I, for one, haven´t lost any sleep Over City´s new restructuring, I doubt any changes that it might bring Will run sufficiently deep It sounds, and is, quite radical, I´d say Especially for D. Smith and Jones, But as always, it´s not those in seats of power Who influence much, how we play Head coach, to me, is more vital by far Than Managing or Football Director, And even if this Webber is worth his weight In gold, we may barely break par... ..if he who´s appointed, to the real hot seat Is nothing more than a ´yes man´, And in such a set up, he´s likely to be With two there, to parry the heat Most bosses like to have things their own way So this challenge will be quite new, And unless they can radically stir up the squad I still fear we´ll be here to stay.
Safe to say for us at NCFC this is a radical new approach, though it has been used extenstively elsewhere, both at home and abroad. It's also fair to say it has had successes and failures so only time will tell if it is going to work for us!
Afternoon Dave, agreed, time will tell, but the waves of optimism flooding in at the mere mention of Mr. Webber, seem rather exaggerated to me. He is, if he comes, only the first tentative step in perhaps the right direction. The next appointment, Head Coach, is far more critical, and the very nature of the job, almost necessitates that it is someone who doesn´t mind holding a subordinate (or at the very best, 50/50) position with the Footballing Director. That seems to me to be the way to get us a weak manager, when I´d have thought what we really need, is a strong personality, someone who can stir things up - my overall impression of this approach, is too many cooks, but we´ll see.
Personally, if we hadn´t opted for this restructuring, I´d have gone for Pardew. I know there´s a risk with him, and he´s not a particularly likeable person, but then neither were Ron Saunders or Paul Lambert, but they certainly got things moving. No chance of that sort of manager coming in now though, I´m afraid.
