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Radrizzani May 14, 2018 20:01:56 GMT

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Post by weasel on May 14, 2018 20:01:56 GMT

I can 't really understand all the criticism that AR has been getting of late. Yes the second half of the season has been a nightmare but getting things right at a football club is unlike any other business and it seems he isn't allowed to make any mistakes.

The appointment of TC, or perhaps the end of the reign of TC, seems to have come in for a lot of criticism yet until TC gets another job somewhere we will never really know how good he is. Certainly considering the results after he left it can be argued that the appointment of TC was a great choice and TC overachieved. A different view however would be that the appointment of an inexperienced coach backfired and the the team was in complete disarray and freefall when TC was sacked.

The appointment of Orta again seem to draw criticism yet the majority of foreign clubs have this sort of setup and with AR not really having a huge footballing background it makes sense to leave a lot of the running to VO. Time will tell with VO as to how successful he has been with the initial first team signings being underwhelming but the long term signings looking promising. However looking good at U23 and U18 level is no guarantee that any of the players will make it.

AR has received a lot of criticism for not investing heavily in the first team squad yet with the cost of incoming signings balanced by the fees for Wood and Taylor. Yet in this age of Financial Fair Play his hands are somewhat tied - Wolves got round it with a lot of loan signings and it may be that as they got away with it that we follow suit, AR has certainly got contacts within the game. In my opinion he was right to not go completely overboard this season financially by putting all the eggs in one basket and it seems AR has a long term vision which our fans simply don't want to see. There appears to be a lot going on in terms of Elland Road and surrounding infrastructure in addition to the overhauling of the academy. all good news as far as I am concerned.

It just baffles me at times why some fans seem intent on hounding people out of Elland Road and it does nothing to make things better. If AR feels he cannot be bothered with the club because of this then it is hardly likely he will gamble more money to improve the club and that after all is what buying a club is - it is a gamble. Look at the huge decline in the worth of a club that gets relegated, how much are Sunderland worth now compared to 2 years ago? You can gamble, like many clubs at our level have, at achieving promotion, and spend a fortune yet still see a Huddersfield get promoted or a Millwall do much better than you.

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Radrizzani May 16, 2018 15:15:51 GMT via mobile

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Post by cjay on May 16, 2018 15:15:51 GMT

My opinion of Radz started to change after he sacked TC, not so much the sacking, although i didnt agree, more how he conducted himself after, the interview after, throwing TC under the bus.

Then his tantrum after the Wolves game, while i understood his point he came across as a spoilt child.

And then the Myanmar thing, that was a disaster and showed a man lacking in basic common sense imo, for a man so well versed in PR god knows what he was thinking.

I also hold him responsible if Hecky stays (looking likely). Hecky failed as a manager, he failed spectacularly. "This is a top 6 squad" said Angus Kinnear just before Hecky arrived

So if Radz doesnt sack Hecky he has to sack Orta because one of them failed imo. If you recognise that it wasnt a top 6 squad then Orta goes or has a greatly reduced role. If he still thinks it is then Hecky goes. In fact based on his appointment and comments just before from Kinnear Hecky should go regardless.

There is no way to justify keeping Heckingbottom apart from blind faith or stubbornness.

If he keeps him then Radz MUST explain why.

If he doesnt then it adds to his ever growing list of cock ups.

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Radrizzani May 17, 2018 9:47:04 GMT

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Post by weasel on May 17, 2018 9:47:04 GMT

I don't like the way AR is on twitter etc liaising with the fans. I just don't think it ever looks good especially if it ends up in a spat and being open publicly to everyone just leaves yourself open to abuse. Same way I don't like to see players on twitter either, just get on with your performances because you know the second you have a bad performance you will get slated.

I am clinging to the hope that as AR hasn't gone as far as to publicly backing PH recently that they are looking to replace him. In some ways having VO in charge of transfers means that it doesn't matter as much if we wait a few weeks before appointing a new manager as the manager (coach) will be expected to work with the players given to him rather than than the manager being in charge now and telling the club to sign various players.

AR definitely doesn't seem to like getting criticism. I suppose it is nothing that he will have experienced previously as with him being the boss of companies his employees wouldn't have been criticising him and similarly he wouldn't have been in a position where the public would have been having their say on him. Totally different with football as every fan or pundit can criticise him whether it is fair or not. I agree with you in understanding the point he was making (after the Wolves game) and the frustration he must have felt but that the way he made his point was completely wrong.

I do hope the fans don't turn on him as I do think he could be a really good chairman for us. I like what I have read about his plans for Elland Road, bringing the training pitches back there and increasing the non matchday revenue side of things and in someways making the stadium the central part of a much wider part of land that is all Leeds Utd related (Man City have done all this as part of their long term strategy so they are not just funded by Dubai dollars). I love the fact that so much attention has been focussed on improving the youth setup and the recruitment of players from all over the world at a youth level (reminds me a bit of Wenger at Arsenal and how they brought in unheard of youngsters such as Fabregas for peanuts). I see so much long term promise that I am okay if we have 2 or 3 seasons without doing great at first team level. When AR came in he did say, in a roundabout way, that the first season wasn't all about promotion but about putting foundations in place but I guess after the great start we had, combined with the near miss last year, the expectations levels simply went up. I would though be extremely worried if PH was kept on as I still want to see progress at first team level and under PH it was the complete opposite and I just cannot see how PH fits into any plans in regard of youth to first team progression in terms of the same style of play or tactically. I cannot see anything other than us going backwards at first team level under PH and then us losing our better youth prospects.