This is just wrong. The CSH was built and run by people who have no involvement with the playing side.The football Club was ringfenced from it. It took no money away. It provides excellent changing room facilities for the players.. And it is now generating cash through bar and turnstiles. You might as well blame the down turn in results on Brexit.
Did the chairman not say he was involved on the project from the beginning in that interview?
I'm not questioning the finances because I believe we could have stayed up with the players we had last season give or take maybe a decent loan signing brought 5 to 10 games earlier than when we did bring loanees in.
I think we went down because the manager lost faith in himself and the players or vice versa and the club left it far too late to make a change, which wasn't actually instigated by the club. And that change was bringing in Tolson. The chairman went on record about us being a community club and a family and thats why Tolson was given the opportunity, plus he had been given the outgoing managers backing. It was all to friendly and happy, and dare I say inward thinking, and it triggered a spiral that we are still in.
That attitude, in my opinion, is what cost us because it drove the decisions made on the pitch. The two things are separate and should have been treated separately in our attitude to footballing matters. Instead the chairman, board and some fans got carried away that this community spirit would translate into a good footballing philosophy.
So, its not just wrong its a perfectly valid theory and the burden of proof is with you to show how that wasn't responsible because right now I dont see any theory of significant validity which lays out a case for why we are in the position we are in which doesnt involve the boards culpability driven by their attitude.
I think the board overall have done a good job, ive already said it. I also think the CSH is great and much needed, i've said that too. But its still fair to say that somewhere along the line the club have blurred the lines between off and on pitch objectives and as a result we are rock bottom of the league below with only the slimmest of hopes of not sinking even lower.
People need to take the blinkers off and start accepting where we are accountable, its bloody obvious and exactly why we haven't progressed.
The recent minutes from the AGM included some accountability and a clear vision to get things right from the board. Its no surprise to me that in line with that we start to see a tiny glimmer of hope on the pitch.
If we survive i'll be the first to congratulate the chairman and board for rolling their sleeves up and finally getting things right on the pitch.