27-01-2016, 12:43
A supporter-owned AFC Chesterfield taking on the Spire mantle would be lovely. Being tied to a Chairman who might make bad decisions, or even die, is obviously not ideal. We all know that don't we?
The first would only grow out of a crisis - a real life-threatening crisis. The second? Well Mr Allen 's a man, he's likely to make mistakes (or brilliant decisions) and eventually die. We can't get rid of him even if we wanted to, so where's AFC Chesterfield going to come from? Are the Bob's Boarders likely to fund and run the new club through the 10-20 years it will take to come up through the tiers ...... and they'd be forced to start below Staveley's level? I didn't kind of get the feeling there was that kind of acumen available.
We've a truly decent man as manager who will give us his all. Saving us from relegation with or without Morsy will be a struggle.
We've a Chairman who has helped us change everything about the club, except our perennial inability to climb higher than the bottom two divisions. Where our money goes is not transparent to me at least, but as Mr Allen does hold the power of life and death over us and chooses to exercise it in our favour, he can't be all bad can he?
The first would only grow out of a crisis - a real life-threatening crisis. The second? Well Mr Allen 's a man, he's likely to make mistakes (or brilliant decisions) and eventually die. We can't get rid of him even if we wanted to, so where's AFC Chesterfield going to come from? Are the Bob's Boarders likely to fund and run the new club through the 10-20 years it will take to come up through the tiers ...... and they'd be forced to start below Staveley's level? I didn't kind of get the feeling there was that kind of acumen available.
We've a truly decent man as manager who will give us his all. Saving us from relegation with or without Morsy will be a struggle.
We've a Chairman who has helped us change everything about the club, except our perennial inability to climb higher than the bottom two divisions. Where our money goes is not transparent to me at least, but as Mr Allen does hold the power of life and death over us and chooses to exercise it in our favour, he can't be all bad can he?