Kev BBC Essex interview - Did we realise it was this bad?

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Anyone with understanding of business and finance at a strategic level will probably have guessed the severity of the issues, and just how close it was. The club was right to keep this somewhat under wraps so as to not induce panic, as there were obviously significant efforts (as alluded by people who really know what was happening) to ensure that we stayed alive. Where the protests were raising the awareness, panicking would have helped no one - and could have actually brought the inevitable to bear regardless of efforts.

That is why for me, this season was actually a bonus / reset, because the on the field hero's from last season (who OBL has so eloquently referred to), as well as Kev and team. the Trust, Tom Lawrence, the Council, Anna Firth, some of the club's other directors and finally COSU who all worked tirelessly and with ridiculous time pressure and restrictions to rescue us from what was almost certainly oblivion.

I was convinced that a "good" season this year would be a top half finish, maybe 12th or so. Bonus for top half, and I thought the plays offs were a pipe dream. I so love that I have been proved wrong!!

I certainly remember panicking a fair bit, all the concern weighed heavy thinking one greedy man would take an institution like our beloved club to the wall. Really impacted daily life. Sometimes being in the eye of the storm, like Kev, Tom and others were, allows you to at least impact the situation. Being on the outside is pretty bad too knowing you can do little to change the state of play.