Reply With QuoteIn freefall aren't they. Oh well. I still think they'll have enough to stay up though.Originally Posted by LeftPeg_Pie
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Andy Garner, their Assistant Manager, absolutely crucified them in the post match interview. They are right in the relegation fight.
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In freefall aren't they. Oh well. I still think they'll have enough to stay up though.
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Apparently finished with just 3 players under the age of 31, nursing home indeed. Theres a very decent chance theyre going down given the games they have left.
A lesson to anyone who gets promoted this season, will have major work to do.
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I think they will scrape by. Too many poor teams in the bottom 4. They are 8 points clear. I can?t see the other teams ?catching? them.
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I was going to say the same. Mansfield were a more competent team last season than we are this season. They did sell their best player and failed to replace him, but still, you'd think they'd have enough quality and nous to be better than this. If we somehow go up, we'll need to sign 4 or 5 top players (who are injured) to avoid a similar scenario.
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65th best attendance of the 92 last season suggests they can just about justify their place in tier 3, albeit as a prime relegation candidate. A yo-yo club between tiers 3 and 4 sounds about right for them. Traditionally that's what they always were.
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Attendances don't really matter. It all boils down to money. If Radford is willing to fund the club well enough to buy decent L1 players, they'll likely be a decent L1 club. The fact is, they've been better than us for the best part of a decade, and they've spent more money too.
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Would he be more or less willing to do that if they were getting 4,500 at that level?
What would our owners attitude be if our gates collapsed back to what they were pre-Hardy?
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No idea. He was funding them handsomely in L2 when they were averaging 3,500.
Attendances are driven by performances and success, which are largely driven by investment. I can't see Stags getting 4,500 again while they're in L1. If they get relegated and struggle in L2, maybe. Same with us and pre-Hardy attendances. It won't happen unless things go horribly wrong on the pitch, which shouldn't happen if the club is funded well.
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If that was the case, that a fan-base is irrelevant and it's purely about investment, you'd end up seeing far more clubs going from the 4th tier to the 1st over short term periods and vice-versa, the pyramid would more resemble the motion of a lava lamp as opposed to the relatively steady predictable state it is now. No club would look out of place at any level if attendances were purely driven by investment. Bigger clubs than Bury would go extinct and smaller clubs than Bournemouth would be in the PL.
The point I'm basically trying to make is that Mansfield as a town/community and its willingness to support its' football club justifies the current levels of investment that's given them a promotion into tier 3. In other words, as a fan base, they just about deserve an owner willing to fund them to that level. If their current owners sell up, then they're entitled to expect whoever takes over to maintain a reasonably similar standard.
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