Interesting article, the interview with Neerav

[Young_Nudger]

We are currently on a run that the club haven't suffered since the 1920's .

It goes something like this , in each of the last five seasons we finished in the table below what we did the previous year .

Not even in the thin gruel seasons of the 1960's and 70's did we manage that .

I'm well aware of course that you don't do facts and simply rely on what fantasies come in to your head at random moments but if you can't deal with the facts then it much doesn't matter because the ST sales this summer and a likely first home game crowd next season of below 7k will quite easily paint the picture of managed decline just as easily .

Everyone can see what yer doing there Animal.
Harking back to the Conway Season.
I cannot see what you are trying to gain by continually doing that.
You supposedly hated the fella - so let it lie.
We are now in a new ownership - so we can only judge these last 3 seasons.
Which started reasonably well with Duff - although I was never a big fan of his - and since then it?s dropped off a cliff.

But if yer comparing the decline in the last 3 seasons - then I?d agree with that.
Question is - why has that happened ???
If only the thing that happened - was that Chien Lee and Paul Conway had lost control of the club then surely the club would get back to sailing along as before and hiring good HCs.
But that?s not the case.

[EthelRed]

We are not in new ownership.

We have a new majority share holding.
But the same consortium still own us.

[Young_Nudger]

We are not in new ownership.

We have a new majority share holding.
But the same consortium still own us.

I suppose it?s how you define ?ownership?.
In my view it?s who makes the decisions.
Could the previous owner Chien Lee sell the club now - no he can?t.
But with about 62% of the ownership - Neerav can.
Another word we could use is Leadership to describe the decision maker.
But Conway had the leadership - but never had the ownership.
So holding a hand full of shares doesn?t describe the ownership.

[POGGYWELL]

Doug O?Kane with more from Barnsley chairman Neerav Parekh's interview as he addresses criticism from fans.

NEERAV Parekh has asked for 'a little bit more patience' from Barnsley fans towards the owners while adding: ?trust me, I feel your pain.?
Parekh, the Indian businessman, is the chairman and majority owner while other owners on the board are Jean and James Cryne plus Australian businesswoman Julie Anne Quay.
They have been the subject of angry chants from the terraces this season which has seen the Reds fall short of another promotion challenge in the third tier.
One of the regular chants is ?greedy ********, get out of our club? and another that ?Barnsley FC is in the wrong hands.?
Parekh said that the owners had put in ?6million this season and would inject more equity in the summer.

He added that they were ?as committed as ever? and the Reds would have ?a competitive budget? for next season despite being forecast to lose between ?8million and ?10million.
Parekh told the Chronicle: ?Fans are entitled to their opinion.
?The ones who say we?re greedy wouldn?t be able to read a balance sheet if it smacked them in the face.
?We haven?t taken a penny out of the club and we?ve put in somewhere close to ?15million over the last three years.
?It?s pretty evident all the money has gone in and losing money is not a problem unique to Barnsley.

?I think 89 of the 92 EFL clubs lost money and the only three who didn?t were Premier League. It?s a symptom of a broken system.
?A lot of fans have genuine concerns that we could have done better and we could have done in certain instances.
?It?s not easy. Clubs who don?t spend like the top two or three or four in the league are set up to fail.

?Player wages in League One over two years have gone up 41 per cent for the same group of players shuttling between the clubs ? that?s absurd inflation. It?s the only industry I can think of where agents negotiate against the club then the club pays them agents fees for it.
?It?s a tough industry.
?But we absolutely need to do better because the goal is to get promoted.
?I hope the fans can give us a little bit more patience.
?I fly 8,000 miles to see us get hammered 3-0. Trust me, I feel your pain.
?I am in the same situation.
?But it?s not as easy as it seems from the outside.?
Parekh was initially a minority owner in the group which bought an 80 per cent stake of the club from Patrick Cryne in 2017. But previous co-chairman Paul Conway and Chien Lee were removed from the board after relegation to League One in 2022, with Parekh taking over as chairman.
Parekh now owns the majority of the shares, with Conway and Lee still thought to hold a reducing stake in the business. While they are not as hated as Conway who looked into moving away from Oakwell and has left a trail of chaos across the various European clubs he owned, the current board have overseen a significant drop-off in results and league positions across their three seasons in charge.

There is a sense of apathy across the Barnsley fanbase which might be seen in the season ticket sales for 2025/26.
Parekh said: ?Of course it?s worrying and no football club wants to lose fans or get to the point where they are apathetic.
?I would far rather they abuse the team the coach or whoever.
?We are doing a lot to get fans back in. The number one thing is to play attacking and winning football.

