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Back Lowe properly

Back Lowe properly

Tugg Speedman

Tugg Speedman

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This summer we offloaded a good number of players to reduce the squad size & wage bill.

We no longer have to pay ex manager Neil.

We got a small amount of money in for Davies transfer to Rangers.

Yet we've only paid a fee for 1 player.

Where is the money for signings?

We've got a good young manager. Why are the board not backing him properly?
 
Tugg Speedman said:
This summer we offloaded a good number of players to reduce the squad size & wage bill.

We no longer have to pay ex manager Neil.

We got a small amount of money in for Davies transfer to Rangers.

Yet we've only paid a fee for 1 player.

Where is the money for signings?

We've got a good young manager. Why are the board not backing him properly?
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These are the facts and the pressing questions that should be being put to The Riddler by Lancs Live, not after the window...NOW.

Pressure should be put on the board to back Lowe.
 
Have to admit, I've come away from today's game feeling really narked off. Not because we didn't win but because it's SO obvious RL needs more backing but yet again the club are failing in another transfer window. It's happened so many windows before, it's just boring now. The club make a big noise about how they're going to be more ambitious but then aren't. Yes, stability is great and none of us want to be like Derby or Bury. But let's be honest, upper midtable finishes and winning Lancashire derbies is as ambitious as our owners are ever going to be.
 
Rankine said:
Everyone at the club pulling together this season apart from one.............the owners!!!

The fans have been awesome this season if the owners do not do there bit it will not happen again...
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It is plain to see for everyone. The owners have no interest in seeing this club progress, there is no passion, conviction or ideas coming from the silent owners.

Only once have I heard anything from the mouth of Craig Hemmings, it is almost like the billionaire owners don't exist and have nothing to do with the football club.

Why can't we have someone like Steve Parish or Matthew Benham, we have got the opposite, owners that don't give a toss about success at the club.

All we needed this summer was a couple more signings, maybe 3 if we strengthened the defence, instead all has gone silent again, and we have dropped valuable points that could be crucial later in the season. What does this summer recruitment say to the fans, the fans that have backed the club with extraordinary efforts, efforts by record sales of season tickets, the efforts to improve the atmosphere with the flags and banners, a show of support for our club. Yet the billionaire owners stay stum, like impotent eunuchs.

Pissed off with the Hemmings family, put up or sell up, cut your losses and do one.
 
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We have so much to lose unless those that have it their power start to show absolute positivity. We could loose a good forward thinking Manager and his coaching staff. We could loose those extra season ticket sales. We could loose the increased poitivity, good feeling and atmosphere that the fans have generated so far this season. We live in a Country where it is seems to be the aim to give shareholders dividends and senior staff bonuses at the expense of inward investment in the essential needs of their business , including the workers. Is Pne model not to invest in necessary players an attempt to minimise the owners contribution to running costs?
 
I’m not sure you can say Lowe’s been backed yet. They got a very good keeper in on a permanent. A promising loan from the Premier League who is currently injured and a couple of freebies. One who looks decent enough and the other who has done very well but let’s be honest, we’re just waiting for the injury to come.

I’ve seen a few comments yesterday on Twitter. Folk can absolutely question tactics, formations, team selections, backing etc etc that’s what it’s about. Some of the comments though, are silly. It feels like there’s a little clique that are sharping their knives in preparation for a couple of defeats.

We’re one (not yet completed) summer window into a squad overhaul. We’re light in a couple of positions. As it stands, we’re probably a mid table side but a couple of key additions and we could be in contention.

The board need to back their guy. Like him or not, there’s a buzz about the place. Crowds are up. Fans are engaging massively. It’s moving in the right direction. Now it’s over to the club to back the guy. If he suffers the fate in the window as previous managers, it’ll be interesting to see whether he’s afforded the same patience that they got.
 
Rankine said:
Everyone at the club pulling together this season apart from one.............the owners!!!

The fans have been awesome this season if the owners do not do there bit it will not happen again...
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Fans have been fantastic this season despite the home draws 15k v Hull Rotherham Watford would prob not happen if the season ticket where not that price. plus the club early on comments as well. away games getting lots sold, we need to see action in next week before window closes even though games have been draws at home I have enjoyed being on games more so far my view.
 
It seems that the club have duped the fans again. Those in charge have merely demonstrated their ‘ambition’ by talking to/being linked with players they know they can’t (or aren’t willing to) afford. If the ambition is to not be relegated then fair enough - just be clear and open on that. But of course they can’t because no- one wants to manage/play for/support a club who’s only arsed about winning half of its games.
 
jamesOB said:
We spent more in most windows under Hemmings than we have in this one

Around half a mill for Woodman, 2 loanees and 3 freebies

1m for McCann, 2m for Whiteman, 1.2m for Riis and Bayliss, 1.5m for Potts

Significantly more outlay under Trevor than we’ve seen under the family
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Plus we slashed the wage bill (with Woodman the only long-term addition to it), and slashed the head count of the first team squad.

It's been a cost-cutting summer all round, sold as stepping up to the next level.
 
jamesOB said:
We spent more in most windows under Hemmings than we have in this one

Around half a mill for Woodman, 2 loanees and 3 freebies

1m for McCann, 2m for Whiteman, 1.2m for Riis and Bayliss, 1.5m for Potts

Significantly more outlay under Trevor than we’ve seen under the family
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2 mil for Whiteman??
I wasn't aware that we'd gone above 2000-01 prices
Current regime hasn't been in place all that long.
The size of those fees you've listed are figures that we may well see the likes of again but nothing more, I'd be amazed if it was!
To compare the Trev years to the current regime I think is a tad premature as they've only been in charge for 2 windows.
On the whole though, I think over time , it will be exactly the same with the odd 1.odd million here an there leaving us short every season in the extra quality we need for a real push
 
Naughton's moustache said:
2 mil for Whiteman??
I wasn't aware that we'd gone above 2000-01 prices
Current regime hasn't been in place all that long.
The size of those fees you've listed are figures that we may well see the likes of again but nothing more, I'd be amazed if it was!
To compare the Trev years to the current regime I think is a tad premature as they've only been in charge for 2 windows.
On the whole though, I think over time , it will be exactly the same with the odd 1.odd million here an there leaving us short every season in the extra quality we need for a real push
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Ridsdale said we’d probably broken our transfer record with Whiteman

You say we may see them again, but we aren’t even spending that with the best chance we may have. We’ve spent half an mill and are now being told we’ve got no money
 
jamesOB said:
Ridsdale said we’d probably broken our transfer record with Whiteman

You say we may see them again, but we aren’t even spending that with the best chance we may have. We’ve spent half an mill and are now being told we’ve got no money
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Yep, that was a real worrying comment to hear an it completely just doesn't add up🤔
 
Got the feeling RL was a bit miffed when asked about transfers on the BBC Lancs post interview. When asked about outgoings before incomings…
 
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