30-12-2018, 11:57 AM
it is good that AK says he wants to stay here long term, my only concern is that it seems he does need to spend and hire and fire, probably beyond the clubs resources
my main concern is the seemingly chaotic state of the amount of players signed and players still on the books, good players loaned here, many players loaned out, many who should really be getting a chance but aren't part of the squad or on loan, i'm not an expert on every player but in my head it just seems a lot more coming in than going out, also little profitability
compounding the above concern, I need to know that a manager has huge if not overwhelming influence on who gets signed, this is the real mess .. who's zooming who?
As a predominantly day 1 Karanka hater, my admiration and liking of him has (very) slowly increased, some freakishly exciting and bizarre results particularly away I really like the potential, though whatever it is, it is at this stage only potential
There was absolutely no potential or anything vaguely inspiring in those first 25 games, I hated him more every minute.
The deal breaker for me is that if AK wasn't responsible for the 3 Portugese his spending is actually very modest, but will we ever really know?
The main reason I really wanted Karanka out last season was to avoid a Dec 30 execution and we go back to old kent road, we do not pass go and we do not collect £200, I can see it would probably be a backward step at a crucial time of the season
Just trying to guage my feelings but at this moment I will feel just as upset if AK does go now as when Stuart Pearce got sacked and Warbs got sacked and it does hurt every time
Yes I hated Karankerism (shit on the academy, cheque book, revolving door, dour analytical misery, non people person) but in my mind it is the impossible poisoned chalice that is NFFC and he has given it a good go and he has improved season on season (yes 'season on season' it's a while since we could say that!)
As of now there's hoardes of players knocking around NFFC, 2 or 3 top quality additions will be enough, AK is probably best positioned, i'm hoping he knows exactly what needs to be done
having said all that, the axe has probably been swung, we will never find out what is really going on and what the plan is
my main concern is the seemingly chaotic state of the amount of players signed and players still on the books, good players loaned here, many players loaned out, many who should really be getting a chance but aren't part of the squad or on loan, i'm not an expert on every player but in my head it just seems a lot more coming in than going out, also little profitability
compounding the above concern, I need to know that a manager has huge if not overwhelming influence on who gets signed, this is the real mess .. who's zooming who?
As a predominantly day 1 Karanka hater, my admiration and liking of him has (very) slowly increased, some freakishly exciting and bizarre results particularly away I really like the potential, though whatever it is, it is at this stage only potential
There was absolutely no potential or anything vaguely inspiring in those first 25 games, I hated him more every minute.
The deal breaker for me is that if AK wasn't responsible for the 3 Portugese his spending is actually very modest, but will we ever really know?
The main reason I really wanted Karanka out last season was to avoid a Dec 30 execution and we go back to old kent road, we do not pass go and we do not collect £200, I can see it would probably be a backward step at a crucial time of the season
Just trying to guage my feelings but at this moment I will feel just as upset if AK does go now as when Stuart Pearce got sacked and Warbs got sacked and it does hurt every time
Yes I hated Karankerism (shit on the academy, cheque book, revolving door, dour analytical misery, non people person) but in my mind it is the impossible poisoned chalice that is NFFC and he has given it a good go and he has improved season on season (yes 'season on season' it's a while since we could say that!)
As of now there's hoardes of players knocking around NFFC, 2 or 3 top quality additions will be enough, AK is probably best positioned, i'm hoping he knows exactly what needs to be done
having said all that, the axe has probably been swung, we will never find out what is really going on and what the plan is