Rusty Shackleford
Banned
A number of posters, including myself, have expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of transfer activity at our beloved club this summer, and there have been further murmurings regarding the club's perilous financial situation. My feeling is that SZ is by and large a pro-Ron community (it's obviously pro-Tilly, how could it not be?), and many posters who raise these concerns are roundly lambasted and greeted with 'remember Johnson/Bate/Murphy/Jobson/Alvin Martin' or my personal favourite - 'I'm sick of these negative posts.'
I think it's understandable that there is some negativity in the air, and to dismiss it is at best naive, and at worst, utterly irresponsible. We have a threadbare squad, and whatever amusing spin you like to put on it, having the kitman run out in friendlies is shambolic. I keep hearing the line that we need to 'have faith' and 'give it more time', but now we have 18 days until kick-off and we aren't in a position to even compete for midtable with the squad we have. Those days keep counting down and all we get from the club are platitudes along the lines of 'we need to sign the right players.' It strikes me that the 'right players' are those who will sign for peanuts. If you're not panicking now, when will you start? 15 days before the season starts? 10 days, maybe 5? Or will you only panic when we're propping up the League or facing administration?
I think it's understandable that there is some negativity in the air, and to dismiss it is at best naive, and at worst, utterly irresponsible. We have a threadbare squad, and whatever amusing spin you like to put on it, having the kitman run out in friendlies is shambolic. I keep hearing the line that we need to 'have faith' and 'give it more time', but now we have 18 days until kick-off and we aren't in a position to even compete for midtable with the squad we have. Those days keep counting down and all we get from the club are platitudes along the lines of 'we need to sign the right players.' It strikes me that the 'right players' are those who will sign for peanuts. If you're not panicking now, when will you start? 15 days before the season starts? 10 days, maybe 5? Or will you only panic when we're propping up the League or facing administration?
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