Takeover

[animallittle3]

The only reason they'd be interested in buying Barnsley FC is because of the 'plan' put in place which everyone keeps slagging off.

The plan of buying young hungry players with a potential sell on fee has won us a cup and got us promotion back to the Championship

More importantly for would be investors it's generated millions of pounds , enough to make us one of the only clubs in the league debt free and even have funds in the bank . If we were where we are now but with an ageing squad and still owing £10m plus in loans etc they wouldn't have come near us .

The fact that we're running in profit and in the Championship with a decent size untapped fan base makes us quite attractive to buyers now. Non of this would have happened without the plan and cashing in on our players .

We've had a poorish start but are not in the bottom 3 and propping up the table so it's not as much doom and gloom as some make it .

All hail the Plan because without it we'd be drifting into the abyss

Alternatively given we were under no pressure to sell in January ( club statement ) we could have kept our players , added some strength to the squad and beat Huddersfield in the play off final .

I take it you'd agree that the club would have gained even more value and attracted investors as a PL club , debt free with a relatively untapped fan base .

All speculative of course but no more speculative than the plan the club operates today .

[EastStandRed]

Alternatively given we were under no pressure to sell in January ( club statement ) we could have kept our players , added some strength to the squad and beat Huddersfield in the play off final .

I take it you'd agree that the club would have gained even more value and attracted investors as a PL club , debt free with a relatively untapped fan base .

All speculative of course but no more speculative than the plan the club operates today .

I'd have kept Hourihane yes. But sold the other 2