I finally took the plunge and binged season 2 yesterday.
The Chairman - Seems a decent chap, completely out of his depth. The Will Grigg chase was an embarrassment. If that was Rangers, I'd be livid at paying nearly four times what the manager valued him at. Was cringing when he was justifying to his wife about not selling the club by claiming "Ask the kids, they love me being owner" which his wife replied "if you asked the kids do they want to live in a sweetshop they'd say yes. It doesn't mean it's right"
The Chief Exec - A throbber no doubt but he was bang on about the toxic and lackadasical culture that had been allowed to fester at the club. He was fighting a losing battle from day one with sections of the staff. There was one situation where he bailed Donald out of a PR disaster - When both of them went on the fans radio show and the host was clearly trying to lead the chairman down the road of criticising Jack Ross and Will Grigg and almost suceeded. Methven, to his credit, stepped in and told the host in no uncertain terms that they weren't going to publicly call out tactics and personnel and to shut the line of questioning down. 19 draws killed them last season.
The manager - A mixed bag really. On a personal and professional stand point, I think Ross came out of it looking really good. The players liked him and he clearly took the job seriously and gave it his all. Tactically however they really seemed to focus on his inability to get a 90 minute performance out of his team and his insistence to try hold on to slender leads than kill teams off which came to bite them on the arse.
The players - Seem a decent bunch compared to the previous seasons cluster of idiots. Maja clearly had his head turned by his agent but show me a footballer who doesn't. The fact a 20 year old kid barely out of the reserves was seen as their only hope for promotion spoke more about the club than it did about him.
