Regeneration: Part II

Aah, if there was anything that underlined the difference between the former and the present management, problems over who is the goalkeeping coach notwithstanding, it was this interview on Goals on Sunday over the weekend that severely underlined it. From the start of the interview he whinged, bent the truth and, if any more mind making up was needed, showed exactly why the fans didn't like him and why it was best that we parted company.
Now, let us get something straight. Again. If there was a choice between Little Sam and Mr Megson it is the latter that I would rather have in charge of my team but that is akin to asking with what blunt surgical instrument would you like your knackers to be removed. Yes we all know we were below Derby and on five points when he came in (even though Chris Kamara obviously didn't), yawn yawn yawn. The bit where he says that a fan rang into a show to complain about letting a goal in in a 4-1 away victory shows a like of understanding of irony that is the equal to our friends in middle America. His complete misunderstanding of the fans upset at going all the way to Lisbon to watch a side that they can watch on a Wednesday evening up at Leyland shows that he never really tried to bring the fans onside as maybe an apology at the time wouldn't have replenished their bank accounts but may have gone some way to appeasing them. Eight million for Elmander and he would have still signed him? Really? Nothing against Elmander, who does run around a lot to little effect, but he was brought into the club as a striker, not as someone who is "just not one of these people who gets goal upon goal upon goal". And then he bitches about being put on gardening leave and getting a guaranteed payment of more than I'll make in my life for the next year. Oh, and stuck somewhere in the interview is the bit about only playing seventeen players in the Premiership last year. Here Gary, look at this and tell me why it says twenty four played.

So there I was going to do this big thing about the differences between the GSO and St Owen. But I thought that would insult your intelligence.