Post by joanna on Sept 15, 2014 10:26:00 GMT
In any business or partnership, communication is vital, and it seems to me that this is a feature of BWFC that has completely broken down. If we fans knew what the club's plans were, and were allowed to share in the reasons behind some of the more apparently mindless decisions, we might be a bit more tolerant and less frustrated. At the moment, it's hard to understand what management is trying to achieve.
Eddie is silent; Gartside has been quiet for a long time now; Dougie's pre and post-match witterings don't make sense and are not borne out by actual events on the pitch so count for nothing; Lennie appears not to have spoken since he arrived! I can't even recall the name of the other coach that sits beside Uncle Sleepy, so anonymous is he!
Worse still, there seems to be some sort of communication breakdown between management and players:- how else to explain Spearing's jolly jaunt?
Was it ever clearly explained why SKD and Eagles, to mention but two, were suddenly not the flavour of the month? Why is youth largely ignored? What is our aim for this season.....and what is our long-term plan? Why leave out players who have just starred? Can you explain the rotation policy and use of substitutes? Just what IS Dougie's football philosophy? Is there any consistent plan to bring in pace or power, elements that seem to be lacking. Do we want a target man or not? Mason is too lightweight to play up front on his own. Why are we suffering so many injuries? What goes on in training? Are the players listening to Dougie's ideas and buying in to them? Why is there so little animation from the touchline on match-days? What exactly is the financial situation with regard to potential administration? The recruitment plan at the moment seems to be that we will take anybody who has two legs and costs nothing from Palace, Millwall, etc. regardless of our actual needs and of their respective talents. On the other hand we are shedding those with a modicum of talent rather than trying to develop that talent. And so on and so on......
These are all huge issues but we fans are left in the dark. Leaving things to DF to provide answers is pointless because his post-match analyses do not remotely accord with what the vast majority see from the stands. There is no point in saying, as he does, "The fans know what we are trying to do....."; we DON'T!!
Please COMMUNICATE!
Eddie is silent; Gartside has been quiet for a long time now; Dougie's pre and post-match witterings don't make sense and are not borne out by actual events on the pitch so count for nothing; Lennie appears not to have spoken since he arrived! I can't even recall the name of the other coach that sits beside Uncle Sleepy, so anonymous is he!
Worse still, there seems to be some sort of communication breakdown between management and players:- how else to explain Spearing's jolly jaunt?
Was it ever clearly explained why SKD and Eagles, to mention but two, were suddenly not the flavour of the month? Why is youth largely ignored? What is our aim for this season.....and what is our long-term plan? Why leave out players who have just starred? Can you explain the rotation policy and use of substitutes? Just what IS Dougie's football philosophy? Is there any consistent plan to bring in pace or power, elements that seem to be lacking. Do we want a target man or not? Mason is too lightweight to play up front on his own. Why are we suffering so many injuries? What goes on in training? Are the players listening to Dougie's ideas and buying in to them? Why is there so little animation from the touchline on match-days? What exactly is the financial situation with regard to potential administration? The recruitment plan at the moment seems to be that we will take anybody who has two legs and costs nothing from Palace, Millwall, etc. regardless of our actual needs and of their respective talents. On the other hand we are shedding those with a modicum of talent rather than trying to develop that talent. And so on and so on......
These are all huge issues but we fans are left in the dark. Leaving things to DF to provide answers is pointless because his post-match analyses do not remotely accord with what the vast majority see from the stands. There is no point in saying, as he does, "The fans know what we are trying to do....."; we DON'T!!
Please COMMUNICATE!