George is a promoter, he has to stay positive,,, its a bit like a shop trying to sell you something, they wouldn't tell you it was sh!t even if they knew it was,,, its upto the consumer to make the decision to buy it or not.
as an example, if you look at whats been happening at Peterborough, it seems that their promoter has given up on any chance that his team has for this season and, has off-loaded his valueable commodity and made something back in return (or rumoured to have),,, and the poor guy is getting dragged thru the coals, ye just can't win