infrastructure of the club, and his legacy of "comms" is ranting on Twitter about signing Messi (something he must have picked up from watching Trew on here).

Now, five years later, the owners don't revel in PR or constant outlandish communications. The infrastructure of the club ? and I mean the whole club, not just the players and the stadium ? is being constantly tweaked and upgraded for the benefit of the fans, the revenue streams, and the players and staff. Recruitment is now done through analytical and character-based research to build sustainably on what we have.

Most importantly for me, we are owned by two Danish brothers who have quietly and meticulously gone about growing and owning the club, without being hedge fund owners, an oil-rich state, or a willy-waving megalomaniac.

Results are often viewed through the lens of recency bias, and I'll admit, it's pretty ****e when turgid, high-possession football sees us lose 1?0 to a counter-attack goal in the 70th minute. But throughout my nearly 30 years as a fan, this is by far the most concise, level-headed and thoroughly thought-through team I've seen ? let alone having the pride to say it's the club I support.

Your points are all valid. I'm delighted the club is in safe hands. Does any of that preclude having a manager with a more progressive approach instead of allowing teams to come to ML and have an easy ride? I think not! If we are still in this league in 3 years time, we should all remember what a fantastic opportunity this season was to get up automatically . Of course we may still make it either auto or via play offs, but I believe a manager with more confidence and belief in his players would've seen us promoted already