Quote ="Gallanteer"Nope, the real mistake was putting Sandercock in charge of a team that had only a couple of seasons before managed to get into the top four and then let him take the squad apart. That is a gamble we are still paying for. Kris Keating anyone?'"



To be fair to Sandercock, that team was, good as it had been, in need of rejuvenation. So I wouldn’t say he dismantled it. He was also given the challenging task of developing potential (at least initially), whereas Morgan seemed to have a freer hand to bring in more proven players. He might not have been brilliant, and certainly was rarely optimistic about our chances, but things didn’t improve after he left. />


I think my frustration with Jamie’s magic botch was that his 5-year plan came 3/4 years after ‘Building for the Future’ had amply demonstrated the flaws of planning for the long term at the expense of the short term at the first-team level. />


We’ve had about 7 transitional seasons in a row now, and I think whatever happens this year we need some fresh momentum, and a clear vision of what the club aspires to be. If that means we really try to compete in SL in 2019, then great. If we can’t and go in the direction of trying to be the best part-time team in country while aiming to break even financially, or some such, then fine - I can buy in to that too. Just so long as it has some immediacy.

Quote ="Gallanteer"Nope, the real mistake was putting Sandercock in charge of a team that had only a couple of seasons before managed to get into the top four and then let him take the squad apart. That is a gamble we are still paying for. Kris Keating anyone?'"



To be fair to Sandercock, that team was, good as it had been, in need of rejuvenation. So I wouldn’t say he dismantled it. He was also given the challenging task of developing potential (at least initially), whereas Morgan seemed to have a freer hand to bring in more proven players. He might not have been brilliant, and certainly was rarely optimistic about our chances, but things didn’t improve after he left. />


I think my frustration with Jamie’s magic botch was that his 5-year plan came 3/4 years after ‘Building for the Future’ had amply demonstrated the flaws of planning for the long term at the expense of the short term at the first-team level. />


We’ve had about 7 transitional seasons in a row now, and I think whatever happens this year we need some fresh momentum, and a clear vision of what the club aspires to be. If that means we really try to compete in SL in 2019, then great. If we can’t and go in the direction of trying to be the best part-time team in country while aiming to break even financially, or some such, then fine - I can buy in to that too. Just so long as it has some immediacy.