Beverley red wrote:
Great night for Rovers, I was interested in a Quote from Phill Clarke on SKY, that we are one or two signings away from a top club? I think we have already got those players in the crop of youngsters Tony Smith has put together, this year is a bonus th for us. They will be better next season. We just need to manage the replacement of SKD, Linnett,Hall etc when the time comes. Something we didn’t do well when the side Morgan built up moved on.
It’s a good time to be a Robin.
It’s always interesting to hear how we’re perceived - but Clarke, while generally an affable enough Wigan-bore, just seems to say whatever pops into his head.
We might be better next season, and I hope we are, or we might not. We’re not the sporting world’s most deferential clown car anymore, and that is lovely. I just want to enjoy the moment.
I’m among the first to down play intangibles like ‘culture’ and emphasise the importance of money and incumbency as a big fish in SL. However, Smith seems to have finally given the squad the sort of self belief that has been lacking since Morgan’s tenure, In SL at least - 2017 was a bit different, thankfully. We want to win and we believe we’re deserving of victories - not in 3 or 5 years from now, but today and tomorrow.