No News is Bad News

By: Jeremy | July 13th, 2009

If you are like me, you have been patiently waiting the past few weeks to see if our ownership situation would be stabalized. The rumor, and its always a rumor, that Lorenzo Ferrer had all but purchased the club was a pinch of good news that we so desperately needed. This is a guy who would do what would need to be done to get this team back on track. As it stands, no confirmation has been made that the club has been sold to his group and time continues to pass in the transfer window with no real additions being made, a couple of key losses, and a player getting suspended for four months for something that had nothing to do with our club.

I know Mallorca fans are used to bringing in new talent on almost a yearly basis and surviving, often barely, to play another year in La Liga. Occasionally, as in the past two years especially, we find some hidden talent on a lucky deal and we often finish strong and if the season would be extended five weeks, we could be fighting for Europe. Thats all fine and dandy, but when you have to make up for a slow start because players are still getting acclamated, survival is really the goal.

09-10 might be a little different however. For all the changes the past few years, it seemed like we had one or two players that were fixtures in the squad and with them around, we felt like we had a good talent base. When Sam Etoo was on the club, we felt like we could win on any given week. When he left Arango and Moya seemed to take over as the mainstays. With both of them gone this offseason, and no real targets to take their place, the talent level is thin for a LaLiga team. Combine that with ownership issues probably not putting us in line for any top talent, we are in real trouble as pre season fixtures are already being scheduled.

The team needs to get the new owner in place soon. While I am aware that it takes time to find the right group and million dollar deals do not happen overnight, you cannot spend a summer watching your best players walk away, looking at others that might soon follow, and have no replacements lined up. If we continue at this pace, the summer window will close and we will get the scrap heap of last minute guys who dont want to play in the first division. This always scares me and while we have done well the past couple of years, the slow starts killed us.

Without any talent, a slow start next year seals our doom so I am hoping we get things straight and get into the transfer game quickly.