I understand the cynicism.
But interviews like this are reassuring for a lot of us, and worth doing I think.
From where i'm sitting, he has been a man of his word in all areas so far (headhunting new manager, clearing the debt, positive signs on stadium front) except for player recruitment which was a total botch up this summer and several people can share the blame for that.
haha yes, and the share of the blame is a name we all know too well.....
I have become a cynical blue over the past couple of years if i am honest. The amount of times i have had my hopes dashed in the past has stopped me caring about these things and just to go with the times instead. When it comes to pleasant interviews, as much as they might be genuine and we go off and follow through with it all and sign loads of players for the new shiny stadium etc. For me that needs to actually happen first, and we have blown the first chance of any sort of early sign of changes.
Most of these changes have happened away from the fans as well, which may well be down to things you wouldn't announce but it still does not serve the overall change in attitude from the club. It is a little flimsy to say sign players to prove we have money, but that is generally what we need to see. If we go out this next window and put money out there, even if it is rooney, then i will start to come round to all of this. But yeah, away from that, i genuinely believed we were signing players this summer until it closed and you realised that we had been let down again, just like Bill's 'we will do business early' tagline that never came true.
I think that is my point, on the face of the club, nothing has changed. Behind the scenes may have which great if true, but on the face of it, you wouldn't be able to tell we had been taken over, or had a change in ambition.
