I accept all that as things stand. However, in doing so Izzy was clear and Carrick was to Izzy with his comment In the summer, so the goalposts have undoubtedly been moved, I doubt it was by Carrick and more likely by Gibson or Scott.
Plenty of posters were talking about hoping to get Archer, Giles, Ramsey back and extend Akpoms contract. I commented on here that I would be amazed if any of it were likely. I was pulled up on the word ‘amazed’ too. I think I said Archer was worth about £20M, Ramsey around £15M and Giles about £5M and so it proved roughly speaking. I said I thought lower prem clubs or the promoted teams would be daft not to sign them, If I knew it was so highly unlikely, so should the club have too, if they didn’t they were naive. I have no doubt they tried, be daft not to ask, but obviously baulked at the price, understandably out of our price range, but as a club they should have realised their worth and known it was as likely to happen as Heidi Klum knocking on my door to take me to lunch and therefore made other arrangements quickly.
We were once flying with an attack full of talent, expectations and hope was rightly high, replacing them with a team full of wannabees, time is clearly needed, patience is needed, but on a message board expecting people not to be truthful is also unrealistic. Can you personally guarantee the new signings will rapidly improve, can you or anyone guarantee we will not be a league 1 club next season or a Premier League club by 2026?
The answer is no. Seasons always go the same way, some people are always glass half full, some always glass half empty, then the bulk of others who I call the realists, they are critical when things are failing and praise when things are going well, calling what they see on a pitch. You don’t have to have played the game at a high level to be astute and knowledgeable. In fact many that have have proved failures. We can’t change how the season pans out, but as a paying customer i expect my voice to be listened to.
