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Blue tinted optimist⭐
All last night and this morning I have had good old SUFC on the brain. The club are starting to move upwards with a momentum that, at present, looks difficult to stop. The boards are alive with positivity and vibrancy. Today is a good day to be a fan.
Yet bubbling under the surface all is perhaps not well. There are still those who eke out the points to complain and moan about, and if they can't do it on the pitch they'll make damn sure they do off it. Delancey and RM do not see "eye to eye", yet we are assured that we needn't be any more worried than we have been fo the last few years.
The last time we sailed into uncharted waters and hit division 2 in 1991 I remember the opening match against Bristol City at the Hall. A somewhat disappointing crowd attended Blues first ever jaunt out of the basement leagues, with only 26 more than were in attendance last night, and Bristol brought a fair few with them by the way.
The whole div 2 adventure was tinged with the undercurrent of disarray in the boardroom and during the Jobson era, whilst being the most successful, it never felt like everyone was pulling in the same direction.
But when Barry Fry came along he took a team of players and, ably assisted by the free transfers of most of his Barnet team and the Collymore money at his disposal, built a team that produced the most fluent attacking football probably ever seen on a consistent basis. There were a lot of similarities between then and now; people would openly discuss SUFC with awe and admiration, we gained national TV and media acclaim for our "fantastic" side, and this culminated in what was probably the best ever performance at Derby's then home, the Baseball Ground, as we gave them a 3-1 whipping.
Just when the fans were starting to really believe, and I mean really believe, the "sleeping giant" known as Birmingham City poached our management team by making them an offer they couldn't refuse.
That ripped the heart of the club out and started a 10 year decline we are only now escaping from.
It just occurs that when a little club like us starts to punch above it's weight and begins to do noticeable things, then bigger clubs take note. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that someone will make Tilly and Brush an "offer they can't refuse". I don't think they will take it - yet - but it depends on their own drive and ambition.
Lets just be a little wary and remember what has gone before.
Yet bubbling under the surface all is perhaps not well. There are still those who eke out the points to complain and moan about, and if they can't do it on the pitch they'll make damn sure they do off it. Delancey and RM do not see "eye to eye", yet we are assured that we needn't be any more worried than we have been fo the last few years.
The last time we sailed into uncharted waters and hit division 2 in 1991 I remember the opening match against Bristol City at the Hall. A somewhat disappointing crowd attended Blues first ever jaunt out of the basement leagues, with only 26 more than were in attendance last night, and Bristol brought a fair few with them by the way.
The whole div 2 adventure was tinged with the undercurrent of disarray in the boardroom and during the Jobson era, whilst being the most successful, it never felt like everyone was pulling in the same direction.
But when Barry Fry came along he took a team of players and, ably assisted by the free transfers of most of his Barnet team and the Collymore money at his disposal, built a team that produced the most fluent attacking football probably ever seen on a consistent basis. There were a lot of similarities between then and now; people would openly discuss SUFC with awe and admiration, we gained national TV and media acclaim for our "fantastic" side, and this culminated in what was probably the best ever performance at Derby's then home, the Baseball Ground, as we gave them a 3-1 whipping.
Just when the fans were starting to really believe, and I mean really believe, the "sleeping giant" known as Birmingham City poached our management team by making them an offer they couldn't refuse.
That ripped the heart of the club out and started a 10 year decline we are only now escaping from.
It just occurs that when a little club like us starts to punch above it's weight and begins to do noticeable things, then bigger clubs take note. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that someone will make Tilly and Brush an "offer they can't refuse". I don't think they will take it - yet - but it depends on their own drive and ambition.
Lets just be a little wary and remember what has gone before.
