JCJ wrote: ↑Fri Sep 30, 2022 11:06 am
BRASSNECK wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:00 pm
Undercover Elephant wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 10:47 pm
Steve King lined up for the Gloucester City job!
Hope they got plenty of money.
Are you implying Dartford overspent last season, as I have been told different and stayed in Budget over the season?
As for the loads of players used yes way to many surely it could not have be done without the backing of the board surely
If we did go over budget then surely that comes back to the board
I'm not sure why Brassneck has written that because despite what everyone from other clubs seems to think, I'm sure we didn't go over budget. As you say, no manager can ruin a club by overspending without the board's consent. I'm aware that SK was very demanding and the budget might have become a problem if all his numerous requests had been met, but our board would never allow this to happen. I suspect that constantly having to turn down such requests would have become tiresome for the board and that, coupled by his unwillingness to buy into our club's culture, will have played a significant part in his departure.
On the football front he didn't do a lot wrong, but Steve never really grasped that a community club like ours relies so much on the people who help to keep it going and unfortunately he just seemed to rub far too many people up the wrong way. It's a great shame as it seems that he is a master at the hardest bit of the job (i.e. finding and bringing in great players), but is absolutely hopeless at building relationships and just simply getting on with people. Personally, I wish him all the best at his new club and I hope it works out for them both.
I think it's time we stopped talking about Steve King and moved on.