(18-11-2014, 18:49)St Charles Owl Wrote:

(18-11-2014, 11:35)madsteve Wrote: http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/11/17/leeds-and-charlton-may-smile-but-sheffield-wednesday-and-blackpo/

The above article is very telling of our season so far!!  Yes we need a midfield general/creative player but we also still need a striker who can put the ball in the net on a regular basis!!  Our shots total is respectable but the number of goals is patheitic by comparison and our on target percentage is even lower than Blackpools!!!  So yes we do need a striker, as well as another midfielder!!

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(18-11-2014, 15:40)Statesideowl Wrote: The belief that carried the players earlier in the season is now gone. We're staring down the barrel again, who knows when the gun will go off.

I only partly agree with that, the belief has gone as regards scoring goals and attacking play, but so far the defence is still holding up and keeping us in games.  Of course its only a matter of time before that confidence is shot as well but if we can just score a few more goals we will win games because of the good defence.

(18-11-2014, 22:57)Imre varadi Wrote: hopefully we can get lavery upfront with may    job done  

(19-11-2014, 00:50)Imre varadi Wrote: Afobes shit the end  

(18-11-2014, 22:38)Towinjustonce Wrote:

(18-11-2014, 19:49)Thurnscoe_OWL Wrote:

(18-11-2014, 18:30)Towinjustonce Wrote: I don't know what MM's game is but telling the world that we are losing 6 million a year and it will only get worse is a sure way of frightening off any potential invstors. What's he playing at ?? Is it his way of being able to ask for more money if someone does want to buy us ??

Also where is the money going ?? Alot of the players were frees, he isn't paying a manager, the squad is wafer thin and by all accounts he hasn't spent a lot on the ground. I don't know the running costs of a club and if MM does he doesn't seem to be getting any costs down, they are going the other way. You have to spend money to make money MM !!!!

Disagree about scaring people off. You think people who are interested won't know about the financial situation? It won't stop anyone being interested.
I see it more as a "we're only losing £6m a year, compared to other teams we're not doing too bad". We're in a much better financial position than most other teams. The likes of Forest, Bournemouth, Leeds (ish) who throw tonnes of money at it will be in deep shit if they continue to struggle to get promoted.

We've got 2 options as far as I see it

1. Throw everything at it in the hope we get promoted and get the financial rewards that way.
   
2. Try to be shrewd, build on our position every year until we're in a stable position to form a promotion push
   

I'd rather take option 2 personally

What has football come to though when we're saying a £6m loss is not that bad?

Yeah some good points there Thurnscoe but if I was a potential investor and had a choice between Forest, Bournemouth or Wednesday, I would be looking at the first two. They may be losing a lot more money than us but they have more of a chance to get promoted sooner, which is what every potential investor is after. It depends on who is looking obviously. Someone who wants to take there time and build or an investor who wants near instant success (riches) and the latter is where most are at. Forest have better players, more up to date ground and a better back room team than us I'd say, shit manager thou, while bournmouth have something similar but a good manager. Why would anyone pick us to invest in ?? Game by game losing places for a chance at promotion, ground at a poor standard, pretty decent 8-9 players and a shit manager. Rectifying sll these problems won't come cheap, it will require a lot of money. If our only positive is we are only losing 6 million a year, well fook !!! Is that MM selling point ?? We are pretty much a blank canvas for a new investor but a lot of them don't want that, as I think can be seen by how many other clubs have been bought over since MM stated he wanted to sell. They want a solid structure already there, good foundations. MM needs to spend money to make money, players first to bring in crowds and then stadium, then we have a solid foundation to invest in. If MM is playing the option 2 card, we will never make it up and he will never be able to sell. Money runs the game as we can see.

I hope I am wrong and I actually want any sort of investor to come in and gives us a dig out, preferably tomorrow too !!! Otherwise we will end up going in circles, with stadium etc getting more delapidated and less promising with higher losses.

Anyway onwards and upwards !!!!