kevo
Well-known member
- Mar 8, 2008
- 9,139
I don't like bean counters at the best of times, and when they start running a club or a business, the heart always seems to go out of it somehow.
I think a little of the soul has gone out of this club recently.
What the bean counters sometimes seem to forget is that it doesn't matter how astute your financial plans are, if you have no end product no-one will buy.
The fact of the matter is we have been attracting our best crowds for over 30 years partially because of Gus Poyet - because of the players he has attracted, the style of football we have been playing and - most of all - the success of the team. Take that away and it really doesn't matter how many pies or pints of Harveys we sell or how many sign up to the new 'elite' membership schemes. We would certainly lose more than £8 million a year. Getting rid of Gus may well prove much more expensive than anyone imagines.