We?re skint aren?t we?

[Brin]

Problem is mellow. We have one of the highest season ticket prices in the league and we are told every season we have a top 5 budget for the league yet, We are struggling to attract the players of this standing and have done so for a long time.
Imo the people pulling the purse strings need to have a look at what's happening and instead of pointing fingers have a close look at themselves...
From all the years under TS we have had 2 1/2 successful managers. The rest have been pants.
That's a shocking record for TS and the board and needs addressing either by selling up or getting in someone with knowledge. Neither of those options TS will choose

Too stubborn and its his toy so no one else is able to play with it.

[mellowmiller]

Problem is mellow. We have one of the highest season ticket prices in the league and we are told every season we have a top 5 budget for the league yet, We are struggling to attract the players of this standing and have done so for a long time.
Imo the people pulling the purse strings need to have a look at what's happening and instead of pointing fingers have a close look at themselves...
From all the years under TS we have had 2 1/2 successful managers. The rest have been pants.
That's a shocking record for TS and the board and needs addressing either by selling up or getting in someone with knowledge. Neither of those options TS will choose

Can't disagree with any of that Cayton and I would also add that, as we know, one of those successful managers was a happy accident as he didn't really want the job in the first place. It certainly wasn't down to any detailed research by TS and the board.

If TS did decide to sell up I wonder what would be on offer because there is no training ground and the stadium is rented. Not a particularly appealing proposition for any prospective buyer is it?

[CAMiller]

Millers '25 anyone? Aren't we now just 20 years on from where we were with Boothy? An aging owner who will want to maximize his real estate rental value and whose family have little to no interest in jeopardizing their inheritance to fund the pleasure of 6,000 strangers.

[Brin]

Millers '25 anyone? Aren't we now just 20 years on from where we were with Boothy? An aging owner who will want to maximize his real estate rental value and whose family have little to no interest in jeopardizing their inheritance to fund the pleasure of 6,000 strangers.

Oooh CAM, you'll be sent to the naughty corner for saying that

[Derbymiller]

we are what we are and if we have slashed the wage bill it will be to ensure we still have a club. Unfortunately we still have extremely overpaid players on our books and until they leave MH will have very tight constraints on him. Our current squad is pathetic to be honest, we have lost our two best CB's for nothing (TS business genius!!) One high earning CB might not play again, JCH and Hugill still here. We even have a couple of kids that have been offered deals, making us wait for an answer and most on here don't think they are L1 material, so what does that tell you. At the moment the best we can hope for is a couple of places above last year and perhaps a winning a few cup games. So I think it has to be about how we play and whether we get entertained.
The window closes one month into the season, a lot of loans and deals are done late so our squad will not be formed until September and then they have to click together, if we can be sat midtable hopefully 12th or 11th by the end of September and we do some decent late business, we could do ok.
A difficult season ahead

[Back of the net]

For clarity I agree with a lot of the above and I accept we?re skint. My point was stop telling us we have a competitive budget. We don?t and it?s ok we are what we are.

[Derbymiller]

For clarity I agree with a lot of the above and I accept we?re skint. My point was stop telling us we have a competitive budget. We don?t and it?s ok we are what we are.

I think that is a good point

[Lolmorgan]

For clarity I agree with a lot of the above and I accept we?re skint. My point was stop telling us we have a competitive budget. We don?t and it?s ok we are what we are.

I agree, all we ask is effort 100%.

[RU66]

Season 26/27 can be more like a clean slate getting players surplus to us off the wage bill. Season ahead of us stuck with them so have to cut our cloth accordingly will reduce the budget available for recruitment.

[NorthWestCorner]

Season 26/27 can be more like a clean slate getting players surplus to us off the wage bill. Season ahead of us stuck with them so have to cut our cloth accordingly will reduce the budget available for recruitment.

This doesnt change until TS departs. He has had enough of the club and we are now in a holding pattern. As is stands, we are more likely to get relegated that promoted so i do hope he is actively trying to sell the club.

[caytonmiller]

I think that is a good point

I blame Evans. He's always spouting bowlax

[CAMiller]

This doesnt change until TS departs. He has had enough of the club and we are now in a holding pattern. As is stands, we are more likely to get relegated that promoted so i do hope he is actively trying to sell the club.

The problem is, when your house was once valued around 30M would you sell it for what it's worth today, practically 0M on the open market when you look at assets v liabilities. It's a bitter pill to swallow as the Jam once said.

[Nardendee]

Speaking of TS, why isn?t he at the fans forum?

Seems a bit of a waste of time if he?s not there.

[NorthWestCorner]

The problem is, when your house was once valued around 30M would you sell it for what it's worth today, practically 0M on the open market when you look at assets v liabilities. It's a bitter pill to swallow as the Jam once said.

What the homeowner might want to consider is therefore investing in the property and related assets and trying to get it back to where it once was. If he doesn’t then the market value is only going in one direction.

[CAMiller]

What the homeowner might want to consider is therefore investing in the property and related assets and trying to get it back to where it once was. If he doesn’t then the market value is only going in one direction.

Not easy when all his current financial advisors are probably telling him 'Tha throwin' good munny after bad'.