I'm just worried that we've not given ourselves a chance at all here on any level. I think a fair few of the players have switched off (since Barnsley actually) whether that be through lack of competition for places (likely) or just tiring of the management as LS seems to have concluded.
On this basis, if GR is right and the players are keen for Tols to take over then where's the incentive for them? He's already been given the job. No basis to pull together for him there. And this is a group of players who we know are better when they have something to aim for.
In the meantime we'll never know if 30 impressive managers or 30 muppets would've applied. What on earth happens if we lose to Aldershot and Halifax??
The thing that frustrates the most is that the club is surrounded by a real lack of ambition. The players are showing it on the pitch and the club has followed suit by believing that LS was performing well as manager, and thus surprised he resigned. Are we just accepting that we're a conf north club that has outperformed itself then?
Also, LS has resigned because he couldnt move the team forward, he didnt think he could avoid relegation. He believed he has been making the wrong decisions. So why oh why do we then pick the next manager based on it having his blessing? He is in a frame of mind where he, temporarily or not, has been making bad decisions for the team so what made the club think that it needed the outgoing managers blessings or backing for the new manager?
I know we aren't Man U or even Bury and we have to live within our means. I know that we all think we could runa football club and its actually a million times more difficult than we think. I also know that Mr Rowley and his family sweat blood for Alty and I am hugely grateful for all they do, I really am. However, just for once, is it too much to ask that the club takes a leaf out of the big boys books and does something thats reflective of a large professional organisation? Reading that 'we're a friendly club and do things differently' was soul destroying, it basically said 'we're tinpot'!
I'm trying to stop ranting now and support the team but I need to get this out of the system.