Interesting article, the interview with Neerav

[Shadrack the Red]

So if the owners walk then we will be boarded up ? absolute tosh , these owners will not walk away without recouping every penny they can , they will move the club on ,and out of curiosity how many clubs in the efl have been boarded up in the last 20 years because their owners have actually walked ? , not because they have had winding up orders etc because the business people who run a club have actually walked , I will be very interested to read this lengthy list.

[Young_Nudger]

Shads - so if Neerav leaves the club your plan for the future of Barnsley Football Club is that you are keeping your fingers crossed in the hope that a new owner comes in.
That?s a huge risk in itself.
And these potential new owners that you are advocating - does it matter what their credentials are - or how much money they have to invest.

This owner - the Indian guy - as Animal describes him - is putting ?8 MILLION into the club PER YEAR.
That?s to cover running costs such as wages etc.
How many potential owners do you believe would be able to maintain that sort of funding???
A wealthy person like Patrick Cryne when he was alive wouldn?t be able to.
And if they didn?t fund the club to the current level then wages would plummet and we would drop through the leagues like a stone.

Be careful of what you wish for.
Wanting new owners is just fantasy land.

What we have now is great owners.
That over the last two seasons have employed poor advisors.

Poor advisors are easy to change.
Owners arn?t.

[Shadrack the Red]

Shads - so if Neerav leaves the club your plan for the future of Barnsley Football Club is that you are keeping your fingers crossed in the hope that a new owner comes in.
That?s a huge risk in itself.
And these potential new owners that you are advocating - does it matter what their credentials are - or how much money they have to invest.

This owner - the Indian guy - as Animal describes him - is putting ?8 MILLION into the club PER YEAR.
That?s to cover running costs such as wages etc.
How many potential owners do you believe would be able to maintain that sort of funding???
A wealthy person like Patrick Cryne when he was alive wouldn?t be able to.
And if they didn?t fund the club to the current level then wages would plummet and we would drop through the leagues like a stone.

Be careful of what you wish for.
Wanting new owners is just fantasy land.

What we have now is great owners.
That over the last two seasons have employed poor advisors.

Poor advisors are easy to change.
Owners arn?t.

Great owners do not employ poor staff plus how do you know who might be interested in buying the club unless you test the water, did you not hear what your beloved leader said on friday , they are going to sell any of our better players this summer and of course the replacements will be inferior , and there is no need to worry about dropping through the leagues with new owners as the present incumbents are quite capable of achieving that , listen to Neeravs interview again and take your blinkers off then the penny might drop.

[Young_Nudger]

Shads - Patrick tested the water.
Due diligence carried out - all correct and in order.
Result - Paul Conway.

I have listened to the interview.
There?s a few things in there I do not agree with.
Enough goal scorers in the squad is the most glaring - plus of course saying Sormaz is doing a good job.
As I?ve alluded to - IMO Neerav is too close to the every day running of the club and he is too dependent on Sormaz.
Neerav needs to take a step back and bring together a group of people that can advise him.

[Shadrack the Red]

Shads - Patrick tested the water.
Due diligence carried out - all correct and in order.
Result - Paul Conway.

I have listened to the interview.
There?s a few things in there I do not agree with.
Enough goal scorers in the squad is the most glaring - plus of course saying Sormaz is doing a good job.
As I?ve alluded to - IMO Neerav is too close to the every day running of the club and he is too dependent on Sormaz.
Neerav needs to take a step back and bring together a group of people that can advise him.

It is years since Patrick tested the water and with due respect we have a group of individuals here who will have world wide contacts , what happened when Patrick tried cannot be compared to these owners in 2025 , what is simply wrong with them testing the water ?

[Jules88]

Quote?..Most clubs in this league would snatch yer hand off if you offered them that level of success ?.quote
That isnt sucess Nudge. sucess is when something is achieved. Not a ?near miss?.
There has been No sucess in the last three seasons. There is too much of ?Handing out Well Done certificates? in this world when nothing has been won.
Taking part isnt winning, failing in every season for the three you mention is FAILURE. not Success.

[Young_Nudger]

Quote?..Most clubs in this league would snatch yer hand off if you offered them that level of success ?.quote
That isnt sucess Nudge. sucess is when something is achieved. Not a ?near miss?.
There has been No sucess in the last three seasons. There is too much of ?Handing out Well Done certificates? in this world when nothing has been won.
Taking part isnt winning, failing in every season for the three you mention is FAILURE. not Success.

Yes - but.
I?m just pointing some out - because if you read some of the comments from the usual suspects - you would think we had been mid table for the last 10 years.
We haven?t.
But like yer say - nearly there can?t be considered as success.

We seem to be building a head of stream then falling by the wayside.
Ismael season - followed by the board of directors separating into two groups.
Duff season - followed by the appointment of Collins and then Clarke.
At some point it will come together.
But when it does the HC needs to be nailed down.

[Shadrack the Red]

Yes - but.
I?m just pointing some out - because if you read some of the comments from the usual suspects - you would think we had been mid table for the last 10 years.
We haven?t.
But like yer say - nearly there can?t be considered as success.

We seem to be building a head of stream then falling by the wayside.
Ismael season - followed by the board of directors separating into two groups.
Duff season - followed by the appointment of Collins and then Clarke.
At some point it will come together.
But when it does the HC needs to be nailed down.

"Nearly there " can be classed as successful if we are on an upward trend , gradual decline over 2 years plus the prospect of further sales as stated by our current chairman means we are unsuccessful , but I suppose the usual suspect will find positivity when the inevitable trap door looms but will the usual suspect renew his season ticket and witness the decline first hand or will the usual suspect spit the dummy out again and vow to once more stay away ? answers on a post card !!

[animallittle3]

Yes - but.
I?m just pointing some out - because if you read some of the comments from the usual suspects - you would think we had been mid table for the last 10 years.
We haven?t.
But like yer say - nearly there can?t be considered as success.

We seem to be building a head of stream then falling by the wayside.
Ismael season - followed by the board of directors separating into two groups.
Duff season - followed by the appointment of Collins and then Clarke.
At some point it will come together.
But when it does the HC needs to be nailed down.

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 .

[pass_and_move]

Relegation to league is in the offing. Al give it 3 years missen. Especially if our lack of investment in players continues.

Fancy a wager on it wi me Nudger? Al gi thi 2/1 odds which should be very easy money forra deluded optimist such as yourself. Any stake tha particularly fancies? Personally, am sick o thi bleating on, spouting nowt but unfounded claptrap abart these owners. Does tha wanna put thi money weer thi marth is?



Al tell thi summat else anorl. Al gladly pay thi art if I'm wrong cos keeping our heads above watter in league 1 is the very best that this club can hope for.