It was hard enough not to abuse that power with Carshalton and Dipre. (Accidentally on purpose tweeting the old Carshalton account that didn’t use the robin shot through the heart was about as far as I took it there).
Mixed feelings over Tamplin; he obviously has ego issues, comes across as incredibly needy, is making some ridiculous decisions and splashing vulgar (and often harmful) amounts of money, but at the same time he’s actually putting a lot of the right stuff in place off the field unlike pretty much everyone we’ve seen in his position and from what I’ve seen of his frankly ludicrous manager interview videos last season he does seem to have some underlying emotional/relationship issues that he’s dealing with through the community at Billericay. Not necessarily a healthy way of doing it, but I’m not comfortable with the tone of some of what’s been aimed at him because of that, even if he has put himself up on a pedestal to be shot at.
As ever, there’s lots of talk of how he’s in it for the long term and given his obvious emotional attachment I can believe that to a certain extent, but even with what he’s put in place off the field, there’s no way Billericay currently will be able to maintain those facilities properly; the cost of maintenance for the new stands, clubhouse, corner screens etc must be through the roof when he inevitably isn’t able to fund things any longer. That’s the most worrying thing and as usual heads are in the sand over that.
Obviously, will be delighted when they finish mid-table again because he can’t resist carrying on as manager.
