Quote Originally Posted by EthelRed View Post
This century is 24 years and 50 days old.

In that time BFC have had eight chairmen, 3 individual owners and a consortium owning the club.

The shocking truth regarding permanent managers at the club (if you can call any of them permanent that is) is that we have had 23 incumbents this century giving an average stay at the club of around 1 year and 2weeks. Goodness knows how many interim managers there have been in addition to the permanent ones.

It seems that BFC have an extremely poor record of recruiting and retaining managers, whether that being by making poor appointments, ones leaving for better terms elsewhere or simply sick of not been backed by the board.

By my count the current ownership consortium who took up the reins in 2017 have gone through 10 managers since their arrival and I fear they will soon be looking for their eleventh. That?s an average lifespan of around 8-9 months - a shocking and damming statistic.

This is no way to run a business nor a football club. The revolving door of footballing personnel has to be slowed down and investment in quality has to be the way forward. Recruitment and retention are ***** and the policy of selling anything that moves with a BFC badge on it is foolish.

If you, the ownership, can?t solve the self inflicted problems then it?s time to go. You might be well meaning people but you?re making an absolute Bllx of running the playing side of BFC.
Everything you say Ethel is spot on and you are right it is a sad sad state of affairs we are in , I do not think we are unique as there are others with similar if not worse turn over of managers/ coaches at other clubs as well . I think the huge financial benefits from being successful has a big bearing and the constant pressure put on by fans who demand change if things are not going well also is a contributing factor , the main thing to me is social media , where in years gone by your club was discussed on the terraces , at work or in the pub but now everyone can link up instantly via social media, fans not only react to results they react from their armchairs during games and if things are not going well pressure can be instantly brought to bare on the suits at the club, there is no patience these days and you only have to read on the forums where our club are discussed the cry for replacing Clarke has got stronger , Rotherham fans wanting Evans out etc, the keyboard warriors eventually get there way as weak boards fear losing revenue if they do not appease fans , incidentally I am not putting the blame on the supporters, it is simply as I see it . The constant pressure and abuse that gets whipped some times sickens me especially as a lot of the time I strongly believe that those shouting the loudest are the none attenders , they get their way and its rinse and repeat and start again . I do not know what the answer is Ethel , having seen the ups and downs of our club for over 60 years I much prefer the old 3rd and 4th division days of the sixties and the seventies to the way things are and have been for the last 15 to 20 years , when winning wasn"t the b all and end all , but alas those days will never return and the modern day fan demand success , it is probably time I stopped going but my love for my club will not allow me to do it !!