The Question of Patience
Today we did something for the third time in a week. We had a pleasant stroll around the stadium while the terrible match went on. We didn't know the score and did not want to know, either (no gadgets on us).
Next week there will be big crowds in that stadium for the first time since Take That (late June, about 4 evenings/nights). It'll the Bournemouth match and the first league match of Enzo. The media will be harsh and critical of Enzo, as his team could not convert chances into goals and it ended up an embarrassment. Enzo is not new to coaching. Aside from looking similar to the departing manager, there's not much going for him as far as track record goes.
Will Enzo even survive his two-year contract? I'm having my doubts, knowing that the club invested a huge amount of money extending the stadium in recent years and it'll want to see "Returns" or "RoI".
Two summers ago we tried a barrister for our case. It didn't take long for us to dump that barrister and choose a better (also pricier) barrister instead. We had been told that it's important to choose the right person and discard earlier/early on if it's not a suitable person. That decision to discard was not expensive and it turned out to have matured well. We'll cover this one day in the future. There are many nice facets to it.
So that leads me to asking, is Enzo going to enjoy only a very brief "grace period"? Less than 2 seasons? Less than 1?
When "Pep" came to Manchester City he did not immediately perform well. He needed to make lots of changes (many players discarded and replaced) before delivering good results, mostly in his second season in the club. Within a decades he secured 20 titles or pieces of brass. Patience paid off. "Pep" became a local legend.
Can Enzo do the same? Is there a lesson here somewhere? █
Image source: Maresca as manager of Leicester City after winning the 2023â24 EFL Championship
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