Sadly the team that has been put together by a consistently underperforming football director (Ian Croad - albeit he isn’t actually willing to join the Board), has been limited by the size of the budget, his “loyalty” to players well past their best and his lack of skill at playing the market during the closed season.
It is relatively easy for a coach to be reasonably successful with a team made up of high quality players. However a high performance coach will get the best out of both a quality side and one of lesser merit. It is arguable that some high performance coaches are actually better at working with players below the top level.
As a consequence of the players he has, Simon, who is yet to be proved as even a moderate coach, is struggling, and I think will continue to do so.
As Fax fans we need to accept that given investment elsewhere in the league our predicament will continue unabated. In my view this season has already ended in a search for a play-off place, we may even get dragged into the edge of a relegation battle, we will need significant new resources (via DR) to become available to turn the season around.
It is a real conundrum for our BOD, who I think recognise, that either something significant changes in terms of future available funds or recent performances are the new normal.
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