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Just like I've got absolutely no interest in hearing that Juric wants to stay next season, I couldn't care less that Sport Republic's latest appointee thinks that Sport Republic and their model are going to be great.
Seriously, wtf else is he going to say: 'I think there are some important things to sort out at senior management level - clearing out a few duff decision makers, that sort of thing - and obviously the strategy in relation to on the pitch matters needs to changes radically - started with the appointment of an effective manager and the recruitment of decent players - but other than that, I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in to my new role'.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Let's judge Mr Spors by the effect, if any, he has on our fortunes.
No disrespect to those other leagues but I am pretty sure that having a PL team in your portfolio is pretty 'central to the success of the fund'.
And, while SR presents itself as some sort of Venture Capital outfit, my guess would be that Solak is by far the principal investor and the one with whom the buck stops.
It's his money and everyone else in the organisation knows that. They'll either be doing what they are told or doing what they think he wants them to do. And we have no idea what sort of person he is in terms of hearing bad news...
...or having egg on his face. He, after all, was the one doing the media not so long ago praising Juric as the man for the long term.
Also, maybe he's the ditherer when it comes to moving on the dead ducks.
I keep having to double check that he hasn't got a new job that I've missed...
...but Steve Cooper both got a team promoted and then kept them in the Premier League, and even if he was ultimately sacked, that team is now 3rd in the PL.
All managers are a gamble and all managers have bad patches but I'd rather go for someone who has actually done the thing that we want to do, rather than the latest interesting idea that turns sour.
Of course, Cooper probably won't suit Solak because he wins too many games. 42 out of 108 at Forest, and 47 out of 105 at Swansea before that.
Who needs a win percentage north of 38% when you've got Juric struggling to beat 15% ?
Seriously, who gives a flying f*ck through a rolling doughnut what Juric wants or how he is positioning himself.
And if our new Technical Director hasn't already worked out that this guy is completely incompetent and an absolute chancer - which I'm sure he has, because a child of 6 has worked that out - then we are doomed to life in League 1.
Eleven defeats in twelve games, so it's really impossible to be any worse.
And absolutely no signs of progress.
But Saints stick with him. Just like they stuck with Ralph, Jones and Martin too long.
For me, this now smacks of something completely broken in the Club's decisions making progress. I am now wondering whether the issue is with Solak. He's already publically backed Juric. Maybe, he a hard man to get to change his mind. Maybe his business success has come from tenacity, not reactivity.
It smell of Ankersen because (a) he was front and centre in appointing and then not sacking soon enough Nathan Jones and (b) he just seems like a someone who is a bit of tit and too clever by half and this is what our managerial appointments feel like too.
When you sack a manager who has failed like Martin did, the obvious thing, to most fans, to do is to get in someone who at least has a bit of premier league experience. But again we go for a bizarre choice and fall flat on our faces (just like we did with Jones).
I'm sure that there are others on here with far more knowledge of seamanship than I have, but even from my limited experience of RYA courses, making sure you don't hit other ships is a a pretty fundamental requirement of any voyage, and it's not as if avoiding such things is left to a wing and prayer.
Maybe the marketing department could make a feature out of his gravelly voice. Give him some sort of jovial nickname or get him reading horror stories on the website.
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