Adeybull wrote:
I could drive coach and horses through the salary cap if I was a wealthy club owner.
I suspect McManus might just be too smart to engage in that arms race. Who knows about some others though?
Saints have some very rich men on the board though.
I had really high hopes for this season. Even though we'd lost Jammer I was impressed by the signing of Laffranchi and Hohaia, which coupled with the promising kids we blooded last season, promised much.
To say it has been a nightmare season so far wouldn't be an understatement for me. As mentioned in numerous other posts and topics, the club looks to be in totaly and utter disarray on a coaching and playing level. For me, the buck stops with the coach.
Where we once was solid and well drilled we are now all over the place and confusion reigns. There is a massive lack of confidence running through the squad, as wide as Perry's gut, and yet we are still constantly chopping and changing the team week in week out.
I was willing to give Simmons the time to sort it out but it doesn't look - on the surface at least - that anything is changing. Players look confused and devoid of any kind of form or confidence.
As for McManus, everything he has done for this club far outweighs the Simmons situation. We don't have a god given right to win everything every season, and Chairmen will make mistakes with recruitment just like anyone else.
At the end of the day, if it wasn't for Big Mac, we wouldn't be having this debate now.
We wouldn't be here.