Letter to John Bowler.

[MikeSB]

I have just composed a letter to him and before I send it by email to the club, would appreciate any feedback or alterations you think fit please. eg too long, too many or not enough questions, that sort of thing. ________________________________________

Dear Mr Bowler.

It goes without saying that we have started our league campaign very poorly this season which follows an extremely poor one last season where we just escaped being relegated on the very last match against Preston.

I'm sure the Directors are as concerned as all Alex fans are about this situation even though we all know we operate in a difficult financial situation with our fan base and absolutely know the model and ethos of the club that has generated much success and revenue from transfer fees over the years and so nobody want to go back to square one. We also understand the ethos of the academy vs the seemingly large costs of keeping that in the past and in the new FA cat2 category.

We fans want to support and en

[itwasin]

Excellent send it by Recorded delivery otherwise he say he not received it or Hand it in Personally. Well done.

[AlexLeicester]

Any right-thinking Alex fan will sympathise and empathise with your views.
However, this proposed email starts well, but after three paragraphs dissolves into a rant, or what reads like a rant.
The first 3 paragraphs say/ask it all - with a few grammatical corrections - without the need for conjecture and supposition.

Personally I think Bowler will be working hard to overcome any financial difficulty we face, and I can only presume that it is internal. That, perhaps, is the problem. If it is internal then it may be legally protected from publicity, so your questions would not be answered. If they were answered - and we were told that it was an internal legal matter - then nothing at all would be resolved and the disquiet exacerbated.

Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel ...

[number1stuartevans]

and for gods sake why would it be protected by law? get a grip ffs the only laws that apply are libel laws and if its true its not libel. Bowlers silence makes him a collaborator with hassall end of.

[itwasin]

GET IT OUT INTO THE OPEN never mind what AL says, he has always been a defender of the Board even now with all the EVIDENCE piling up. This board have treated the fans like Mushrooms keeping us in the dark Send it to the Ccccccccccchronicle and Sentinel.

[MikeSB]

Any right-thinking Alex fan will sympathise and empathise with your views.
However, this proposed email starts well, but after three paragraphs dissolves into a rant, or what reads like a rant.
The first 3 paragraphs say/ask it all - with a few grammatical corrections - without the need for conjecture and supposition.

Personally I think Bowler will be working hard to overcome any financial difficulty we face, and I can only presume that it is internal. That, perhaps, is the problem. If it is internal then it may be legally protected from publicity, so your questions would not be answered. If they were answered - and we were told that it was an internal legal matter - then nothing at all would be resolved and the disquiet exacerbated.

Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel ...

A rant?? Hmmm, if you say so AL

I really hope they don't hide behind company law and confidential gobbledygook as that makes the si

[OgerAlex]

Pretty much sums up concerns at the moment. I can't agree that it ends up a rant. It seems things are getting worse and worse financially, despite chunks of money coming in. Previously we could see where the money went such as the development of the stadium, and the Reaseheath complex. Now money just seems to disappear and we pay less than most league 2 teams.

[AlexLeicester]

Good question Mike. :-D

I am thinking of those who boo players, glory hunters who don't have the club at heart, children who let off flares, people who are constantly negative etc.

I am just as concerned about our current run of results, but I just keep going in the hope that there will be a turn around ... and soon.

See you all tomorrow?

[Charismatic Red]

Good question Mike. :-D

I am thinking of those who boo players, glory hunters who don't have the club at heart, children who let off flares, people who are constantly negative etc.

I am just as concerned about our current run of results, but I just keep going in the hope that there will be a turn around ... and soon.

See you all tomorrow?

It's great to see the red smoke blowing around after a flares gone off...adds to the tribal feel.A bit of anarchy ain't neccessarily a bad thing in a football ground.

[Charismatic Red]

Pretty much sums up concerns at the moment. I can't agree that it ends up a rant. It seems things are getting worse and worse financially, despite chunks of money coming in. Previously we could see where the money went such as the development of the stadium, and the Reaseheath complex. Now money just seems to disappear and we pay less than most league 2 teams.

Yes,exactly.
Only once since 1972 have Rochdale managed to average more than us in a season,and that was by a handful in about 86-87 or thereabouts and they've only averaged above 3,500 once in all that time
Our best average in that time span is 7,746 and you have to go back 17 years to when we last averaged less than 4,000.
Last season we averaged 4,932 as opposed to Rochdales 2,900 yet we're apparently working to similar budgets.
And they never sell anyone for big money that I can recall.
We're all getting a bit ****ed off with this pleading poverty line that's given by the