Something we've had to respect many times in the past - Simon Ferry and Jordan Turnbull spring to mind.
I can't decide whether Brown/Power have mucked this up or they're not willing to bring someone in simply for the sake of it. I'm hope and lean towards the latter...
I don’t think either of them can afford to muck this season up. So I am with you on the latter.
Let us be honest with ourselves and each other, Power is not at SN1 because the loves the town, people, surroundding area and has been a closet lifelong supporter of the real Robins. Nah, he’s here to make money and by being a tax exile to hang onto as much of his own capitol as possible. So now that elephant in the corner has had the tablecloth whipped away from it let us think about this season.
So with the purchase of the ground and the development of that bit of turf in Highworth he is going to need money and plenty of it. Of course the capitalist tax avoider could use some other capitalist tax avoiders money (more likely IMHO) to do this but the end game of investing this money is success. After all having a swanky training ground and a tinpot ground don’t auger well for a club with championship aspirations. Look what happened to Rushden & Diamonds, all be it at a lower league level. This club needs success and quickly because it needs to attract bums on seats, sponsorship, and ultimately the players, management and backroom staff that will deliver success.
I have said before we are fortunate to have attracted Brown to the club after his intrim 10 game temporary contract. There must have been more to that appointment than just get us over the line Phil. No, I think that at the time of the appointment Power probably knew we wouldn’t make it and Brown soon after.
So to this season, there will be more players coiming in (which we know and is obvious), however, I think the quality will be much better than the grab anyone policy that Flipflop engaged in last season. Pretty much like the appointment of Flipflop as it seems to me now.
PL certainly, Championship clubs less so are still sorting out their final, final squads at all levels within their clubs having already got the starting lines ups established. Then the filtering down of fringe players and promising youth swings into play which is where we get the leftovers so to speak.
For me this is a pivotal season, the fan base is expecting us to get promotionand rather than hoping. If it does not happen, well that’s just not something I for one wish to contemplate.
Brown has the contacts, the experience and Power hopefully more trust in him to spend the money more wisely than blunder buss Flipflop.
