Roam Ranger wrote:
That was something I was going to mention as well in my earlier post regarding things creating the toxicity, anger, hate etc and you and Chris71 have mentioned it: false promises. I don't know if we were at full cap or not and to be honest I'm not sure whether I find it more palatable that our owner lied to us or whether it would be better to believe that we so badly misspent the cap.
But whilst something like that is debatable, the bullish promises about being competitive and then serving up what we did just aren't up for debate. That's something he has been guilty of for a number of years. Fair enough, he's got pass sales to think of as you say and even generating enough interest for pay at the gate supporters to attend. But I think to repeatedly make such statements and then failing to deliver has added to the toxicity that is around.
The bit I've highlighted in bold you'd have to think its probably a bit of both. Looking at the squad build by Smith for 2024 can't seriously have been at full cap level, but if it genuinely has then the Cap Management has been scandalous. I'd think most likely we were operating below cap but maybe not by a lot all of which is an indication of why we were so poor and players on deals getting moved by Myler after his arrival.
AP had either been too trusting and handed over far too much control to Clark & Smith, taken his eye off the ball or just simply been dishonest or hiding the facts from the fans. I'd like to think and hope that it hasn't been the latter.
All I know is that there haven't just been a few changes taking place but almost a total root and branch overhaul of the club both on and off the field so surely the only way to go now from here on in is upwards.
