It is often reluctant to give a company time to pull off something more complex.

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"We thought there would be very little chance that somebody would come into a business of our size to pull off something like this, " he says.

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They are a good team but we will concentrate on getting the basics right and if we can do that we know we have the talent and the potential to pull off something truly special.

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