Choose Mick Choose 'great on a shoestring' signings from other clubs' reserves, Choose backs to the wall and all for one, one for all. Choose an arm round the shoulder. Choose funny little quips at press conferences. Choose battling performances short on quality. Choose missing the relegation spots by some way. Choose sighs of relief as that 'difficult' looking season resolves into mid-table safety. Choose a half-decent left back, bought for pence and sold to Bournemouth for eight million quid. Choose a flirtation with the play-offs despite the sh*tty budget. Choose a few negative performances. Choose a few more. Choose a few more. Choose a poor, weak performance against a slightly higher team and a heavy defeat. Choose a lack of investment to address clear issues on the pitch. Choose a jocular guffaw at a press conference and a quick word with Stephen Gleeson's agent 'cos you've heard he's free. Choose two winnable home games. Choose a weakened team. Choose baffling the home support with your team. Choose no shots on goal. Choose a record scoreless run of home games. Choose a player who hasn't ever looked particularly at home in the Championship and whose form is lower than a snake's nipsy. Choose him to play nearly all of one of the home games. Choose a huddle. Choose defiance in the face of the bleedin' obvious. Choose the bullet. Choose to escape it 'cos you know the owner doesn't f*cking care, has never cared, cares more about having a respectable 'front' for his ticket touting enterprises than actually coming up with an achievable, sustainable plan for promotion. Choose another year scuttling around in the mid-to-lower reaches of a league that everyone else is raging against to leave. Choose apathy. Choose resentment. Choose renewing because 'it's what I'm used to and I fully support Mick and the boys'. Choose repeating the same thing over and over again, ad finitum, until someone, somewhere makes a difference and the cycle stops. Choose Mick. Personally, I chose not to choose Mick. I chose something else. But I can't tell you what, because I don't know. Choose change and choose it quick 'cos if there's one thing getting done 3-0 at home to a team who win away as often as we spend money tells you, it's that this aint a one-off. This is your future. Choose wisely. | |