I agree. An excellent example is the way he spoke about Euge in the 5AA I think that could have been discussed far differently and a much more warmer way of speaking about arguably AUFC's greatest player would have got fans much more on side.Im with you on that.GG would have no where near as much money as Tinkler or Sage have (had) to throw money into the club.
He would be well off but there would be daylight between him and them.
He also just doesn't want to throw money into the club.
He wants it to be sustainable so that it can function without the constant need for injection from wealthy soccer loving owners, which lets face it, are tough to find in SA.
I definitely share in the criticism of him, it is infuriating that we don't sign players we want or need but I do sympathise with his intentions to run the club on a tight budget.
If he just kept his mouth closed and occasionally spoke about the clubs direction , future goals and difficulties id have so much more respect for him. I dont beleive he should be funneling limitless money into the club and if he can get the club to a stage where it is able to survive off its own funding then he deserves to be commended.
The problem is he speaks when its better to say nothing, he could do with a PR makeover and put himself out there as a man of the fans battling away for our little club and leave the politicle jostling for a spokemans of the club.
I actually feel for the guy because he has put so much effort into the club for little thanks from fans when there was no interest from people to own an aleague club which was seen to be a dying league. However its mostly his doing imo.
I think the club needs to identify that really there is no one from the club (in a management position) we really want to hear from. Obviously its nice hearing things straight from the horse's mouth when Gui speaks. But due to his level of English we're not really going to get a huge amount of info from him consistently. It would be great to see the club sign up a local coach to be in and around the club, plus be a face for the club in the media. Travis Dodd would be a great person for that IMO. He's already involved in the media, is a respected club legend and AFAIK is moving into coaching. Damien Mori would be another person perfect for this as he would also related to the group of football people that AU aren't engaging.