In fairness to the owners if it’s true that it was Val who wanted Cole, then it’s hard to blame the owners. After all we all keep saying the Manager should be allowed to pick his players.
I agree but we are talking about tens of millions versus a couple of million that we would need. It seems that as soon as we go down (or don't go up in the Champ play-offs) we choose the fire-sale every time; that to me shows the owners are showing good business acumen on one hand (to stay in the black), but then last season highlights perfectly that their particular plan was doomed to fail because look how we have plummetted. I know this has been done to death, but it shows a lack of ambition. Cash in 2 million for Val, get rid of Mowatt, Dane who? And get in Markus Schopp. I know a lot of this rests at Conman's door, but we have a new era; I feel we need to move the goalposts, even just an inch.
Gambling on going up is ok to an extent as long as we don’t throw the kitchen sink at it imo . I thought we did ok to keep Mowatt and gamble in the playoffs instead of cashing in in the January window . Maybe we could have done better earlier in Mowatts contract negotiations for a further extension but without knowing the details . The Dane Murphy situation was Conways baby so anything before that rests at his door , nothing the present board members could alter. What I want from the current squad and coaching staff is sweat on the shirts and competent tactics , Usually good things come with those combinations and if we are near the finish line and they sweeten the squad that’s great .
Our problem is that we can never retain good players and we can never get rid of sht ones- the worse of both worlds!
This is the change that needs to happen. And to add to that, try not to buy sht players to replace the good ones!
To be honest i can't see Huddersfield paying anymore. But Khaled will rub his hands. We want a proper ceo or let the coach buy the players