08-03-2015, 19:58
Mirf do you really believe someone is banging Deano's door down to sell the club? It's more likely he's appointed a company to discreetly punt us around the states or gulf countries looking for a zillionaire playboy.
Despite Hudders being a sizeable town, it's true to say a significant percentage of its population are not interested in footy (cricket is their main sport I'm being as PC as I can here) there's too many Mancs & Weeds fans around for my liking but thats what you get with urban sprawl where towns run into oneanother and identity is difficult to define. Take a look at the egg chasers, they cant get 5000 of their own fans either without similar ticket offers no matter how Ken Davy spins the real numbers. Nor is Hudders a wealthy area, yes some nice spots around the edges and tops but its pretty working class and bordering on grim as you come dowmhill in any direction. We cant charge £500-600 season tickets which is probably what the bean crunchers demand to be sustainable at this level.
People will selectively pick n choose where they spend any disposable income and have broadened their horizons & expectations in the 21st century, football has to compete with cinema, concerts, comedy nights, a night on the tiles is small fortune.
I've been going regular since early 80's when 7000 was a decent crowd at LR. We've moved to the new stadium in 95. its fact we struggle to get 15000 home fans even if we're flying, the support level is simply not there and anyone sizing us up to invest, doing their business due diligence, would realise our potential isnt very apetising.
Isn't Deano's current £5-6m per season not significant in itself already just to balance the books, why should we expect him to throw/invest/gamble/spunk (call it what you may) £20-25 million of his own hard earned at it to chase a pot of gold which is the prem for 1 season. Forest have done that this season and are still some way from securing that status.
Lets say you win £72m on the Friday Euro lottery, how much would you want to 'throw at it' and be prepared to gamble. The right type of players wont come for high wages 1 season only otherwise we'd have to shed the lot if we fail when the cheques stop the season after and that would damage us more than ever, managers wouldnt want to work/operate under those terms either.
I'm resigned to the fact this is how its going to be for the forseeable future, bottom 3rd Champ side (at best) whilst ever Deano or someone of similar wealth has control of us. I was underwhelmed when Powell was appointed and that's probably just the start of where all our current problems lie, at board level wasnt Clibbens Deano's auditor when he was at CF? built up a strong bond with him and poached him that's what happens in business - he's a leeds fan anyway - wish I'd now disturbed him on the train back from Norwich and pinged a few questions to him.
We are where we are for a host of reasons, I dont claim to have the answers but dont feel the town/area is fully behind the club and that's where it starts n finishes, there's some elements in the middle that can be influenced outside the control of the average fan and we've not struck that balance succesfully as of yet.
Despite Hudders being a sizeable town, it's true to say a significant percentage of its population are not interested in footy (cricket is their main sport I'm being as PC as I can here) there's too many Mancs & Weeds fans around for my liking but thats what you get with urban sprawl where towns run into oneanother and identity is difficult to define. Take a look at the egg chasers, they cant get 5000 of their own fans either without similar ticket offers no matter how Ken Davy spins the real numbers. Nor is Hudders a wealthy area, yes some nice spots around the edges and tops but its pretty working class and bordering on grim as you come dowmhill in any direction. We cant charge £500-600 season tickets which is probably what the bean crunchers demand to be sustainable at this level.
People will selectively pick n choose where they spend any disposable income and have broadened their horizons & expectations in the 21st century, football has to compete with cinema, concerts, comedy nights, a night on the tiles is small fortune.
I've been going regular since early 80's when 7000 was a decent crowd at LR. We've moved to the new stadium in 95. its fact we struggle to get 15000 home fans even if we're flying, the support level is simply not there and anyone sizing us up to invest, doing their business due diligence, would realise our potential isnt very apetising.
Isn't Deano's current £5-6m per season not significant in itself already just to balance the books, why should we expect him to throw/invest/gamble/spunk (call it what you may) £20-25 million of his own hard earned at it to chase a pot of gold which is the prem for 1 season. Forest have done that this season and are still some way from securing that status.
Lets say you win £72m on the Friday Euro lottery, how much would you want to 'throw at it' and be prepared to gamble. The right type of players wont come for high wages 1 season only otherwise we'd have to shed the lot if we fail when the cheques stop the season after and that would damage us more than ever, managers wouldnt want to work/operate under those terms either.
I'm resigned to the fact this is how its going to be for the forseeable future, bottom 3rd Champ side (at best) whilst ever Deano or someone of similar wealth has control of us. I was underwhelmed when Powell was appointed and that's probably just the start of where all our current problems lie, at board level wasnt Clibbens Deano's auditor when he was at CF? built up a strong bond with him and poached him that's what happens in business - he's a leeds fan anyway - wish I'd now disturbed him on the train back from Norwich and pinged a few questions to him.
We are where we are for a host of reasons, I dont claim to have the answers but dont feel the town/area is fully behind the club and that's where it starts n finishes, there's some elements in the middle that can be influenced outside the control of the average fan and we've not struck that balance succesfully as of yet.