Riverswye is absolutely staggered by the news that Peter Beadle has left Edgar Street. He explains why.
'The public sparring over the summer about the budget obviously revealed cracks, but the fella deserved a fair crack at it after three years of doing what is required. I get the style of football issues, I get that the recruitment this summer doesn’t seem great at this point, I get that his PR skills aren’t polished, but I also get that he has been a little unlucky with Reffell being injured – a big player for us that adds a bit of stardust. I also get that he has put a lot of faith in players that did well for us last season and justified a stab at this level. Maybe he wasn’t ruthless enough with one or two, maybe the budget didn’t allow him to be.
As for the embarrassment of soundbites coming out today from the General Manager, I would suggest in future he sticks to what he should be doing and that is such as questioning why we have a ticketing software system that rivals the Odeon Cinema, why the womens toilets between A-Block and the Meadow End have a dozen women/children at half-time buckled over as there is nowhere for them to go, why the Catering is *****, why the bar at Legends is five deep at 2.30pm as there are no bar staff, why we have a Matchday Programme that rivals the Vogue Magazine when every other club has realised they are from a bygone era, why there isn’t a shed in the corner of the Meadow End rented out to a betting franchise/kiddies sweetshop, etc. All about the matchday experience I suppose, some won’t bother coming back.
If we are so good at ‘long-term business strategy’ planning, maybe we should have got from behind the wheel of the Excel spreadsheet two months ago and realised that the partnership with Mr Beadle was not the ‘future’ and we could have got a new manager in with his own players and a fair start in pre-season.
You see we have a lot in common Mr Watts, I have a GCSE in Business Studies as well so sing the same babble, lingo with the same patois, holler with the same squad so lets cut to the chase.
A visit to the top table in the board room once a month might be hedonistic, but the Business Plan of this Club now is the same as it has been for decades. What comes in through the turnstiles determines what we can afford, which ultimately determines what budget/team we have. I was hoping your appointment would have bought in some new–wave ideas of financing 11 players on a Saturday afternoon, at present from the outside looking in all I have seen is Peter Andre. Please correct me if I am wrong.
If Mr Beadle was sacked for footballing reasons, then you are lying to us. If he was sacked for reasons not known to the public then you need to grow a pair and spit it out. At the moment it looks like personality clashes, egos and self-importance has won the day - the truth will set you free.
What next. Well the Cowley brothers don’t grow on trees and the prospect of a failed ex-League manager that interviews well is the sort of bollox we will sleep-walk into.
Not sure what the Spreadsheets say but I would much rather throw caution to the wind and get the King of Birmingham in and add a bit of passion back to the fire and some bums on seats, than some mongoid that has swallowed the FA Coaching manual and is here on bull******* parade.
Just my opinion though.'
'The public sparring over the summer about the budget obviously revealed cracks, but the fella deserved a fair crack at it after three years of doing what is required. I get the style of football issues, I get that the recruitment this summer doesn’t seem great at this point, I get that his PR skills aren’t polished, but I also get that he has been a little unlucky with Reffell being injured – a big player for us that adds a bit of stardust. I also get that he has put a lot of faith in players that did well for us last season and justified a stab at this level. Maybe he wasn’t ruthless enough with one or two, maybe the budget didn’t allow him to be.
As for the embarrassment of soundbites coming out today from the General Manager, I would suggest in future he sticks to what he should be doing and that is such as questioning why we have a ticketing software system that rivals the Odeon Cinema, why the womens toilets between A-Block and the Meadow End have a dozen women/children at half-time buckled over as there is nowhere for them to go, why the Catering is *****, why the bar at Legends is five deep at 2.30pm as there are no bar staff, why we have a Matchday Programme that rivals the Vogue Magazine when every other club has realised they are from a bygone era, why there isn’t a shed in the corner of the Meadow End rented out to a betting franchise/kiddies sweetshop, etc. All about the matchday experience I suppose, some won’t bother coming back.
If we are so good at ‘long-term business strategy’ planning, maybe we should have got from behind the wheel of the Excel spreadsheet two months ago and realised that the partnership with Mr Beadle was not the ‘future’ and we could have got a new manager in with his own players and a fair start in pre-season.
You see we have a lot in common Mr Watts, I have a GCSE in Business Studies as well so sing the same babble, lingo with the same patois, holler with the same squad so lets cut to the chase.
A visit to the top table in the board room once a month might be hedonistic, but the Business Plan of this Club now is the same as it has been for decades. What comes in through the turnstiles determines what we can afford, which ultimately determines what budget/team we have. I was hoping your appointment would have bought in some new–wave ideas of financing 11 players on a Saturday afternoon, at present from the outside looking in all I have seen is Peter Andre. Please correct me if I am wrong.
If Mr Beadle was sacked for footballing reasons, then you are lying to us. If he was sacked for reasons not known to the public then you need to grow a pair and spit it out. At the moment it looks like personality clashes, egos and self-importance has won the day - the truth will set you free.
What next. Well the Cowley brothers don’t grow on trees and the prospect of a failed ex-League manager that interviews well is the sort of bollox we will sleep-walk into.
Not sure what the Spreadsheets say but I would much rather throw caution to the wind and get the King of Birmingham in and add a bit of passion back to the fire and some bums on seats, than some mongoid that has swallowed the FA Coaching manual and is here on bull******* parade.
Just my opinion though.'