Haining84
Well-Known Member
Thinking about where is club as a whole is right now,is it in the best place it’s been since the milenium?
When I say “as a whole” I mean take into account and factor in the playing squad & potential,the management team & their potential,finances and also off field issues.
The Advocaat/McLeish teams of 2001 to 2003 were obviously far better teams packed with top international players but we were carrying about a debt of between £50-£80m and serous questions were now being asked by the likes of the RST about Sir ‘Duped’s’ running of the club.
2004 until 2007 were mostly patchy and below par on the pitch apart from the legendary Helicopter Sunday season.
2007 to 2011 were superb on the pitch winning everything again under Walter and with a good squad but ultimately by that point we now had the big tax case looming over us and the bank basically running the club as well as a chairman/owner looking to get out the dodge.
The Craig Whyte takeover and administration,being thrown down the division and the subsequent Spiv wars of the next 3 years needs nothing more said and since the March 2015 EGM when we finally got the club back it’s been a slow process rebuilding everything on and off the pitch brick by brick.
As things currently stand(and we’ve still got a long way to go)we’ve got what looks more and more like a cracking young modern management team in Gerrard & Beale who are only going to get better.The playing squad now has real depth and quality running through it with some really really good individuals who have a decent sell on value,we’ve got no debt and wealthy directors who actually put their money where their mouths are and bar the ongoing retail dispute with that fat sack of sh!t Mike Ashley,we got no more major off field or legacy issues to deal with anymore.
I also think there’s a genuine feel good factor around the club and not just with the progress being made on the pitch,the whole vibe seems to be one of relief the dark days are over and quiet confidence about the future.Even the wee things like Souness turning up at pre season camp,Gazza making his return last week and some of the work the club is doing off the field feel genuine and not the usual sugar coated PR crap clubs churn out.
Nothing’s perfect and we’ve all got issue we feel could be improved on weather it be dealing with BBC Scotland,PR strategy,club1872 getting a seat on the board,the standard of the food etc but on the whole where do to see the the position of the club being in relation to the semi recent past?
When I say “as a whole” I mean take into account and factor in the playing squad & potential,the management team & their potential,finances and also off field issues.
The Advocaat/McLeish teams of 2001 to 2003 were obviously far better teams packed with top international players but we were carrying about a debt of between £50-£80m and serous questions were now being asked by the likes of the RST about Sir ‘Duped’s’ running of the club.
2004 until 2007 were mostly patchy and below par on the pitch apart from the legendary Helicopter Sunday season.
2007 to 2011 were superb on the pitch winning everything again under Walter and with a good squad but ultimately by that point we now had the big tax case looming over us and the bank basically running the club as well as a chairman/owner looking to get out the dodge.
The Craig Whyte takeover and administration,being thrown down the division and the subsequent Spiv wars of the next 3 years needs nothing more said and since the March 2015 EGM when we finally got the club back it’s been a slow process rebuilding everything on and off the pitch brick by brick.
As things currently stand(and we’ve still got a long way to go)we’ve got what looks more and more like a cracking young modern management team in Gerrard & Beale who are only going to get better.The playing squad now has real depth and quality running through it with some really really good individuals who have a decent sell on value,we’ve got no debt and wealthy directors who actually put their money where their mouths are and bar the ongoing retail dispute with that fat sack of sh!t Mike Ashley,we got no more major off field or legacy issues to deal with anymore.
I also think there’s a genuine feel good factor around the club and not just with the progress being made on the pitch,the whole vibe seems to be one of relief the dark days are over and quiet confidence about the future.Even the wee things like Souness turning up at pre season camp,Gazza making his return last week and some of the work the club is doing off the field feel genuine and not the usual sugar coated PR crap clubs churn out.
Nothing’s perfect and we’ve all got issue we feel could be improved on weather it be dealing with BBC Scotland,PR strategy,club1872 getting a seat on the board,the standard of the food etc but on the whole where do to see the the position of the club being in relation to the semi recent past?