I recall an Annual General Meeting where the board were asked how they set objectives for the manager and what the targets were it was all very vague and I'm not sure we ever got the answer. On one hand, we know objectives are essential but on the other, we had a manager who had been here longer than some of the board and certainly longer than most of the key decision makers and the goalposts were forever moving during the stadium move.
This summer has changed all of that there's a new manager in place who is now technically the 'Head Coach' which means the board are in charge in terms of structure and can now manage the him like a traditional football club would.
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