Jinky
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Well I'm not going to say "I told you so", but I was absolutely ahead of the curve on the criticism of Jeff Shi as far as this board goes, that's for sure. Seemed mad to me how others couldn't see it. I want him gone. Without even getting in to his ability to do the job and the team of goons he has surrounded himself with, I find the bloke incredibly patronising in interviews and he talks about the fans like we're idiots & couldn't possibly understand the club as a business.
He has directly affected the squad going stale. The lack of recruitment has been ridiculous for a couple of years, and the players that they have got through the door have added next to nothing to the first team (Hello, Hwang) - to the point that the first team squad is weaker now than when we were promoted from the Championship four years ago. Ludicrous.
They can bleat about the successes of the esports team - or the shirt sales in Mexico - or the number of streams their record company has done in the last month - but ultimately, the most important part of the business is that the team perform well on the pitch and are successful. We could have easily finished in the top 7 this season. Regardless of whether we overachieved in the first part of the season, even an average run of form over the last 10 games would have seen us comfortably in the top 6. We've fallen off a cliff. Some of this can be attributed to the manager (see corresponding Bruno thread) but the effect of Shi & co's collective performances, or lack of, cannot be underestimated either.
As I've said, I want him gone, but what I predict will happen is Fosun will make a couple of early, relatively big/promising signings at the start of the next window to appease the fans. Most will gobble it up and tell the others "I don't know what you were worried about", and we'll continue to go around in this circle. That's best case. More likely scenario is we chase big names, sign no one, sell Neves, don't secure the signatures of Moutinho/Saiss etc and Sellars the mouthpiece pops up with a "we tried but are happy with the business we did" once the window is shut. Honestly, they can all fuck off and take Bruno with them as far as I'm concerned. I just don't trust Fosun to employ anyone better, that's the problem!
Hugely concerned about next season and Spiers already coming out with stuff like "they see the answers are already within the four walls" is not helping with my apathy towards the club at the moment.
He has directly affected the squad going stale. The lack of recruitment has been ridiculous for a couple of years, and the players that they have got through the door have added next to nothing to the first team (Hello, Hwang) - to the point that the first team squad is weaker now than when we were promoted from the Championship four years ago. Ludicrous.
They can bleat about the successes of the esports team - or the shirt sales in Mexico - or the number of streams their record company has done in the last month - but ultimately, the most important part of the business is that the team perform well on the pitch and are successful. We could have easily finished in the top 7 this season. Regardless of whether we overachieved in the first part of the season, even an average run of form over the last 10 games would have seen us comfortably in the top 6. We've fallen off a cliff. Some of this can be attributed to the manager (see corresponding Bruno thread) but the effect of Shi & co's collective performances, or lack of, cannot be underestimated either.
As I've said, I want him gone, but what I predict will happen is Fosun will make a couple of early, relatively big/promising signings at the start of the next window to appease the fans. Most will gobble it up and tell the others "I don't know what you were worried about", and we'll continue to go around in this circle. That's best case. More likely scenario is we chase big names, sign no one, sell Neves, don't secure the signatures of Moutinho/Saiss etc and Sellars the mouthpiece pops up with a "we tried but are happy with the business we did" once the window is shut. Honestly, they can all fuck off and take Bruno with them as far as I'm concerned. I just don't trust Fosun to employ anyone better, that's the problem!
Hugely concerned about next season and Spiers already coming out with stuff like "they see the answers are already within the four walls" is not helping with my apathy towards the club at the moment.