KiwiRob
First XI
Definitely, but for all these people who claim MM is a visionary, a gem of a football mastermind who thinks deeply about the game and understands the sport at a level us peons don't understand...
Did the geezer not do his research on the club before he took the job and resigned from his two exceptionally secure jobs? Did he not notice the financial irregularities, the multiple embargoes (which prevented his Premier League winning predecessor from being able to sign any players?)
Did he not look at the current playing squad filled with ten game professional youngsters and past their-prime highly paid veterans?
Did he really think a chairman who didn't back SOL CAMPBELL in the transfer market (despite openly promising so in a public statement) by lifting the embargo would do so for him?
If he genuinely listened to Ron and believed a golden future with good signings and a new ground was around the corner, well, there's naivety and there's insanity - and here's a man who's both.
I do not think MM is out of his depth given the hand he had been dealt. Very interesting to hear Ian Evatt assessment of MM's Southend's side. Evatt seems to rate MM highly and implies that given time MM will turn things around in the second half of the season: