Simon would have bwen daft not to have put a clause in Rooneys contract to allow termination without paying him off. Given Rooneys poor track record, his wealth, and general feeling he needed us more than we needed him. I feel a clause to allow contract termination with minimal compensation should have been mandated. Or maybe thats just what a sane person would do, but then a sane person never would have appointed Rooney in the first place.
I think this (the bit I have put in bold) is right. It's not Simon Hallett's fault but even with the increased receipts from commercial activity etc we just don't have the money necessary to recruit people of sufficient quality and/or enough people of that quality - not just players, but the coaching and support staff also. We can buy one or two promising players (e.g. Mumba and Whittaker) but they are small fry compared with most other Championship clubs and we see others (e.g. Azaz) slip through our fingers. We can only recruit coaches with limited track record (I'm not only referring to Rooney here) and/or rely on our own home-grown coach (Nance) but are they actually any good? One way to think about this is: if they put themselves out into the job market would they be of interest to any of our competitors (players or coaches). I think that the answer in most cases would be no. But they do their best I am sure with the limited resources they have available. It's not really their fault. They are probably among the best that we can afford.
Do you think that the recruitment of Rooney was "smart" business and supported by data?
Invest the money to pay him off on new players and another experienced coach. Are we still paying off Foster ? Same could apply to WR if we let him go. And we’d have to pay another contract for the next manager who I think would do no better with the group we have .
Some of them feel to me like they are picking up a decent wage so they’re a little bit slack and lack desire for the shirt. Maybe harsh but true IMO. Or we are being totally outclassed and if you look at both Norwich and City they had some real quality) Norwich getting another 4 today. Scott Twine etc …
Let's be honest Wycombe signed Matt Butcher they ain't doing anything in the championship if they come up.
Funny you should mention Ainsworth - I was dead against him at the time, after seeing The Wycombe tactics, but heard his interview on Undr The Cosh recently and really warmed to him and his ethos.
