An Analogy (1 reply)
He used to be a good scout master 15 years ago but times have changed and he seems to be a bit senile and losing it.
He isn't happy with his wood provided by the camp so much to the confusion of the kids he throws it all into the lake and then puts it back onto the fire to prove to the camp management they need to give him money to go to Tesco and buy some more wood that he chooses.
He goes to Tesco and buys some middle and bottom shelf wood but brags about how much money he has to the shop keeper and gives him twice as much as the asking price and says keep the change.
When he gets back to the camp he realises that the bottom shelf wood is actually pretty shit quality and he needed that wood that he threw into the lake. He mixes the better quality fire wood in with the damp wood and no matches/lighter and cannot work out why the fire isnt just lighting itself. He takes some wood out and puts other wood in but still the fire just wont light itself.
The kids now all hate the camp and the firewood isnt working together and wont work while this scout master runs things so the management get rid of him and bring in somebody to tide the camp over until the morning and Tesco opens again.
He dries out one of the lake logs and puts it in the center of the fire, gets rid of the wood he classes as shit quality and leaves it on the side to throw out in the morning when the bin men come. The dried out log now burns okay but it cant get the whole fire roaring, it gets going then dies out. The master explains to the kids that is what happens when you get the type of wood that he inherited and that the fire started smoking but then no flames and then at times everything was in place but the fire wouldnt start. The kids are angry that there is no fire and theyve spent money to come to this camp and just want to point a finger at whoever is in charge of the wood.
They want a fire now, right now despite the scout master having crappy wood from the bargain bin paid for at top shelf prices, wood thats been sat there years donated by the poor kids camp, fancy brittle wood brought by some crazy italian man and no lighter or matches to throw in the middle abs get it all working together.
Cotterill has been given old dusty free wood, wet wood, brittle wood, bottom shelf wood that was overpaid and he has no ignition in the center.
He has never had the chance to go to the shop to buy matches or better firewood that he has identified and he hasnt had a chance to throw out the old firewood which is sitting around making everything a bit mouldy.
In the 9 games he has managed, 5 of them have been against the top 6. He only lost 1 of those games, and that was just about because of a misplaced pass that you cant blame on the manager at all.
He is stuck with a disjointed team that has injuries, more than enough cover in some positions and no cover in others, no central midfield technical ability or physical presence.
Stop your fecking whinging "i knew ge was a wrongun when i seen him" "yeah hes a shit manager" "sack him now this is awful" "dont trust him with my money look at how his team play".
Mods, have we been hacked by Villa doing some kind of 4chan raid??