Its boring to keep mentioning the academy but as the Directors re Dario did say that the club only exists because of the academy (He was clearly wrong based on our history) and also he said we go where the kids take us...It should be easy for a BoD to examine and KNOW the facts of the sitauation and then make a decision and tell the fans how much money does the Cat2 academy cost the club in real terms and even what sort of salaries all the non footballers get and even what the footballers wages are. We do hear these figures from some clubs and people may object but they could come out with totals. Now IF and I add IF the academy is FULLY funded by the FA/PL then the debate can be different and then the club should tell the fans what funds the first team has for players and purchases. I still believe as you all know the academy system is for kids and not adults and should then be funded by the government and the FA and not the club itself.

If the manager's hand is tied by lack of funds then the club should explain the situation as I said no manager, no matter how good or poor they are can produce a good team consistently without the players and ManU have demonstrated that over and over...So whoever they brought in as a replacement would struggle. But they can look at other clubs our size in L1 and L2 and explain how they can succeed and we can't!

It seems reasonable that a youth team coach/manager will struggle with a first team of adult Pro's as seen with Steve Holland who then went on to make a success of being an 'assistant' elsewhere..

It may be fair to say that most of us don't know what the answer is with our club? Maybe the National league with more local opposition clubs will be a better bet than playing clubs very far away each week. The Ladies Leagues have really taken off nowadays and could be a far better bet than the men's game now! The lady refs are coming in as well...Good and bad too...

I was looking at the last big transfer out of the club and think it was Nick Powell and actually that was 2002 is that right as seems a long time ago and so no big sales since then should be a very big warning sign that changes are needed and not when we are bankrupt and a Director putting in that sort of loan could lead there?