Why should I bother ???

[lancaster100]

Well what a surprise SD setting us up not to be disappointed ! It is unlikely there will be no signings ! I have supported BFC since 1964 and apart from the recent years we have always been involved in transfer activity.

So like tomorrow's game I will not invest money to watch a second team toil to try and get through.

Furthermore it is with a heavy heart if we do no business in this window I will relinquish my season ticket which also includes another 3 season tickets I buy for 2 sons and a grandson.

If the club is playing a mercenary game with our team/club that does not allow the squad to be refreshed a little then my income can be used for better purposes.

I am sure I will not be the only person thinking along the same lines and that would be a shame !

I also have to say I put much of the situation at SD door who used a lot of club money on players who have not played any part of the clubs season (Wells, Vydra, Hart, Gibson etc) if I was a director providing budgets I would not allow SD to spend any club money on players on his recommendation because his recommendations have been shockingly bad. So how is that situation sorted out it is a situation that SD cannot win he either leaves or is sacked.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Pretty much sums up how I feel lancaster100.

[blueheeler1]

Well what a surprise SD setting us up not to be disappointed ! It is unlikely there will be no signings ! I have supported BFC since 1964 and apart from the recent years we have always been involved in transfer activity.

So like tomorrow's game I will not invest money to watch a second team toil to try and get through.

Furthermore it is with a heavy heart if we do no business in this window I will relinquish my season ticket which also includes another 3 season tickets I buy for 2 sons and a grandson.

If the club is playing a mercenary game with our team/club that does not allow the squad to be refreshed a little then my income can be used for better purposes.

I am sure I will not be the only person thinking along the same lines and that would be a shame !

I also have to say I put much of the situation at SD door who used a lot of club money on players who have not played any part of the clubs season (Wells, Vydra, Hart, Gibson etc) if I was a director providing budgets I would not allow SD to spend any club money on players on his recommendation because his recommendations have been shockingly bad. So how is that situation sorted out it is a situation that SD cannot win he either leaves or is sacked.

Sorry to hear your views but they are hard to argue against.

I've made similar comments previously but don't have the season ticket drawcard but if I did I think I would have missed a few games this season out of pure frustration.

Every manager has his day.

When you keep on buying new players then your managerial life is lengthened as you can preach the same message to new ears.

Much harder when its the same ears year on year!

The bottom line for me is that you expect improvement each year--not to stay the same and certainly not to go backwards.

Of course, you can't always improve but you can sure try.

Are we in transition right now or are we just treading water?

Are we hoping for our youth to develop? If so then give them a go in the first team.

Don't be afraid to lose a few games if you really believe we have the talent but just lack maturity.

The problem comes if we don't have the talent coming through and we don't buy experienced players to fill the gap

Then you get this situation and it isn't pretty.

[army88]

Well what a surprise SD setting us up not to be disappointed ! It is unlikely there will be no signings ! I have supported BFC since 1964 and apart from the recent years we have always been involved in transfer activity.

So like tomorrow's game I will not invest money to watch a second team toil to try and get through.

Furthermore it is with a heavy heart if we do no business in this window I will relinquish my season ticket which also includes another 3 season tickets I buy for 2 sons and a grandson.

If the club is playing a mercenary game with our team/club that does not allow the squad to be refreshed a little then my income can be used for better purposes.

I am sure I will not be the only person thinking along the same lines and that would be a shame !

I also have to say I put much of the situation at SD door who used a lot of club money on players who have not played any part of the clubs season (Wells, Vydra, Hart, Gibson etc) if I was a director providing budgets I would not allow SD to spend any club money on players on his recommendation because his recommendations have been shockingly bad. So how is that situation sorted out it is a situation that SD cannot win he either leaves or is sacked.

Wow Lancaster

That’s straight at it mate , right in the jugular .

I would tend to agree with all that you have said tbh, I’ve said this previously as well I feel we are a championship club and if we’re not prepared to even compete at this level it would be better for us to go there.

