Stand-Offish wrote:I'm not tarring you with the same brush......it was one individual.
Let's get it straight shall we Batley are doing well of late and I don't wish to get into an argument about something that is obvious.
You can appreciate the frustration at watching Handforth do for Batley what he should have been doing for us?
And you can appreciate the pain at watching your side in such a sorry state and watching opposition try after try and not being able to see any end to it?
You helped your points difference yesterday and took the three points......based on the Donny side you watched can you see other sides not being able to do the same?
The original point was don't get carried away by what you saw yesterday....that's all.
Your right winger was running against a bloke with second row forward pace.....a total mismatch......and as a Donny fan that's not nice to watch.
I don't want to get into an argument with Batley fans.....it looks like you have turned the corner.
Yes we have had poor management and yes Batley can show us a thing or two about keeping a modestly supported club financially afloat....none of these things are contentious......but just imagine you were a Donny fan....who through no fault of your own is left watching this sort of thing week in week out.
Anyway well done....and cheerio.
What a prat.
For a lot of people, its difficult to sympathise with your club.
Last season I've no doubt you were one of those unrealistic people who were crowing with glee at the appointment of Hanley and the expensive signings of McKenna, Lawrie etc...
You and most of your supporters must have known that it was not the right direction to be heading in following your disastrous over-spending in 2007. Did you question what was going on, when SL and NRL players plus one of potentially most expensive coaches in the game were being signed up by your board?
I bet you were lapping up your success last season, when it was patently obvious to all those outsiders that you were heading towards oblivion (yet again).
Don't say you weren't warned, and if you look back at the various internet forums, I think you'll find that most of you were responding to our doubts by citing 'jealousy' and 'envy'.
Anyway, I've no doubt that as always with your club, some rich (supposedly rich?) benefactor will come and bail you out of the effluent again, so why worry?? You'll be splashing the cash like the Sultan of Brunei within 12 months I reckon.
It actually makes a complete mockery of the smaller clubs who stay afloat year after year through financial prudence and good management.