Internal discussions have been ongoing at EDI this week and the main outcome appears to be that the board expect the manager to be spending less time contributing to the SESL site and more time focusing on just EDI as he aims to turn the fortunes of the club around and hopefully mount a promotion challenge in the next season or two.

With SESL Season 57 now all but over, unless your team has a play-off game at the weekend  that is.  The players have probably gone off on their holidays and the manager is either down the job centre or maybe, just maybe sitting in his office considering where it all went well, or wrong, last season.

In the case of the EDI manager....he has been informed that his position is secure but that the board of directors will expect EDI to show significant signs of improvement starting in Season 58. The Club find themselves back in Division 3 next season but to be honest that is not altogether surprising considering all of the changes to the first team squad over the last few seasons. However, the squad is now looking far more settled and all the major pieces are in place and the other than some sensible training and coaching, its now a case of adding some depth to the squad.

The financial report was published this week and makes for interesting reading (If you are an Accountant that is). The board note that the current team bank balance is slightly below what was expected but allow for the manager being able to remedy that situation somewhat before the new pre-season. Looking forward to next season, the board feel that 'Income' will be somewhere near on par with the lastfew seasons but it is hoped that 'Expenditure' will be slightly lower over the next couple of seasons and the clubs finances will gradually return to a healthier condition.

With  all of the above in mind.....The manager will look to add a decent 'Bosman' player and will also look to promote two(maximum) youth players to the first team squad in the early part of next season. The manager has stated that he is open minded about which positions he intends to target to strengthen but it is likely to include a midfielder. 

So its goodbye S57 and roll-on S58 from all here at EDI.

The axe finally dropped this weekend and sent EDI into Division 3 despite a 3 point session.

It was no real surprise as all at the club had been expecting this outcome for a few weeks now.

So its now time to sit back an look at the season and try to take some positives from it and to be honest, EDI are in pretty good shape with a view for going forward, not too bad at all despite the back to back relegations. LOL