David Votoupal
Well-Known Member
OK, there's been a couple of threads on these issues before. However, with the ACL campaign over, and the warning signs there since the start of the year, it's time to go over this again and ask yourselves: where do you want CCM to be?
There's no doubt that McKinna and his troops have done well to be competitive through the short history of the A-League thus far, with two Grand Finals and finals participation in all but one season of the league thus far. And people will say for a club of this size, that's pretty damn good going. But in the wider picture, in a league where half the teams qualify for finals anyway, and with the complexion of the league about to change, how good has it been?
What should not be accepted in an open league like this is mediocrity, and tiresome cliches. The club has tremendous potential to be a leader in Australian football, but this opportunity is in danger of being wasted due to the increasing staleness of things that have become painfully evident on the field since the start of the year. Because it's been a long time coming if one is brutally honest.
There's also the issue of McKinna and coaching. There's plenty of reasons for sticking with Lawrie, but there are also plenty of reasons to suggest that he has taken the club as far as he possibly can, that he and his troops have run their course and it's time for renewal.
But which is it?
There's no doubt that McKinna and his troops have done well to be competitive through the short history of the A-League thus far, with two Grand Finals and finals participation in all but one season of the league thus far. And people will say for a club of this size, that's pretty damn good going. But in the wider picture, in a league where half the teams qualify for finals anyway, and with the complexion of the league about to change, how good has it been?
What should not be accepted in an open league like this is mediocrity, and tiresome cliches. The club has tremendous potential to be a leader in Australian football, but this opportunity is in danger of being wasted due to the increasing staleness of things that have become painfully evident on the field since the start of the year. Because it's been a long time coming if one is brutally honest.
There's also the issue of McKinna and coaching. There's plenty of reasons for sticking with Lawrie, but there are also plenty of reasons to suggest that he has taken the club as far as he possibly can, that he and his troops have run their course and it's time for renewal.
But which is it?