Anyone else also deem it to be somewhat strange for this significant news about the club's future to be revealed via the pages of the NLP rather than on the official club website?
A degree of embarrassment from the board after having previously announced such a pivotal transition, perhaps?
So, we remain a part-time team who now have a full-time manager.
You also get the impression that we are struggling to discard some of those players who were rather inexplicably awarded two-year contracts last summer.
I think that is the pertinent point - but with hindsight.
I don't think anyone thought we would have the moments of success we had last season - despite the relatively low finish compared to our high points - and that, I think, had the board bringing our hybrid progression on sooner. However, because I think the board saw last season as purely consolidation, the 2 year contracts may have been handed out for the sake of continuity. Like I say - with hindsight - an error.
My personal feeling is that hybridisation might have needed to wait another season anyway, but it will be a more difficult season to come, not least with Smith leaving.
I would also have liked to see this on our main website first.