?But there are number of things we?re doing off the pitch to make Oakwell more fun.
?Safe standing should come in before the end of the season which would help with the atmosphere and bring energy back. We have a fanzone which will be in at the end of the season before a boxing event.
?We want other events to come to Oakwell more than just football but we know people come mainly for the football and, if we can get it right on pitch, hopefully we can get those fans back.?

[POGGYWELL]

“I would far rather they abuse the team the coach or whoever.

Classic og !

Any reason for all the ???? when posting on here ?
Is the pound sign offensive ?

[Acido]

Yeah what's with all the ???'s lol.
I don't know why it does it for some people's posts, but not others!. 😧

[animallittle3]

Doug O?Kane with more from Barnsley chairman Neerav Parekh's interview as he addresses criticism from fans.

NEERAV Parekh has asked for 'a little bit more patience' from Barnsley fans towards the owners while adding: ?trust me, I feel your pain.?
Parekh, the Indian businessman, is the chairman and majority owner while other owners on the board are Jean and James Cryne plus Australian businesswoman Julie Anne Quay.
They have been the subject of angry chants from the terraces this season which has seen the Reds fall short of another promotion challenge in the third tier.
One of the regular chants is ?greedy ********, get out of our club? and another that ?Barnsley FC is in the wrong hands.?
Parekh said that the owners had put in ?6million this season and would inject more equity in the summer.

He added that they were ?as committed as ever? and the Reds would have ?a competitive budget? for next season despite being forecast to lose between ?8million and ?10million.
Parekh told the Chronicle: ?Fans are entitled to their opinion.
?The ones who say we?re greedy wouldn?t be able to read a balance sheet if it smacked them in the face.
?We haven?t taken a penny out of the club and we?ve put in somewhere close to ?15million over the last three years.
?It?s pretty evident all the money has gone in and losing money is not a problem unique to Barnsley.

?I think 89 of the 92 EFL clubs lost money and the only three who didn?t were Premier League. It?s a symptom of a broken system.
?A lot of fans have genuine concerns that we could have done better and we could have done in certain instances.
?It?s not easy. Clubs who don?t spend like the top two or three or four in the league are set up to fail.

?Player wages in League One over two years have gone up 41 per cent for the same group of players shuttling between the clubs ? that?s absurd inflation. It?s the only industry I can think of where agents negotiate against the club then the club pays them agents fees for it.
?It?s a tough industry.
?But we absolutely need to do better because the goal is to get promoted.
?I hope the fans can give us a little bit more patience.
?I fly 8,000 miles to see us get hammered 3-0. Trust me, I feel your pain.
?I am in the same situation.
?But it?s not as easy as it seems from the outside.?
Parekh was initially a minority owner in the group which bought an 80 per cent stake of the club from Patrick Cryne in 2017. But previous co-chairman Paul Conway and Chien Lee were removed from the board after relegation to League One in 2022, with Parekh taking over as chairman.
Parekh now owns the majority of the shares, with Conway and Lee still thought to hold a reducing stake in the business. While they are not as hated as Conway who looked into moving away from Oakwell and has left a trail of chaos across the various European clubs he owned, the current board have overseen a significant drop-off in results and league positions across their three seasons in charge.

There is a sense of apathy across the Barnsley fanbase which might be seen in the season ticket sales for 2025/26.
Parekh said: ?Of course it?s worrying and no football club wants to lose fans or get to the point where they are apathetic.
?I would far rather they abuse the team the coach or whoever.
?We are doing a lot to get fans back in. The number one thing is to play attacking and winning football.

?But there are number of things we?re doing off the pitch to make Oakwell more fun.
?Safe standing should come in before the end of the season which would help with the atmosphere and bring energy back. We have a fanzone which will be in at the end of the season before a boxing event.
?We want other events to come to Oakwell more than just football but we know people come mainly for the football and, if we can get it right on pitch, hopefully we can get those fans back.?

To be fair the Greedy Bstrds chant is a bit silly and wide of the mark .

The rest of the interview is simply another train crash on top of the other train crash he did the other day .

If tha wants to keep pyssing thi favers hard earned money away every month Neerav then knock thi sen art kid .

I think you'll find an increasing number of Barnsley fans won't be so ridiculously stupid with their hard earned brass next season and will or already have found better things to do .

[POGGYWELL]

Yeah what's with all the ???'s lol.
I don't know why it does it for some people's posts, but not others!. ��

Thanks for your help Good night Vienna .

[Acido]

Thanks for your help, Good night Vienna.

And I haven't got a frikkin scooby what that comment means. 😩

[POGGYWELL]

And I haven't got a frikkin scooby what that comment means. ��

Really.