Interesting article, the interview with Neerav

[animallittle3]

I've never heard so much rubbish in my entire life , if that's some kind of sales pitch to get the fans back on side and back the club with good ST sales then Neerav has failed spectacularly .

Barnsley folk can spot a fraud from a hundred miles away .

[pass_and_move]

What a load of garbage. Embarrassing really.


Mind, credit to them that they've frozen season ticket prices. They just need to sell some now and looking at Oakwell today, there probably wasn't even 6000 there-A reflection of how the supporters are starting to feel.

[animallittle3]

What a load of garbage. Embarrassing really.


Mind, credit to them that they've frozen season ticket prices. They just need to sell some now and looking at Oakwell today, there probably wasn't even 6000 there-A reflection of how the supporters are starting to feel.

I understand it's frozen if you've had an ST for the last 3 seasons Pass .

[pass_and_move]

I understand it's frozen if you've had an ST for the last 3 seasons Pass .

Oh right, I dint know that

[animallittle3]

I think that interview is the one that will ultimately break the camels back as far as the paying supporters are concerned .

Anyone in the undecided camp as far as renewing their ST is concerned I firmly believe Neerav has just made their mind up for them and the vast majority of the undecided won't be renewing .

This of course will ultimately lead to further financial issues in the off season and the first home game of next season pretty much resembling the attendance we saw yesterday .

The only real hope is that the younger players can step up to the demands of league one and the football played at least enjoyable on the eye .

I wish the younger players well and obviously I want to see them succeed but decent enough showings against the second worst team in the league at home in a dead rubber game are no indication of some class of 92 bearing fruit .

Young players will be inconsistent and make mistakes and how much those who have committed to supporting the club with brass will tolerate that whilst already angry at our decline is debatable of course .

As ever there's more questions than answers regarding the direction of travel we are currently attempting to negotiate .

It's unlikely those running things on Grove Street have much of the answers either .

[POGGYWELL]

In all honesty when this guy speaks I need interpreter to understand what he’s saying so I wait with anticipated excitement to read everything in print.

Nothing exciting I have to say just basic crap from a man who is trying to con supporters or fundamentally doesn’t understand the basics of the game of football and I would probably think both.

Interesting times ahead in searching to restore Barnsley Way in all its glory.

[EthelRed]

It?s all the n the stats Poggs not what happens, or mostly doesn?t, on the pitch.

Sad, deluded rich boy who got sucked into Conways get richer quick scheme.

At least he?s had the minerals to stick around but his frequent share allocations cash injections will cease when he?s totally diluted the ownership of Lee et al and then he?ll sell up if he can find a buyer for the club.

The further we sink, the less he will get. over to you Parekh how do you get out of this mess?

[Shadrack the Red]

In 1980/81 season we went up as runners up from the third division ( div 1 ) to the 2nd division ( championship ) , here is the squad from then and compare them to todays squad and see the difference in quality , it is frightening ,
Goalkeepers ;
Bobby Horn
Gar Pierce
Defenders;
Phil Chambers
Joe Joyce
Mick McCarthy
Niel Cooper
Ian Evans
Norman Hunter
Bobby Downs
Midfield;
Ian Banks
Ronnie Glavin
Ray McHale
Stewart Barraclough
Mike Lester
Forwards;
Trevor Aylott
Derek Parker
Colin Walker

Not one of our squad would get near that team yet it is the same standard , a real eye opener about todays standards

[pass_and_move]

Worrying thing is that they've taken running costs to levels that I never thought possible without breaking FFP. I'm still flabbergasted how we've amassed these kind of annual running costs. It's unbelievable considering we don't spend a great deal of money and i wouldn'thave thought that our wage bill would be in the top 4 of league 1. Surely that is total incompetence and the responsibility lies with those in control. Why aren't we been given answers on how the hell this kind of thing has been allowed to happen? Surely the club has an accountant who must've seen that expenditure by far exceeded income when the breakaway occurred 3 years ago. Didn't that set alarm bells ringing and the powers that be look to reduce the wage bill, cut costs etc?

Something doesn't make sense here. Even if the club gets promoted next season, we will still be losing money despite a bigger television deal for being in the championship. That only leaves player sales to make up the balance. A huge gamble considering our current squad is as poor as I've ever seen it due to our poor recruitment and the lack of investment in the squad over these last 2 seasons. I certainly don't see any 7 figure bids coming in for any of our current players. The question is- what are the clubs aims in terms of turning this financial mess around and what are our long term plans?

Are they clinging on to the unrealistic hope that they'll sign a non league defender on a free and unearth the next John Stones? Or is it the hope of an Academy player emerging? Let's face it, the statistics of the academy producing successful 1st team players since it's being in existence is very poor. Seeing that it is statistics that Neerav so obviously believes in, then I wonder, what does he think of the lack of success from the academy over its 27 years existence? It simply has not produced enough.

