Blackpool fan in peace

[derby123]

[quote="Ramondo"]I wonder, do people know the actual truth of what is happening at Blackpool, or is it just too enticing to join in a lynch mob style attack?

Not having a go at anyone but people talk about the club being fleeced etc, and liken it to what has happened at Derby in the past. Yet the Oysten family have owned Blackpool for around 27 years, it's a very different situation to the 3 Amigos rolling into town and stealing Derby from under the nose of poor Lionel. GSE were accused of fleecing Derby, with profits being 'siphoned off' across the Atlantic, even though there weren't any.

As I recall, Blackpool made a loss of around £9m the year they got promoted. Then came back down and used money to improve the stadium and also pay back some of the money the owners had pumped in over the years. I recall listening to Oysten being interviewed and saying that they refused to be bullied by agents into paying over the odds for players to go in on inflated w

[vanderlaans_header]

[quote="Ramondo"]I wonder, do people know the actual truth of what is happening at Blackpool, or is it just too enticing to join in a lynch mob style attack?

Not having a go at anyone but people talk about the club being fleeced etc, and liken it to what has happened at Derby in the past. Yet the Oysten family have owned Blackpool for around 27 years, it's a very different situation to the 3 Amigos rolling into town and stealing Derby from under the nose of poor Lionel. GSE were accused of fleecing Derby, with profits being 'siphoned off' across the Atlantic, even though there weren't any.

As I recall, Blackpool made a loss of around £9m the year they got promoted. Then came back down and used money to improve the stadium and also pay back some of the money the owners had pumped in over the years. I recall listening to Oysten being interviewed and saying that they refused to be bullied by agents into paying over the odds for players to go in on inflated w

[Ramondo]

Fair enough, but no need to come across so high and mighty. I think a few people joining in with vocal banter in support of fellow supporters isn't going to turn the world upside down. As I said in my post I don't know the full story, but the essence of the Blackpool supporters disgruntlement is that that the team is on the slide while the owners claim to be operating a profitable football club. Just my views and I certainly don't subscribe to lynch mob antics.

Apologies if it comes across in such a way, I read it back before posting and it didn't read like that to me and it wasn't intended. You do have to allow for context to become confused when reading comments on something like a messageboard though. The 'lynch mob' comment is an analogy, referring to the collective vocal support being given, rather than individual private opinions.

The question that I was asking was did those people know much about what they were

[vanderlaans_header]

Fair enough, but no need to come across so high and mighty. I think a few people joining in with vocal banter in support of fellow supporters isn't going to turn the world upside down. As I said in my post I don't know the full story, but the essence of the Blackpool supporters disgruntlement is that that the team is on the slide while the owners claim to be operating a profitable football club. Just my views and I certainly don't subscribe to lynch mob antics.

Apologies if it comes across in such a way, I read it back before posting and it didn't read like that to me and it wasn't intended. You do have to allow for context to become confused when reading comments on something like a messageboard though. The 'lynch mob' comment is an analogy, referring to the collective vocal support being given, rather than individual private opinions.

The question that I was asking was di

[garibaldi]

[quote="Ramondo"]I wonder, do people know the actual truth of what is happening at Blackpool, or is it just too enticing to join in a lynch mob style attack?

Not having a go at anyone but people talk about the club being fleeced etc, and liken it to what has happened at Derby in the past. Yet the Oysten family have owned Blackpool for around 27 years, it's a very different situation to the 3 Amigos rolling into town and stealing Derby from under the nose of poor Lionel. GSE were accused of fleecing Derby, with profits being 'siphoned off' across the Atlantic, even though there weren't any.

As I recall, Blackpool made a loss of around £9m the year they got promoted. Then came back down and used money to improve the stadium and also pay back some of the money the owners had pumped in over the years. I recall listening to Oysten being interviewed and saying that they refused to be bullied by agents into paying over the odds for players to go in on inflated w

[AngryRam]

[quote="garibaldi"]I wonder, do people know the actual truth of what is happening at Blackpool, or is it just too enticing to join in a lynch mob style attack?

Not having a go at anyone but people talk about the club being fleeced etc, and liken it to what has happened at Derby in the past. Yet the Oysten family have owned Blackpool for around 27 years, it's a very different situation to the 3 Amigos rolling into town and stealing Derby from under the nose of poor Lionel. GSE were accused of fleecing Derby, with profits being 'siphoned off' across the Atlantic, even though there weren't any.

As I recall, Blackpool made a loss of around £9m the year they got promoted. Then came back down and used money to improve the stadium and also pay back some of the money the owners had pumped in over the years. I recall listening to Oysten being interviewed and saying that they refused to be bullied by agents into paying o

[mistaram]

Mcseasider I was happy to sing for your boys last night I obviously do not know all the facts but what I do know is if my team had only taken 47 points out of the last 280 available I would be pretty pizzed off You would have thought we had got relegated last Sat just because we only drew with Watford don't know what they would in your fans shoes Good luck for the future hope you are soon back we will miss coming to the seaside

[roger_ramjet]

Not being picky or anything but 280 does not divide by 3 so there cannot have been 280 points available.

OK I am being picky!

[eamonnram]

Yes you are. Get a grip. People that sit there picking faults with people's post are sad IMO. It's a bit of a chat and bit of banter.

[Toastrack]

Broken hearted 'Pool fan here, just to echo other Seasiders' thanks for your support.

I gave up my season ticket last summer after 24 years, totally brassed off with the Oystons' rapacious mismanagement.

There isn't enough time (and you won't have enough patience) to detail everything that's gone on.

Just one "highlight" - our Premiership windfall could have benefited the club for a generation, but the infrastructure is essentially unchanged (the training ground is just as it was in Stanley Matthews' day, and Ian Holloway observed that our legacy amounted to new pitch sprinklers).
In the last set of accounts c. £27M had been loaned out to assorted Oyston (non-football) loss-making businesses, with the auditor qualifying the accounts and noting that the recoverability of said loans was doubtful.

Thanks again, Rams.