Re: Help Needed...can you assist? : Tue Mar 15, 2022 6:07 pm  

orangeman wrote:

it makes me think Hughes is winding us down so he doesn't feel guilty about pulling the plug

This is my concern too. It is the only rational explanation for (at least some of) the decisions Hughes is making.

Re: Help Needed...can you assist? : Tue Mar 15, 2022 6:46 pm  

[quote="crashmon"]The point is Mustard is a league one coach, and is being found out at the higher level. I don't believe DH hired him on the assumption we would be in League one next year (in which case it would be a good signing). But the squad we have would struggle right now vs swinton, rochdale, doncaster, which is very worrying.
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Yes you’ll recall we pretty much unanimously on this forum raised the concern that a coach of a struggling L1 coach might find doing well in the Championship a problem. I assume Tsang was tainted by 2021 (whereas JC wasn’t- go figure 7th in Champ bad, 11th in L1 good). I assume he’s an impressive character and no one else suitable was availabie. It’s really the L1 squad that is the difficult one. It can only have come about because of bad decisions in the planning stage and false assumptions as to squad retention and the ability to recruit from the North. The logic on the latter point has some plausibility but, sadly, has proven to be wrong. As to the former I wonder about the timing of the PT announcement, whether there was fallout from the Ward exit, whether pay was an issue, whether players had become disillusioned - in fairness they were playing in front of 3 men and a dog so maybe they felt the club was on the down. I don’t know personal circumstances or what they are being paid but some of the players don’t look to have moved upwards. We have to hope a few decent loaners become available in May and aren’t all snatched up by rivals. I think that is a possibility then before next season LB management really need to plan properly and in a joined up manner.

Re: Help Needed...can you assist? : Tue Mar 15, 2022 6:50 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

This is my concern too. It is the only rational explanation for (at least some of) the decisions Hughes is making.

It’s an explanation - poor decision making is another. I get the wind down aspect but of course it’s the huge investment in ground and training pitches that is the only non L1 part of the puzzle. I suppose the plug could be pulled on that but then, as a courtesy, we’d need somewhere cheap and cheerful to play. Trailfinders hire for 4 hours on a Sunday I assume and training on Richmond common - if such a place exists.

Re: Help Needed...can you assist? : Tue Mar 15, 2022 6:59 pm  

BigTime wrote:

It’s an explanation - poor decision making is another. I get the wind down aspect but of course it’s the huge investment in ground and training pitches that is the only non L1 part of the puzzle. I suppose the plug could be pulled on that but then, as a courtesy, we’d need somewhere cheap and cheerful to play. Trailfinders hire for 4 hours on a Sunday I assume and training on Richmond common - if such a place exists.

Rosslyn Park.....holds 2k, nice bar and there's a coach there who could help out.....

Re: Help Needed...can you assist? : Tue Mar 15, 2022 7:18 pm  

orangeman wrote:

Rosslyn Park.....holds 2k, nice bar and there's a coach there who could help out.....

They’ve got 50 odd players as well so we could loan a few.

Re: Help Needed...can you assist? : Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:11 pm  

Back to the subject in hand
The Club has no paid staff to carry out duties that are key to delivering match day experiences
The Club has asked the OBSG to fill these posts on a volunteer basis
The OBSG seems to be more about social gathering than getting involved
The LBSA continues to sponsor the academy, but sees no merit in volunteering when the clubs own version can't be bothered
The CEO has decided to employ another Commercial Manager and a Media Person, but has not addressed the elephant in the room, which is fan disenfranchisement and therefore the lack of volunteers
Bradford are upon us in 10 days time and we've had no promotion or marketing for possibly the biggest gate of the year

Re: Help Needed...can you assist? : Wed Mar 30, 2022 4:59 am  

Facebook, twitter and email neglected, no marketing, 5 days until KO and fewer than 400 tickets sold to what should have been one of the biggest gates of the season, no staff in place and no "overt" request for volunteers from the club.
I fear we are nearing the final chapter