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Blue tinted optimist⭐
I'm putting this out there BEFORE the Fleetwood game, having had a few days for the dust to settle on the events of the week.
I - as I suspect many others - would have their initial thoughts on hearing about Kevin Bond's appointment blocked by the SZ swear filter. But my original, jokey comment about it being so terrible that all the expectations would have immediately disappeared leaving KB only needing to be average to be classed a hero probably aren't that wide of the mark.
And then - Enter the King of the Jungle.
Make no mistake, there is no way that Ron Martin was so blown away by the words, passion and desire shown by our Kev that he had to hire him immediately. In fact, I doubt he was even properly interviewed. This is ALL about Harry Redknapp and probably asking RM to give Bond a chance, with a promise that he'll come along for the ride until the end of the season.
We have loads of kids here, who will love this. 'Arry knows football inside out and if they impress him, they might get a good word put in for them somewhere else as they develop their careers.
So it's all about getting more out of what we have - which is precious little - but if there's something that can encourage our players to dig deeper and maybe give another 5-10%, then something like this could be it.
Couple that with an appointment so apparently MEH that it removes any expectations at all and the pressure is off and it's a no lose gamble. If we go down, well, we'd have gone down anyway. If we survive, the bloke has worked a bloody miracle.
Seriously, this could be a masterstroke.
I - as I suspect many others - would have their initial thoughts on hearing about Kevin Bond's appointment blocked by the SZ swear filter. But my original, jokey comment about it being so terrible that all the expectations would have immediately disappeared leaving KB only needing to be average to be classed a hero probably aren't that wide of the mark.
And then - Enter the King of the Jungle.
Make no mistake, there is no way that Ron Martin was so blown away by the words, passion and desire shown by our Kev that he had to hire him immediately. In fact, I doubt he was even properly interviewed. This is ALL about Harry Redknapp and probably asking RM to give Bond a chance, with a promise that he'll come along for the ride until the end of the season.
We have loads of kids here, who will love this. 'Arry knows football inside out and if they impress him, they might get a good word put in for them somewhere else as they develop their careers.
So it's all about getting more out of what we have - which is precious little - but if there's something that can encourage our players to dig deeper and maybe give another 5-10%, then something like this could be it.
Couple that with an appointment so apparently MEH that it removes any expectations at all and the pressure is off and it's a no lose gamble. If we go down, well, we'd have gone down anyway. If we survive, the bloke has worked a bloody miracle.
Seriously, this could be a masterstroke.
