Quote Originally Posted by blue lewj View Post
If the owner isn't frustrated enough to look at his part in the club ending up where it has then he isn't as clever as many here seem to think he is.

With the money we have spent we should be in a much better position. We have ended up in the situation we have purely based on Tan's decisions. Firstly in the people he picks to be on his board and the people they then employ and the decisions that they make directly or oversee.

We could be in a much better position with the next managerial move and other tweaks but those decisions will be made by the same people who have seen us arrive at this position so you can see the issue with that.
nobody is denying that we've made many mistakes in the past.
at the moment we seem to be doing things that you can at least see some logic in.
I think they were understandably taken in by the initial success under Warnock and thought he'd be able to sustain that and didn't see the huge issues that were building up under his control.
would they pick a better manager next time? who knows, I think they will at least be looking for someone to work with the youth players we have and to develop signings from lower leagues.
those are things that Mick McCarthy has done consistently throughout his career if you look at his track record., so I can understand the approach.
he plays a very agricultural style of football, but he's a proven competent manager. at this point in time we just needed to stabilise while stripping the cost out and bringing players through. hopefully the next appointment we will be in a position to bring someone through who can instill a good playing style too, we will see