As for Dyche I posted last week re people starting to question his tenure and asking if the job he’s done ( brilliant as it is ) has reached its final furlong.
I feel it would be wrong not to back him based on what’s he’s done and achieved to press, but it appears our board think differently and choose to let us and him suffer the indignity of not being even competitive in many games.

The only real way to get a reaction is to do as you say and vote with your feet ( I don’t want you or anyone else to leave us the fans) ,

But whilst they have the money in the bank and we can scrape to stay in this league and get another £160,000,000 the only way to hurt them is not go.

Honestly Lancaster I’ve been going best part of 40’years now and my father has been going 66 years since he was a boy and we’ve seen some hard times in that period.

Whilst I accept football has changed for us massively over that period I can’t remember being as unhappy As with things as they are at the moment.

We simply aren’t progressive and I’m unsure who’s fault it is tbh the money men upstairs or Dyche himself to a point ,

The bits I don’t understand are everyone and anyone manager can buy players and make mistakes but they don’t keep them they take the hit sell them and Move on to the next one.

Why are we the exception to that formula ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

In a meeting I had along with a few others, Dave Baldwin told us the revenue from Season Ticket sales while we are in the EPL is largely irrelevant.

Dave expanded on the theme by adding income from Season Ticket is only relevant if we get relegated and the parachute payments dry up. Way to go Dave!

I don't believe Garlick gives a flying phook what we think. Cash reserves seem to be his priority. Unless we buy a ready to go right back and an alternative option to Westwood and Cork we will be relegated this season. End of.

[sinkov]

In a meeting I had along with a few others, Dave Baldwin told us the revenue from Season Ticket sales while we are in the EPL is largely irrelevant.

Dave expanded on the theme by adding income from Season Ticket is only relevant if we get relegated and the parachute payments dry up. Way to go Dave!

I pointed this out quite a while ago, they could reduce ST prices by any amount they chose, even give them away, and it would have very little effect on our finances. In other words the fans are irrelevant, we don't matter, whether we go to watch them or not doesn't matter, and it shows. But this only applies while we receive the Premier League TV money, once that goes then it's a different story, suddenly it will be please back us, please stick with us, but losing fans is easy, getting them back once they've gone is much more difficult. A lesson they're possibly going to have to learn the hard way.

[ClaretinBudapest]

Lot of unhappy people on here which is not surprising considering the dross we are being served up week in week out.What I want to know and everybody else wants to know is where is the dosh form the last 4 seasons in the PL?
Why was Mr Rigg brought in and if he is that incompetent(Danny Drinkwater) at his job who takes responsibility for appointing him in the first place?
I personally do not put all the blame on SD-he can only work with what he has or has been told we can afford.The problems at BFC are further up the food chain.SD is just toeing the line in interviews-at 3m a year so would I.
I personally cant afford to go to the matches but I am even losing the will power to stream them now.

[alfinyalcabo]

"Why should I bother" .. Because you might miss us scoring some goals and winning...

[The Bedlington Terrier]

At least we made the hat for Monday.

[Deadlydave]

It's very sad to see so many fans as fed up as they are with the state of BFC at present. I basically agree with most of the comments on here. We are so short of quality across this side its tragic. A team with no pace and too many player either too old or just not at the level required for this division and this has been an ongoing issue over a considerable period. Whatever happen's, there is a huge job in replacing the older end of our squad and I like most of you on here shudder to think who we are going to recruit as the inevitable need to replace becomes obvious even to the brain dead. If other teams can manage to get better players why can't we? I know ever team makes mistakes on bringing in "duds" , but we seem to have become expert at this and you all know which signings fall into this category. I just don't understand the mentality; If you know you can potentially stay in the richest league in the world,why not at least attempt to do that purely for the income stream if nothing else. Once you are out of the Premier league it's a whole different situation and dam hard to get back into. It does I suppose pose the question "what is the purpose of BFC" if it's not to try to stay in the highest league it can be in and try to entertain it's ever loving supporters?