Quote Originally Posted by Davy500 View Post
Just do not think they will - i mean SM is thw worst manager ever - yet they still stick with him - WHY?
They stuck with Ardley for 2 years and what did that achieve- then Burchanll. The fact is the owners apart from LW have made poor choices for head coach -
that being said we have a lot to thank them for, coming in and saving the club , and getting us out the NL
But in this case the best scenerio is they stick with SM next season and we under achieve- eventually sacking him after wasting one or two years, or the worst is we are dragged into a relegation battle, putting everything they achieved under threat ,and if we went down all the good work will be undone- and then i could see the owners pulling out.
One thing that has become evident in the last 20 years is that running a club in the EFL league 1 or 2 is no easy task, as we saw with the trust, Trew , Hardy and now the current owners. It is hard work for a club to break even , in fact up to 75% of clubs are running at a loss, only propped up by owners cash, the qustion you have to ask is what do the owners actually get out of running an EFL club, therte is no prsestige like in the premier ?
** this original reply was lost as my login timed out as I wrote it - I see others have made sensible comments since but I'll re-post it anyway **

Trew and Hardy wanted a vanity project, noting that Hardy already had the Cotgrave Golf Club which he cheekily renamed "The Nottinghamshire".

The Bros believe they can take underperforming and undervalued assets, based on their statistical information, and turn them into successful and profitable assets. Notts, especially once relegation was confirmed, met their price valuation. They would have made profits from Burchnall Rodrigues and Williams. There are a number of our players who will make a tidy sum if sold at the right time. The Bros have no inherent interest in Notts in the way that most of us here have. They are playing a numbers game based on their strategy. By all accounts they are intent on playing that game long term and they will accept ups and downs. Success will not come with the expectation of being a smooth straight line upwards the same as no financial investor will expect the value of their stocks to go up linearly every day/week/month or even year.

They will be learning as they go along, absorbing, discussing with competent people. I'm sure they realise that they've underestimated League Two. Was it someone on the Magpie Circle who was taken aback at how different League Two is now to when we were last there?

It sounds very much, listening to Mace, that Stuart is here for next season and I'd assume that there will be a ramping up of the defensive recruitment to give him half a chance and if he fails with that, and a full close season, then the axe will fall.

Look, let's hope he's learnt from this lean spell and we knock out 3 or 4 wins from our remaining games. mmm - do pigs fly at night?