Quote Originally Posted by EastStandRed View Post
Barnsley was always lauded as a well run sustainable club before they arrived. We were one of the only clubs that ever made a small profit. The consortium said the financials were too good to be true when they arrived which is what attracted them.

When Cryne changed how the club would recruit we were making money for the last few seasons. All this was already in place when they arrived.

Where they come from means nothing to me but I can’t do with people who claim credit for things which they haven’t achieved.

We’ve made a loss of nearly £4m over the last two years by the way, that’s without them paying for the club either yet which they had hoped to do from profits generated by the club itself.
Yes I believe James Cryne had come up with the idea and the club implemented the present model around 2015. It was necessary and got Patrick Cryne some of his money back what he'd pumped into the club in the years prior to that. It's to those years (2015 backwards) that I am referring. The club didn't really have an aim and seemed to paper over the cracks season after season whilst losing money.


With the pandemic over the last 18 months I think a 4m loss isn't too bad. It's not insurmountable is it. I think Conway said in the podcast that the average annual loss for a championship club is 10m.


I agree that Conway taking credit for Nice reaching the champions league was out of order. Nice were well on their way before PMG bought them I think if memory serves me correctly.


For the record I'm not a lover of these owners, I just accept them and try to look at the positives. I see situations elsewhere and think that it could easily be us. As yet, not a single person on here who has criticised or complained abart these owners has offered a viable or realistic alternative where ownership is concerned.

They are here, there's fuq all we can do abart it. Learn to deal with it and let's crack on.