Blazing_Saddler wrote:You see the problem I have in taking any of your post's seriously , and a few other people who share the same views, is that you have tunnel vision.
Your arguments always ignore anything good that has happened over the last 20 years, and there has been some good, some very good. Of course there has been some dross too, there are a lot of questions that remain unanswered, unanswered by the club, so people go with their own view and take it as gospel.
I don't know one person that has never questioned Bonser in some way or another, it is natural for someone in his position to be questioned about his actions, and one the most annoying things about him for me is his inability to answer questions put forward.
I have a balanced view on the whole situation. I want Walsall to have a future. I am happy for that future to be similar to the last 20 years in an on the pitch sense. What I don't want is WFC to no longer exist. The way forward is without Bonser now, that much is clear, to much water under the bridge, no chance at all of bridges being built. So as I said, let us hope that you have him just a little bit wrong so that when he does let go, we are left with some chance of moving forward.
But you also have tunnel vision, because you refuse to see what could have been.
The facts of the matter are that Jeff Bonser actions have damaged the club.
No one can argue with that.
Of course there have been good times, but the only thing that proves is that Jeff has been able to get away with what he's done. He's been able to benefit financially from the club whilst keeping it ticking over. It's the definition of a cash cow.
Just because that cash cow had a few nice days in the sunny fields doesn't mean that Jeff Bonser hasnt done wrong, because those occasional sunny days in the field could have been permanent.
Just think where this club COULD BE with the money JB has drained out of the club and with the fans that have seen him for what he is and effed off down the years! Just think. It is my opinion that we as a club could be attracting regular crowds of over 8,000 and playing Championship football.
People like you have become used to the mediocre and fail to admit the club would be a lot strong if it werent for Jeffs leadership. We'd be several million quid better off for a start.
Geordie speaks a lot of sense, the club is just 'existing' at the moment, it has no romance, no verve, no ambition. If thats what you like, then fine. But I dont like it. I still go to games because it's a habit. Some people dont have the money or inclination to keep going, and one day everyone including yourself will come to the realisation that Jeff Bonser is responsible. By then, it'll be League 2 football.
You're right when you say that the club cannot move forward now with Jeff at the helm, but if you're expecting him to do the
right thing, dont hold your breath, cos nothing suggests he will, he'll sail off in to the sunset with several million quid and leave the club in the hands of his mate Gilman. There wont be a new dawn, it'll just be the same old.
I expect in the next 3 years there will be an announcement made along the lines of "After years of the club being up for sale, board member Peter Gilman has purchased Jeff Bonsers share of the club". The pension fund will be transfered to Gilmans name on the quiet.