Taz
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- Jan 3, 2009
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There comes a crunch time in every football clubs history when hard decisions have to be made about the clubs future... and at present I believe we are at a point in ECFC's history where this rings true.
We are looking at the possibility of relegation from the league this season, coupled with crowds being down (and hence revenue) due to the boring, unproductive style of play. I can appreciate the 'no cash for players' argument however I CAN NOT appreciate the good players sitting on the bench routine (aka Wheeler).
Tisdale's stubbornness to try something different looks likely to cost us our league place; and I appreciate some may say its early in the season yet... however if you look at the horrendous results during the second half of last season, the run of form would put us as absolute favourites for relegation this season.
Which brings me to the ULTIMATE question... Is survival a possibility with Tisdale in charge?
Well I think we could be talking about 2 kinds of survival:
a) Our league place, can we keep that?
b) Our actual club, can it survive being relegated?
I believe both go hand in hand at the moment... I honestly can't see the club surviving a drop in to the conference; mainly due to the money lost from the actual League and TV rights itself... I appreciate there is a hardcore base of fans that would follow The City wherever; however would the revenue be there to sustain it? I don't believe it would.
So then I hear the cry of "We can't afford to sack Tisdale" ... well unless he pulls his socks up, smells the coffee and starts playing a style of football that excites the fans ... I retort with "Can we survive as a club if we don't sack Tisdale"
I appreciate there is a lot of 'history' with PT and I agree that for a while he was our saviour; but football is a cruel game... and unless you adapt, you don't survive. Similar to actually playing the game we cant allow past glories to dictate the future... else we might as well be still playing Flack and Devine up front...
So whoever runs for the Trust (and I admit I thought long and hard about running... but the better half handed out an 'ultimatum') I just hope they push to do the right thing and strike whilst the irons hot!
We are looking at the possibility of relegation from the league this season, coupled with crowds being down (and hence revenue) due to the boring, unproductive style of play. I can appreciate the 'no cash for players' argument however I CAN NOT appreciate the good players sitting on the bench routine (aka Wheeler).
Tisdale's stubbornness to try something different looks likely to cost us our league place; and I appreciate some may say its early in the season yet... however if you look at the horrendous results during the second half of last season, the run of form would put us as absolute favourites for relegation this season.
Which brings me to the ULTIMATE question... Is survival a possibility with Tisdale in charge?
Well I think we could be talking about 2 kinds of survival:
a) Our league place, can we keep that?
b) Our actual club, can it survive being relegated?
I believe both go hand in hand at the moment... I honestly can't see the club surviving a drop in to the conference; mainly due to the money lost from the actual League and TV rights itself... I appreciate there is a hardcore base of fans that would follow The City wherever; however would the revenue be there to sustain it? I don't believe it would.
So then I hear the cry of "We can't afford to sack Tisdale" ... well unless he pulls his socks up, smells the coffee and starts playing a style of football that excites the fans ... I retort with "Can we survive as a club if we don't sack Tisdale"
I appreciate there is a lot of 'history' with PT and I agree that for a while he was our saviour; but football is a cruel game... and unless you adapt, you don't survive. Similar to actually playing the game we cant allow past glories to dictate the future... else we might as well be still playing Flack and Devine up front...
So whoever runs for the Trust (and I admit I thought long and hard about running... but the better half handed out an 'ultimatum') I just hope they push to do the right thing and strike whilst the irons hot!