Re: Football Department Review
Reply #862 –
It won't do him any favours, but I applaud him for speaking out. And speaking, what in my opinion, is the truth.
I think there is a difference between being an independent thinker, self reliant, backing yourself on the one hand, and on the other, having forces and individuals within your own organisation who not only fail to offer support, but quite possibly also proactively trying to undermine you. A football club has hundreds of moving parts. One person won't make a difference if the whole club isn't on the same page. I can't think of one single coach since Brittain, who would not have left frustrated and annoyed at being hamstrung by some aspect of the inner workings of our club.
Couldn't agree more. Although not a fan of the word 'if'... if The TT had taken the opportunity to get better people around him in terms of assistants he may well not be where he is today.
With the inconsistent management and leadership at the club for some time you sure will get 'inner conflict' and problems created where they don't need to be simply because of a lack of unity. Hopefully that is about to change.
I just watched The TT pre game media conference and the very first thing I thought after a few minutes was, 'FFS, David, don't get drawn into the leading questions from salivating headline hunters.' Once they realised his naive honesty, they were like hyenas. He's got to learn to get them dancing to his tune, not he, theirs.
You can see, easily, that he's first and foremost a really nice person. With a likeable softness. If he does leave I hope he gets a gig at another club as an assistant. He pumps up Lloyd's tyres... maybe he'll end up at Rottingwood.