Lets all try move forward, not back
Derek McCarthy is gone to Waterford-end of story. It could be a very good move for Derek from a football perspective, and if the management don’t see him as part of their immediate plans, then he’s better off playing elsewhere at a high level where he can improve himself. On reflection, this could very well be the making of Derek McCarthy, big time. He’s a great character, and a fine footballer, but if this matter gets dwelt upon for much longer, it’s not going to do him any favours either. I’m sure that all Derek wants to do now is play football, and Waterford needing strikers, could be the best for him right now.
I totally understand the fans dismay and shock at this move, but surely the same fans can see beyond their noses and respect the decision made by the club. I’m not saying to agree with it, but to respect it. Since last January, the club have done very little wrong, especially off the pitch. On the pitch, every manager has his favourite formations and systems and genuinely believes in them. I don’t think for one second that Noel O’Connor has made one decision that he feels is not in the best interests of the club, nor has he made team selections out of personal bias. He is too professional for that, and his team selections are what he considers will do the best job. He will be the first to admit that if he doesn’t perform to the standards set by the club, then he will lose his job. Anyone that knows him will know that he loves the game and the club too much to jeopardise that. Again, these are club decisions, decisions that given all the bad times the club has had in the past years should be respected. Again, respected is the key word, not liked, or agreed with necessarily, but given the benefit of the doubt and respected.
Unfortunately too much of the clubs private business gets broadcast and aired in public. This should stop. Slagging matches on here should stop too, and I include myself in that. This club has massive potential, both on and off the pitch. Communication between the club and fans is not what it should be, agreed, but the demands made by certain individuals on this forum are ludicrous in the extreme, and are so unreasonable. The facts are simple; Danny Drew runs the club off the pitch. He rescued this club from extinction and has been very professional in the way the club has regained its credibility on the National stage. He will make some bad decisions, everyone does, but his good decisions will far outweigh those bad ones, and already have. Noel O’Connor runs the club on the pitch. The same comments apply. If it wasn’t for them, then we wouldn’t be playing this season. Fact.
Nobody is going to agree with everything. Tough decisions are going to be made. But rest assured the determination to make the club successful will always be there. I think that we should, and hope we can, learn to accept that things aren’t going to be always as we wish, but nothing is in this life. Lets start to pull together instead of opposite directions and maybe a happy atmosphere will start to rub off again on the pitch. After all, we’re still in the running, even after all of this.
