Lincoln Shrimp
First XI⭐
When is the next tax bill due? Our main concern should be stabilising the finances of this football club.
Is Brown the man to do that? Can he operate on a shoe string budget? I’m dubious.
I'm dubious too. I can see PB going after players who all still feel they are still good enough to play in the FL and will hang on until the last minute for an offer from a league club. They won't come cheap. We can't afford to hang around and wait for players this time.....not for the majority of them anyway. I just hope Ron doesn't over stretch the finances again by putting together an attractive playing budget just to convince PB to stay.
It lit a fire in my belly the other week on the zoom call hearing Tilly talking about untapped Essex talent. Other than Ben Coker, I can't remember PB taking a chance on any other local talent during his last stint with us.
Many won't agree after Ron's last appointment, but I'd take Mark Bentley (with Tilly as assistant) any day of the week over Phil Brown.
He knows non league inside out and more importantly he knows the sort of players and characters you need in your squad to be successful at this level having played for The Daggers and managed at Canvey in recent seasons.