With a new football season starting today as ever I am hopeful and optimistic about the prospects of my team - Sunderland - on their latest return to the Premier League. And this got me thinking....
Two years ago Sunderland previously returned to the Premier League, and our supporters as ever had high hopes. At that time our manager was a certain Mick McCarthy, and over the ensuing 9 months he proved he was just not up to the job at the highest levels as we plummeted back to the so-called Championship with a record low number of points.
Its a bit like the IW Council - a Council with high ambitions and great potential. Just like Sunderland Football Club! But has the Council got the strength of political leadership ?
Just as Sunderland had McCarthy back in August 2005, is it the case that the IW Council has the same problem of leadership ? Perhaps when our Council had leadership of the calibre of the current Sunderland manager - Roy Keane - it will start to fulfil its potential and ambitions !!!!
Unfortunately we will have to wait a further 21 months to do anything about it on the IW. I dread to think what damage McCarthy could have inflicted if he had stayed on after Sunderland's relegation in May 2006......
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