It's all 'jam tomorrow', though. Quite rightly, fans are impatient. Just how long does he need? Maybe if LP spent a little more time in the country, these things would be moving on a little faster.
Yes but hasn't he appointed Clem Morfuni to deal with the day to day running, an Aussie who still lives in Australia and only comes to the country occassionally......oh wait
Of course the fans are impatient, thats a fans right, it seems a God given right to most Town fans.
I still look at the table and see Notts County, easily the biggest budget in this division apparently languishing in bottom place 5 points adrift, I see Chesterfield near the bottom of the National in relegation places, I see Orient nearly slip out of that league last season both after some massive investment in the team.
I don't want Swindon in that position and I don't see us slipping down there either.
If you ask the fans of Orient....when they were taken over by the Italian a few years ago, he said he would invest shedloads of money, get in players way better than L1 (at the time) they paid a couple of players a rumoured £20k pw wages see here...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2941681/Cristiano-Ronaldo-filthy-rich-hungry-success.html
Yet they slipped through the division below with barely a whimper and then almost the division below that and only now are they near debt free after the over spending and possibly on the way back into the league under new tenure a team built not on the whim of a rich owner as they were previously up to the point he pulled the plug.
What I am trying to say is that no matter what the budget is it does not guarantee success, especially lower down the leagues, so I would rather we have a squad thats (fairly) competitive and well within budget constraints rather than splashing the cash on has beens who drain the club of vital funding in the quest for promotion.
We are, it seems, living well within our means and I think looking better than we have done in the last 3 seasons on a 1/3 of that budget given to Williams who in my opinion started the rot.
Of all the decisions made by Power aftecting things on the pitch the only true criticism of him was appointing Williams in the first place.
He then appoints Ling who is unfortunately mentally not able to cope with the role (not Powers fault).
He then appointed Flipflop...a proven manager not everyones cup of tea but you cant fault Power for employing someone with experience in this league. He then leaves because hes a twat (not Powers fault).
He then appointed Brown, again a proven manager not everyones cup of tea but you cant fault Power for employing someone with experience in this league. He is sacked because Power sees he isn't doing the job well enough (not Powers fault).
Now he appoints Wellens, a man almost nobody wanted as a prefered choice of manager but at the moment hes been doing ok, sometimes great sometimes poor but hes learning his job and Power then appoints Jewell to aid him, a proven manager with bags of experience...etc etc.
So I don't get where fans are moaning about Power not investing and getting in the right people?
Of course we are impatient for success, Swindon since 1985 have been fortunate to see a rise from this divison to the very top league inside 5 years, then to be demoted then rise again, then yo yo between the Championship, L1 and L2 ever since including a couple of flaunts with administration in that time too.
Its been a tough but exciting 30 odd years, challenging, troubling, exciting, frustrating, entertaining but rarely boring (except sometimes on the pitch especially under Williams!).
We have had media circusses when we had first Macari, then Ardiles, then Hoddle, then MacMahon, then Ruddock and Evans, then Wise & Poyet, then PdC....
Now there is no circus, no fanfare, no elation of fans when Wellens was appointed, it was just...oh him....what on paper appears to be a mediocre cheap appointment, but hes instilled me with more confidence on the pitch already in his 15 matches than any of his 5 or 6 predecessors ever did at any point.
He is being backed as much as he should be so far, hes got ina lot of players, some untried and untested but a few very experienced, a nice blend.
He has us playing far more attractive football on the pitch than Flipflop or Brown ever did, yes we still have holes in positions but I think hes done OK with a couple of blips but he is still learning, the players are still learning his way of doing things too, they need to blend,
But nowadays teams are not given the time to blend, fans want instant results all the time, we are no different but it takes time and it takes players willing to buy into his plans too and commit themselves to being here for another couple of seasons.
Some Town fans need to realise we do not have a God given right to be at a higher level than we are now, you have to earn that, for several seasons we haven't earned that, the management of the team, the players and sometimes the fans have contributed to our failings, we as fans are not blameless, we don't always back the players and manager at home especially.
Sometimes the players don't perform well, thats why they are L2 players and not in a higher league, but we are all too eager to jump on their back and moan at them, like last week, yet the week before they were excellent. We do lack patience but we have had to put up with a lot of shit recently. A lot.
We have no God given right to be in a higher league and we all need to pull together as a team, owner, manager, players and fans to bring that about, in the way that Lincoln have done in the last few years. But we need that spark to set the blue touch paper off, I am hoping Wellens could be that spark.
I am always hoping and never giving up saying things like "thats it, I will never go again" thats not a fan, thats not a supporter, thats a fair weather fan, the sort who will come back when we get a little bit of success or a Wembley visit.
I won't ever give up supporting Swindon no matter how good or bad it gets and if you feel this is as bad as it gets then go, we need fans that are behind the club fully to get us back, we need to pull together and back the team.
Boo if you want, if its that bad you feel the need but be aware this carries over to the players, they are fully aware of the booing and abuse and who would give 100% under those circumstances? nobody I expect, I know if I was booed I wouldnt want to give my all for those booing.
Sorry if some consider that a bit happy clapper, I feel its just being a realist and tolerant.