£9m

[irishpete]

AH saying on twitter he has pumped into the club

[Freeman25]

Got us far hasn't it? Does he expect people to be thanking him for leading us out of the league because he's spent a lot of money doing it? Is he including the payoffs of managers in this money? I can't imagine sacking Nolan was cheap just as I can't imagine getting Kewell and his assistant from Crawley AND then having to pay both of them off.

[Mark_Ross]

Yeah, it's not that we're not thankful, but what fraction of that money has been spent on good players?

[Scanlon's Hatrick]

Yeah, it's not that we're not thankful, but what fraction of that money has been spent on good players?

I wonder how much the likes of Bury, Exeter, Carlisle etc have spent ?

[Gubbie]

Lets hope it's hit home and he's learned a few harsh lessons. Thats a hell of alot of money for div 4. Bet hes punched a few walls and doors. Hes a very successful business man so i find it hard to understand why he employed rookies to start with and did so again. I would at least want a manager who as managed in the lower leagues and if it cost compo so be it. It's not hindsight either its common business sense. You can take risks which nearly paid off with nolan but what came after was beyond belief. I wish ah better luck hopefully hes not got the right man too late.

[Notts78]

Lets hope it's hit home and he's learned a few harsh lessons. Thats a hell of alot of money for div 4. Bet hes punched a few walls and doors. Hes a very successful business man so i find it hard to understand why he employed rookies to start with and did so again. I would at least want a manager who as managed in the lower leagues and if it cost compo so be it. It's not hindsight either its common business sense. You can take risks which nearly paid off with nolan but what came after was beyond belief. I wish ah better luck hopefully hes not got the right man too late.

If it hits home, we are ****ed. Who the hell would spunk money running a football club, to be be told by keyboard warriors that they are idiots without a clue?

[jackal2]

If it hits home, we are ****ed. Who the hell would spunk money running a football club, to be be told by keyboard warriors that they are idiots without a clue?

Well quite!

Being a football club owner is a mug's game, hence why most of the people doing it are either football/sport fanatics or cynical asset strippers looking to make a fast buck. I'm sure Alan bought the club for all the right reasons, but I'd be surprised if he'd do the same again!

As you say, the only thing that unites the keyboard warriors who attack the owner is that 99% wouldn't have the ability to make the money Alan Hardy's made even if they had five lifetimes. If they did, then presumably they could buy the club off him and show everyone how running a football club should be done.

I think if you become a football club owner you've got to be ready to take constructive criticism from frustrated fans, even if it's from people who know relatively little about what's really going on. However, you shouldn't have to take abuse. The truly nasty element amongst our fans is very small I believe, and if they ever came out from behind their keyboards you would often find them to be unhappy or unsuccessful people who prefer to transfer that negativity onto others than look at themselves in the mirror.

[Bohinen]

I think if you become a football club owner you've got to be ready to take constructive criticism from frustrated fans, even if it's from people who know relatively little about what's really going on. However, you shouldn't have to take abuse. The truly nasty element amongst our fans is very small I believe, and if they ever came out from behind their keyboards you would often find them to be unhappy or unsuccessful people who prefer to transfer that negativity onto others than look at themselves in the mirror.

You say that but he's taking the oldest league club in the world into non-league. IMO he deserves a few home truths.

[jackal2]

You say that but he's taking the oldest league club in the world into non-league. IMO he deserves a few home truths.

Yes and I would hope the 'home truths' are in the form of constructive criticism. I'm not saying fans should be happy clappers or nodding dogs, but I've got no time for the small minority who spit vitriol and abuse at the owner, because whatever mistakes he may have made, he certainly doesn't deserve that.

[Bohinen]

Yes and I would hope the 'home truths' are in the form of constructive criticism. I'm not saying fans should be happy clappers or nodding dogs, but I've got no time for the small minority who spit vitriol and abuse at the owner, because whatever mistakes he may have made, he certainly doesn't deserve that.

I don't even post on Twitter, but we are about to go into non-league. When will you wake up and be angry?