Re: Recruitment rumours and links : Wed Jun 28, 2023 7:07 am
ratticusfinch wrote:
In terms of KFP and how this club is now run - does this McGuire saga (regardless of his actions) just highlight how poor things are? From the club not commenting and leaving Powell out to dry, the pathetic 'most of it is untrue' response to McGuire Snr's post and a clear lack of support for him at the tribunal that has just completely derailed our season and whatever slim chance we had of resurrecting it.
During the Gatcliffe days you might hear the odd rumour about this and that but you'd be pretty confident in your belief that the club was being professionally run and all players/staff were being dealt with in the right way - not many wanted to go home then. Now I have absolutely no confidence that things are being done in anywhere near to the right manner. I have a couple of reliable sources and I shake my head at some of the stuff I hear.
This all stops with the the board and KFP and if the board want to make us a serious club and not a laughing stock then they need to remove KFP and a couple of them step back from meddling - they then may reap the rewards of the money they plough in.
During the Gatcliffe days you might hear the odd rumour about this and that but you'd be pretty confident in your belief that the club was being professionally run and all players/staff were being dealt with in the right way - not many wanted to go home then. Now I have absolutely no confidence that things are being done in anywhere near to the right manner. I have a couple of reliable sources and I shake my head at some of the stuff I hear.
This all stops with the the board and KFP and if the board want to make us a serious club and not a laughing stock then they need to remove KFP and a couple of them step back from meddling - they then may reap the rewards of the money they plough in.
Spot on!
I’m no Powell apologist, but he’s been completely failed by the leadership, not just on this, but on the bin fire that he allegedly inherited. If there was any truth to this, there should have been a statement to the season ticket holders at the end of 2021 acknowledging the position that the club were in, signposting that there was a significant amount of turmoil coming up and that they had faith in the project.
Powell has been sent out to bat alone. Including confronting the fans at Cas away last year. If the leadership had any spine whatsoever they would have stood beside him, admitting past failure and encouraging empathy with the current playing group and coaching staff.
Part of the current frustration is borne out of unaddressed issues, concerns and speculation. I don’t expect a response to every dodgy tweet, but the past 18 months has been a shambles, for that to by without statement just loads the pressure on the coaches and players.