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Shut it down

The lack of fitness was a big problem. Why he was so badly out of shape I don't know. That said, in summary, it appears that we did him more of a favour than he did us.

'the assassin, with tongue forged from eloquence'

Rowdies owner is a millionaire and supposedly owns half of St. Petersburg..

I personally know a squad player, with limited experience, that had been with the team for 3 years and he started on $5k, and every one of those years got an improved deal.

Average pay is around $10k a week. He'll probably be on a bit more.

Being? He's made a decision, I would imagine based on a number of reasons. Maybe there was no solid promise of another contract? I'd guess he probably wants to play another year or two before he starts coaching. The pace (or lack of) in the NASL will be more suited, as will the weather.

Coach in Cov or stroll around a pitch in Florida and be treated like monarchy? Tough one.

Yep. George Best played for Fort Lauderdale. Pele for Cosmos.

Former Cov/Rowdies....I think there's more, but off the top of my head; Wegerle and Allardyce. (Steve Hunt played for New York Cosmos.)

They play in St. Petersburg, downtown, on the bayside. They'd get better attendances if they were in Tampa.

Welcome to America

Similar, but definitely worse here, given the overall lack of football knowledge throughout the club. Only Stuart Campbell (coach) and Perry Van Der Beck (assistant GM) have a real, in depth knowledge of the game. And it's Cambell's first managerial gig.

Their best player by a country mile is Tamika Mkandawire, who Rick signed from Shrewsbury.

I watched Carl Cort finish his career there. Cringeworthy.

The setting is as good as it gets. The standard of the NASL is dreadful. I'd put it at League 2, at best. Al Lang is a repurposed baseball stadium with an average fanbase of 4,000. The owner knows nothing about the game, and nor do his advisers. There's an openly stated one year plan...

Plan b