First of all Mark, I need to stress I'm not picking on you today!! ;-) BUT ... I do think there is a lot of credence in what Damien says. Looking back at that whole saga and the current state of clubs 'chasing the dream', the Ridsdale gamble was/is the only way to break the mould. Teams come and go and flirt with the top 4, but ultimately fail because of a lack of strength in depth, ottenham are the current nearly men and are only nearly men bacause they have not 'done a ridsdale'. Had O'Leary not published that bloody book and, in doing so, alienated a team that was with him and playing care free flowing footy and then got Brian fcuking Kidd in to stifle all that was good about the team, then maybe, just maybe, we would have been succesful in the gamble.
> > Damian, it wouldn't have mattered if he'd cloned Don Revie from a fragment > of bone and appointed him, with Alf Ramsey as his assistant and Alex > Fergusion as tea boy. > > Ridsdale's ONLY crime is financial mismanagement verging on criminal. > > Our demise was NOTHING to do with the players, the manager or anything to > do with football. It was 100% the fault of one of the most incompetent > boards of directors in any business, ever. Risk management is a crucial > business skill - Ridsdale and Leighton paid no heed to it at all - in > fact they > knowingly gambled based only on an utterly unachievable scenario - > permanent > European qualification. > > The cretins should be in jail. > > > >>>Risdales' "guilt" is, in order: > > 1. Not sacking O'Dreary approx one year earlier than he did > 2. Not having a real replacement lined up (and maybe that's why O'Dreary > wasn't sacked earlier) > 3. Poor financial management<< > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
