Schuey owed us nothing. He gave us some fantastic times and experiences. Seeing how we held off bigger teams(you will note I’ve not used the words so called)because they are bigger teams, at the end of last season was hilarious. This season it’s different. All of the teams leading their respective divisions can be seen as having more than average money to flash around, and higher fan bases. We bucked that last season and I’m proud of that. The way he left us in a helicopter(supposedly)was questionable, but if he wanted to speak to Houghton, Edwards and the squad, he could have rung them. After resigning, if I was a director, I wouldn’t have wanted him anywhere near the place either.
I’m going to paint you a picture. Vodafone v EE. Apart from being in the same sphere of business, EE has a better, bigger staff room, money for more phones and investment, greater potential, better staff(arguably), their office is just round the corner from home, and they’re going to double your wages. Who really wouldn’t strongly consider going?? It’s not as if he’s gone to Exeter, Portsmouth, Bristol City etc. I really really hope he stays up, I hope he goes on to bigger better things. If Ashley Phillips goes on to captain England for example, I would be proud to say that I saw him play in the flesh. Lowe and Schumacher worked, judgement or luck, Foster didn’t, bad judgement or bad luck. That’s irrelevant. We will stay up. I’ve said it all along. It’s for a couple of reasons. The spirit of the team, pride in the shirt, managerial bounce back and the fact that there are 3 less consistent, worse teams than us. Then we grow. Luton, Bournemouth, Brentford have proven that it can be done. Consolidate, choose the right man to take us forward and see where we go. Easier said than done, but why can’t it be done? It’s happened before and it’ll happen again.