It boils my blood that the club is in such a financial mess and the Chairman and board should take full responsibility and put it right before the club goes into oblivion. They're now well into their 3rd full season and we were told by the Chairman 'judge us by our actions' almost 3 years ago. The only actions to judge so far has been the steady decline of the club through some poor decisions throughout.

Do they really believe in statistics that much? Is it a wind up or summat? I mean really......come off it. If it was that easy to succeed in football then dont you think every club would be at it? Surely even the owners can see that this is certainly not working and not working by a distance. Everything points to decline from the clubs finances to the playing squad, to our credibility as a club, to the loss of support which will become abundantly clear come next August when there's 6 to 7 thousand inside Oakwell on matchday.


I really don't know what to say apart from that something so obviously needs to change. A major rethink in our strategy is an absolute must. I just don't see it happening and I suspect most supporters share that view.

[animallittle3]

Worrying thing is that they've taken running costs to levels that I never thought possible without breaking FFP. I'm still flabbergasted how we've amassed these kind of annual running costs. It's unbelievable considering we don't spend a great deal of money and i wouldn'thave thought that our wage bill would be in the top 4 of league 1. Surely that is total incompetence and the responsibility lies with those in control. Why aren't we been given answers on how the hell this kind of thing has been allowed to happen? Surely the club has an accountant who must've seen that expenditure by far exceeded income when the breakaway occurred 3 years ago. Didn't that set alarm bells ringing and the powers that be look to reduce the wage bill, cut costs etc?

Something doesn't make sense here. Even if the club gets promoted next season, we will still be losing money despite a bigger television deal for being in the championship. That only leaves player sales to make up the balance. A huge gamble considering our current squad is as poor as I've ever seen it due to our poor recruitment and the lack of investment in the squad over these last 2 seasons. I certainly don't see any 7 figure bids coming in for any of our current players. The question is- what are the clubs aims in terms of turning this financial mess around and what are our long term plans?

Are they clinging on to the unrealistic hope that they'll sign a non league defender on a free and unearth the next John Stones? Or is it the hope of an Academy player emerging? Let's face it, the statistics of the academy producing successful 1st team players since it's being in existence is very poor. Seeing that it is statistics that Neerav so obviously believes in, then I wonder, what does he think of the lack of success from the academy over its 27 years existence? It simply has not produced enough.

It boils my blood that the club is in such a financial mess and the Chairman and board should take full responsibility and put it right before the club goes into oblivion. They're now well into their 3rd full season and we were told by the Chairman 'judge us by our actions' almost 3 years ago. The only actions to judge so far has been the steady decline of the club through some poor decisions throughout.

Do they really believe in statistics that much? Is it a wind up or summat? I mean really......come off it. If it was that easy to succeed in football then dont you think every club would be at it? Surely even the owners can see that this is certainly not working and not working by a distance. Everything points to decline from the clubs finances to the playing squad, to our credibility as a club, to the loss of support which will become abundantly clear come next August when there's 6 to 7 thousand inside Oakwell on matchday.


I really don't know what to say apart from that something so obviously needs to change. A major rethink in our strategy is an absolute must. I just don't see it happening and I suspect most supporters share that view.

The self harm at this club is off the charts Pass , I got to thinking this morning about how events outside your control can conspire against you if you haven't got the ownership nous to overcome setbacks .

When Windass scored in the last 30 seconds of the Play Off Final we most certainly didn't deserve to lose it ultimately unearthed and exposed the ownership for what they were , they enjoyed their piece of luck that season hiring Duff and were also thanking their lucky stars that Andersen , Kitching and then Thomas proved to be exceptional defenders to boot .

We've never really replaced anybody from the Duff season to any great effect , not even close .

Play Off Final events have conspired against this club before , Barnard's penalty miss , Hristov's header that somehow was kept out by the Ipswich keeper whose name escapes me .

Within 18 months we were relegated to league one and in administration but the difference was that the club had no control over the collapse of ITV Digital and unfortunately had a bank who pulled the plug on them when they should have worked with them instead .

John Dennis made mistakes certainly but he was done for by events rather than incompetence .

The situation today is purely down to incompetence because there's a huge difference between losing a Championship Play Off Final and a League One Play Off Final , to say the least .

There was absolutely no reason why we couldn't have emerged from the Windass kick in the teeth with a better squad of players the next season and won promotion last season , none what so ever .

We are here today because of incompetence and judging by Neerav's interview absolutely nothing is getting learned by the countless mistakes that have contributed to this sorry state of affairs .