(17 Feb 2021, 11:17 pm)Andreos1 wrote Budgets will be key and I wouldn't be surprised to see them stretched to the limit.
Looking at Featham's track record and the ongoing issues at GNW, I'd not be surprised if motivation and moral was low. 
Tight budget and the implications of it, low moral and ageing vehicles - not a challenge for the faint hearted.

I think the main issue is undoubtedly the lack of investment in new vehicles. You sort that out, you can change the engineering budget to increase what you can spend on paint (maybe contact the GNE suppliers for a nice deal) and vinyls as reliability will increase so you're not spending thousands a week on Alpha jobs. At the moment its just a vicious cycle and it'll take a decent chunk of money over the next few years (and it needs to be over the next few years) to sort it out. 

Featham was always a bit of a weird one, didn't exactly know what to make of him. I think by the end Nick Knox seemed completely disinterested and was just counting down the days to retirement. New bloke has been in the job for nearly a year at this point, and I'm not too sure what there is to show for it? Granted though, morale was likely on the floor as you say.