[spireitematt]

I sit here writing this talking about next season and all I can think is how xxxx depressing it is right now. How have we got to this? Honestly? 3 years ago we were on the verge of gaining promotion to the Championship and playing 2nd division for the first time since 1951 and now we are all but relegated to Non-League for the first time in the club's history. Even you Blue can't put a positive spin on this. Dancing was right and so was Dev as well they foresaw it before you and I did and we kept the faith and tried to be optimistic but they could see the writing was on the wall like some mystic meg.

Questions need to be asked as to what happens now. Is there going to be a team next season in the Conference? or will Chesterfield fold and we end up missing out a season while a fan owned phoenix club is formed via the fans and we start playing the season after in the Northern Eastern Counties League or whatever its called. Will we be in the Conference and be a part-time club with semi-professional players? Can we afford to play in the Conference especially with the stadium and the amount of money it will cost to run full-time and not to mention it costs about £1.5 million to gain promotion out of the Conference back into the Football League. Could we do a Mansfield and be stuck in there for about 7 years or do a Stockport County and drop down another league into Conference North.

If we are in the Conference next season a lot of teams are going to be up for visiting the Proact because it will be like there cup final to go and get 3pts off us at home because our ground and pitch will be like Wembley compared to some of the stadia in the National League. Also we could have the biggest ground in the National League or second biggest depending on if Tranmere gain promotion back to L2 or Stockport gaining promotion into the National League.

The other big question is what is going to happen to the current squad? Will they have their contracts cancelled or will they decide to take a pay cut and continue playing for the side in non-league because I very much doubt that. These are the players who are still under contract.

OOC 2018; Evatt, Hird, Parkin (gk), Brownell, Weir, Talbot, Coke

OOC 2019; German, Barry, Anyon (gk), Wiseman, Ugwu, Wakefield (youth team), Sinnott, Binnom-Williams, Brewster, Maguire, O'Grady, McCourt, Dennis, Willock, Hines, Kay, Dodds, Smith

OOC 2020; Whitmore

OOC 2021; Rowley

I expect a lot of these players to be sold or to be released if the club can afford it. I would keep Evatt, Talbot, Hird, German, Ugwu, Wakefield, Binnom-Williams, Willock, Kay, Dodds, Smith, Whitmore. I expect Rowley and Dennis to be sold and the others probably buy out there own contracts unless there is some relegation clause.

Reading Bob's Board I see that fans are starting to get fed up of Lester's tactics especially with playing 1 upfront and also the team selection. I expected whoever came to the club as manager would find it a difficult challenge but we can't keep sacking managers when it's going bad. Since Cook left in 2015 we've got through 4 managers. FOUR!. Right now the club needs stability and I think Lester should be given a chance in the Conference (that's if there is a club) to turn this around because something has to click soon.