>From Clarke One Nil > *It would be an exercise in futility.* > > It looks a cracker of a season to come as we get nearer (the start of the > friendlies bringing us closer), Wolves and home then Blackpool away to > start. Some have been looking forward to the numerous Yorkshire derbies > from September through to April, others to revisits to Bolton and > Blackburn. No doubt the dreamers are booking the hotel rooms of Watford up > already, they shouldn’t bother. > > All the hope and expectation in the world will not change the following > facts. 1) Without change in the ownership promotion is a pipe-dream, we all > live in hope that this week/next week things change. 2) Warnock also has to > be part of the change, we need a medium term manager with a vision not a > short-term appointment with an obsession with total-anti-football. As part > of that second part is a belief that even if we were taken over by the > richest consortium in non Christendom we would still need 2 seasons to put > together the kind of squad that goes up and stays up. > > Yes their is a real value in hope and expectation but that has to come > after this hiatus of normal club activity, after the club has had its > Aegean stables moment. Cardiff City have a plan and some cash, Leicester > City have a plan and similar investment, Hull City have managerial gamble > and cash is flowing, Brighton a real sense of momentum as a club, Wolves > and Bolton have the parachute payments, Blackburn, despite the chaos, have > some of the brightest young players this side of the yo-yo of > promotion/relegation from the PL. Watford have the Italian job, Forest are > the new money-bags club of the division and now with a passing (if not > promotion) manager and Derby are buying and selling in droves. Cases can be > made for other clubs, non of which have the yoke of our present ownership > situation and non of which have a short-termist manager. It would be short > of a miracle if we were competitive even after takeover and certainly > delusional to think we will be under present constraints. Takeover is > always “imminent” yet Snodgrass, McCormack and White are standing by the > exit! > > This article is not designed to burst balloons, simply to be clear in our > own minds, it takes time for new owners to bed in, it takes time for > investments to pay off, it takes time to have a vision for a club and for > that vision to be reflected in the playing side. That time scale would be > more than next season if the owners were on a Manchester City style > odyssey, in the event of a much more realistic approach it clearly needs > two seasons. > > When the car-crash of 2003-04 hit the wall a mate of mine asked me “if you > knew we would be in the PL and stable in 2013-14 would it matter what > happens between?”, not knowing just how weird the ride was to be I answered > “no so long as we are”, well now I give up the PL dream for 2013-14 in > favour of 2014-15. > > As an aside, assuming new ownership, if Elland Road isn’t rocking to 30k > plus crowds for the first 7 home games I will be astonished (except if > Warnock is dishing up the total-anti-football of last season in which case > we will be looking at 18k by the Charlton game). How nice would it be to > have our ground back and a period falling back in love with the club? Very > and it is the best we could hope for now. > Dr Michael Benjamin, Community Psychiatrist ------------------------------- myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT http://www.myRay.com http://www.myRay.org ------------------------------ Mental Health: http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com -------------------------------- Auditing || Quality Control http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ -------------------------------- Blog: http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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