There's a whiff of something about this whole saga that doesn't sit well with me. I was neither fervently pro or anti Tis, just wanted the XI in red and white to win every time they went on the pitch. There were times when you had to give the manager credit, and one of his many qualities was loyalty (which sometimes wasn't for the best). There were also times when he drove me mad, the set up at Wembley being the final example.
However now I can't help feel a big sense of being conned. And I am not one of the many who give up their valuable spare time to wash kit, serve behind the bar, sell tickets, paint the grandstand etc etc. Regardless of what views you took on his contract, his salary, his interviewee technique, his dress sense or his tactics, he always and consistently gave the impression of being at one with the "uniqueness" of ECFC and immersed in it.
From that bizarre Times interview, to the Stevenage incident, he then leaves everyone hanging over the last month, then took a gratituitous swipe at the club/supporters after a hiding at Wembley to finally not even bothering to inform the club that he wasn't going to sign a contract. And at the end of it all, he signs for the outfit that is the antithesis of everything this club stands for, a club in our own division and one he has been heavily odds on with for the past 5 weeks. As a two fingered salute back down the M5, it couldn't have been surpassed, even going to Argyle would have been preferable.
I'd like to say I wish him well, but frankly I don't. He is managing a club that the vast majority of football supporters would be delighted to see go out of the league/existence.
Still onwards. Like others I have gone from utter despair to full of hope in the space of 9 days
However now I can't help feel a big sense of being conned. And I am not one of the many who give up their valuable spare time to wash kit, serve behind the bar, sell tickets, paint the grandstand etc etc. Regardless of what views you took on his contract, his salary, his interviewee technique, his dress sense or his tactics, he always and consistently gave the impression of being at one with the "uniqueness" of ECFC and immersed in it.
From that bizarre Times interview, to the Stevenage incident, he then leaves everyone hanging over the last month, then took a gratituitous swipe at the club/supporters after a hiding at Wembley to finally not even bothering to inform the club that he wasn't going to sign a contract. And at the end of it all, he signs for the outfit that is the antithesis of everything this club stands for, a club in our own division and one he has been heavily odds on with for the past 5 weeks. As a two fingered salute back down the M5, it couldn't have been surpassed, even going to Argyle would have been preferable.
I'd like to say I wish him well, but frankly I don't. He is managing a club that the vast majority of football supporters would be delighted to see go out of the league/existence.
Still onwards. Like others I have gone from utter despair to full of hope in the space of 9 days
