You know I've stared and stared and stared at Harty's opening post and nowhere can I see that he is comparing the mid-90s with now. He is saying that there are some aspects of what is happening now that remind him of what was happening then. Like Bellotti, Barber started off well and then...
..and the evidence that he is doing a good job is...?
He is not the finance director, he's the chief executive. Even if he is tightening up the finances there is more to his job than money. He is leading an organisation with a vast turnover of staff, poor morale, bad PR, a collapsing customer...
A major task of a board is to provide the chairman and executive with advice, guidance, perspective and wisdom, irrespective of how much dosh they've put in. It seems that they are all in thrall to Tony Bloom and it's up to him to do something about it. And it's up to Barber to help him...