philthesaddler wrote:But WFCNIL, thats the way opinions are going to be. When there isn't anyone else to compare Bonser too, opinions will not be formed by matter of whether the club is successful compared to previous periods in history, but rather the minutae and the could-have-beens.
Whatsmore, saying this is our most successful period in history is unfair, there was a time when we regularly attracted over 12,000 to games.
Granted, we've been comparatively stable over the last 17 or so years, but thats been in the interest of Jeff Bonser - a perpetual state of mediocraty - he knows we'll keep turning up, and he doesn't have to pump any cash in. We arguably aren't a much better club than we were when we moved to Bescot, our attendances and PR are marginally better, but we aren't any richer financially despite a huge off the field operation. We've had a brief spell in the division above, which left us with a severe hangover - so if the question is: Has Jeff Bonser taken us forward, improved our PR and attendances and geared us up for life in the division above, then the answer is no.
yes i remember those days well , at the same time clubs like Wolves , Villa , Blues and Albion were attracting gates of between 40.000 and 50, 000 do the now .
by success i mean 1 championship , 1 Runner -up finish 1 Play off victory
3 season in the second tier of english football.
Bonser as his faults , he's made errors but by and large he's done a bloody good job.