Good journalist wanted
I was thinking over the weekend (I did have 90 minutes on Saturday afternoon with nothing better to do) about the problems "behind the scenes" at Forest over the last couple of seasons. We are constantly assured that these "problems" exist, that there are "players disrupting the club" and that these problems are so acute as to impair the base function of the FOOTBALL club.
Yet, no-one knows what these "problems" are.
Over paid prima-donnas are ten-a-penny these days, you can bet your life that the players at Chelsea, Man Utd & Arsenal are better paid than those currently wearing a tree for a living, yet they don't disrupt dressing rooms or threaten legal action, as has been rumoured to be happening by the Trent.
Go back 14 years, and the ticket office manager at the time, Andrew Plumb, went public as to the alleged mis-management of ticket arrangements all the way to the top. As it happened, he was the one who spent 2 weeks away in Spain funded by ITV, before spending a bit longer away funded by HMPS. But the fact was, someone in the club was prepared to stand up and declare issues with Brian Clough's management. Chris Whooten went public on Clough's drinking problems, relating stories that most people knew anyway, but weren't prepared to publicly acknowledge.
Doesn't it strike you as strange that nobody is prepared to do the same now, in a period apparently crying out for the truth to be told ? People have their own opinions about Gary Megson & Nigel Doughty, but it's not as if they're owed anything in the same way as Clough in 1992. If someone had an axe to grind, surely they could find an appropriate grinding agent.
The local media, perhaps ? It's not as if the Evening Post is on good terms with the club at the moment, so surely they've got nothing to lose by exposing any "problems" Trentside. Simply slip a couple of quid to a suit leaving the City Ground to spill the beans for a local exclusive, possibly even picked up nationally. The Guardian would certainly run another "Forest - Where did it all go wrong ?" story.
Maybe the truth is simpler than that. Maybe the only problems are the ones we can see, the poor man management, the financial problems associated with a former big club still paying big salaries to players training elsewhere. Maybe we've just got to wait a couple of seasons before the dead-wood really has been trimmed from NFFC.
It only took two decent journalists to bring down an American president, how many does it take to look into the problems of a third division football club ?
Yet, no-one knows what these "problems" are.
Over paid prima-donnas are ten-a-penny these days, you can bet your life that the players at Chelsea, Man Utd & Arsenal are better paid than those currently wearing a tree for a living, yet they don't disrupt dressing rooms or threaten legal action, as has been rumoured to be happening by the Trent.
Go back 14 years, and the ticket office manager at the time, Andrew Plumb, went public as to the alleged mis-management of ticket arrangements all the way to the top. As it happened, he was the one who spent 2 weeks away in Spain funded by ITV, before spending a bit longer away funded by HMPS. But the fact was, someone in the club was prepared to stand up and declare issues with Brian Clough's management. Chris Whooten went public on Clough's drinking problems, relating stories that most people knew anyway, but weren't prepared to publicly acknowledge.
Doesn't it strike you as strange that nobody is prepared to do the same now, in a period apparently crying out for the truth to be told ? People have their own opinions about Gary Megson & Nigel Doughty, but it's not as if they're owed anything in the same way as Clough in 1992. If someone had an axe to grind, surely they could find an appropriate grinding agent.
The local media, perhaps ? It's not as if the Evening Post is on good terms with the club at the moment, so surely they've got nothing to lose by exposing any "problems" Trentside. Simply slip a couple of quid to a suit leaving the City Ground to spill the beans for a local exclusive, possibly even picked up nationally. The Guardian would certainly run another "Forest - Where did it all go wrong ?" story.
Maybe the truth is simpler than that. Maybe the only problems are the ones we can see, the poor man management, the financial problems associated with a former big club still paying big salaries to players training elsewhere. Maybe we've just got to wait a couple of seasons before the dead-wood really has been trimmed from NFFC.
It only took two decent journalists to bring down an American president, how many does it take to look into the problems of a third division football club ?
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