We have a capable team. Two or three loans are what we need. We have enough cover in defence and up forward, although lack quality in numbers up front. We are playing the sort of football that gets you out of this league. We need to help the players as much as we can during the game, not hinder them.
I know it has been hard to watch our team go through these hard times. We have been stripped of squad players. Not all of these have been good enough. Most of us agree with this. It has been said many times "this player is sh1t, that player is sh1t" The problem is that none of these players were replaced. We have expected more. We needed more. We have been given the bare minimum to keep us going. We will never know how much of this is to do with the credit crunch though. We were promised things we never got. When SISU came in they said they would invest 30m. They also said they wanted to purchase the ground amongst other things. They did say though that they would have to cut the outgoings right down and start again. Hopefully we have now reached the rebuilding part of the plan. More performances and results like yesterday will have a few more thousand at games at least. Extra income=more that can be done with squad.
I am not saying they went about the job of turning us round the best way. Something had to be done though. We had a squad of players that were on too much money for their ability. It was bleeding our club dry. This had been going on for a lot of years. Maybe we have been lucky to have had youth players come through this season. SISU had put money into the academy though. Would these players had come through without this investment? I am now waiting to see if the loan players come in we need.
I fully understand why we have seriously upset fans. Failed promise after failed promise. The thing is we have been fed bullsh1t for many years now. We have done countless protests over the years. This is the first time though we have a name to aim at instead of sack the board and all similar comments. The only good thing I can see coming out of this takeover so far is that our squad has less useless players. The few that are not good enough for us are on lower wages. These are our squad players. We are now very light in numbers. We need 2 or three quality players to join on loan and no players to be sold until at least the end of the season.
I know I am going to be shot at for saying this, but I think SISU have got rid of the crap in our team, finally got a manager that gets the team to play the way we want them to and also have a team playing well. This was done in a relatively short time. We were nearly down and out when they took over. The problem is we have nearly been down and out ever since they took over. I am hoping that this is because we were in the transitional period. We were rotten to the core. If anyone thinks we were in good shape when they took over needs their head looking at. We knew it was not going to be a short job turning us around. We just expected things to improve a lot quicker. There was two ways of turning our club around. Removing the crap and starting again, or doing a Fester and spending untold millions aiming at instant brilliance. So far they have failed. Cardiff have been doing the same. They have failed too. The teams that seem to go up most of the time are teams slowly built up with good team spirit. We have seen we now have a team playing the ball around with good team spirit. When was the last time we could say that? Think is was for a little time when we had Wise, then the time I remember before then was the late 80's.
Just about every part of CCFC was in a very poor shape when SISU took over, yet they are blamed for all our problems by some. Things are still not all good, but they could be worse. If they can be blamed for our problems they should be able to take a little bit of praise if things turn around like they look as though they are starting to. They are still called asset strippers. We hardly had any assets when they took over. We sold one player this closed season. We know for sure they turned down bids for Jukey. This is why I hope we have finally turned the corner. I am still not a lover of SISU. I am waiting to see what happens next.
Shoot me, shoot me. I am a CCFC supporter. I must love pain
