Re: Paul Barnes

By Arthur9/1/2021 10:44Sat Jan 9 10:44:29 2021In response to Re: Paul Barnes

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Probably the only person who can answer this realistically is Paul Barnes himself. The answer probably includes the other ongoing thread in that the current league, where the manager has taken us to joint top, is likely to be abandoned. Last season that decision did us a favour, this season not so. Paul then has to look to the future. He has a squad of players and backroom staff as most decent managers at this level do. He has to ask himself about "prospects." Guildford is a sleeping giantt in footballing terms - nearest competition in unprofessional clubs is to go to London, or south to Portsmouth and Southampton. Therefore if he can get a winning side and arouse the locals, then the club could go places. Here in Staines we should be trying the same, but the nearby competition is closer - Brentford, Fulham and Chelsea. Bothe clubs were funding Paul and his entourage. However, we are still trying to secure the long term future of the club by buying the freehold to our ground. That may have made Guildford a more secure future in Paul's eyes.. We were funding Paul's squad and adding players such as Che. It should be noted that although Che has many qualities, I am not sure he could fit properly into Paul's wing back system. All we need to do is to trust that we have learned our lessons from the selection of previous managers. I believe this to be the case for Paul Barnes was introduced to the club by the current Chairman. We need to secure the freehold of the ground to make the club's future more attractive. And we still need to get behind the team and complete backroom staff, and club officials. CoYS.