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We have become a very dull football club

We have become a very dull football club

shabbagaz said:
Spot on. With regards to the pa system, it doesn't actually work properly as the speakers on the Finney stand are buggered - all we tend to hear is muffled noise. Even the speakers on the concourse are fucked.
That coupled with the general state of the stadium and a shit club shop also adds to the general depressing experience.
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Some dimwits believe that ever-louder is ever-better.
Instead of quality of sound rather than quantity of sound.
 
JK said:


Something else the owners have neglected, the only non stitched pitch in the Premier League and Championship.
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Do we know how many League One sides have them? If we're the only Championship side, it suggests that Oxford, Portsmouth etc have one and therefore must be present in League One too.
 
Thracia said:
Ridsdale also informed us a few months ago it would cost £1m to install desso, and a further £500k for undersoil heating - and such a king's ransom for our pauperish owners means "we have plans, as soon as possible, and it’s probably going to be next summer now [...] we’ve only got so much money and I’m currently choosing to use that to strengthen the squad".

Do you want a desso pitch with undersoil heating or a Jeppe Okkels?
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Given how much poor Jeppe has been utilised this season even this is looking like another example of poor judgement on spending.
 
JK said:
Apathy is worse than anger.

It has dripped down from the ownership downwards.

All the fans groups wrote to the owners 2 years ago with our concerns.

These got rebuffed.

They don't think anyone else could do a better a job.

It's bloody depressing.
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I think you're being harsh. We pay our tax on time. And some teams don't. 🎉🎊
 
Ando60 said:
The club is sucking the life out of everybody…..

We are sleepwalking into relegation and nobody at the club seems to care 😡
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Its been a sleep walking marathon, that has been going on for years, not something that has become apparent this season !

We have all been aware of this but have continued to let it happen !
 
northender2 said:
I said to the person next to me today, that there seems to be a geral feeling of apathy from everyone invilved at the club, we need a big reset, whether that is relegation and a confidence boosting promotion push or a change in ownership, something has to happen. Mid table in the championship year after year with no hope of going up hardly inspires anyone
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Why would relegation be followed by a promotion,be under no illusion the present regime would not invest to purchase players capable of a promotion challenge.
The budget would be slashed by the powers that be in the IOM, other revenue streams would also dramatically decrease and season ticket sales would hit a low not seen for 10-15 years.
The walk on fans and home attendances would plummet, supporters finding more enjoyable ways of spending hard earned cash than watching dire football against the likes of Stevenage, Crawley, Cambridge ,Exeter and the likes.
Relegation for our club under this regime would be disastrous and the club could spiral into a low not seen for 35 years.☹️☹️☹️☹️😡
 
Wisemen say said:
Why would relegation be followed by a promotion,be under no illusion the present regime would not invest to purchase player capable of a promotion challenge.
The budget would be slashed by the powers that be in the IOM, other revenue streams would also dramatically decrease and season ticket sales would hit a low not seen for 10-15 years.
The walk on fans and home attendances would plummet, supporters finding more enjoyable ways of spending hard earned cash than watching dire football against the liked of Stevenage, Crawley, Cambridge , Exeter and the likes.
Relegation for our club under this regime would be disastrous and the club could spiral into a low not seen for 35 years.☹️☹️☹️☹️😡
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Relegation is also inevitable. A glance at the accounts and then the squad shows this. Our owners set a relegation budget every year. The squad is reverting to that level of investment.

The club needs a reset. No reset is coming while we are in the Championship - the owners won't sell for a realistic price while we're in the Championship, and they also won't finance a reset of the squad, the academy - anything - at Championship prices themselves.

A reset is only coming with relegation. And better sooner rather than later IMO - get this shitty squad off the books before Ledson, Hughes and Storey get to enjoy a joint testimonial match; let Ridsdale provide us with his "what next" sermon on the mount; and finally show these absentee owners that their strategy is useless, because nobody wants that match yesterday on endless repeat forever, which is their current plan in full.
 
Wisemen say said:
Why would relegation be followed by a promotion,be under no illusion the present regime would not invest to purchase players capable of a promotion challenge.
The budget would be slashed by the powers that be in the IOM, other revenue streams would also dramatically decrease and season ticket sales would hit a low not seen for 10-15 years.
The walk on fans and home attendances would plummet, supporters finding more enjoyable ways of spending hard earned cash than watching dire football against the likes of Stevenage, Crawley, Cambridge ,Exeter and the likes.
Relegation for our club under this regime would be disastrous and the club could spiral into a low not seen for 35 years.☹️☹️☹️☹️😡
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If we were in League one now with this current squad I don’t think that we would be in the Top 6….

Birmingham, Wrexham, Stockport, Huddersfield, Barnsley etc , it’s a strong division..
 
IrishNorthEnder93 said:
I just don’t understand why Craig Hemmings persists on keeping Ridsdale around, the man is an absolute dinosaur, he should be retired by now and enjoying his pension.

The DOF Job should go to someone who actually knows about the modern game and preferably someone younger, I think Ridsdale’s footballing Brain is still in the early 2000’s.

RIDSDALE OUT!!
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This - and the fact that it wasn't exactly particularly successful then!!
His is a career littered with ultimate failure everywhere he's been and yet he's managed to become extremely wealthy from it.
Even his 'Business'' Career ended in failure
Its baffling just HOW he's managed to get away with it for so long.
 
Ando60 said:
If we were in League one now with this current squad I don’t think that we would be in the Top 6….

Birmingham, Wrexham, Stockport, Huddersfield, Barnsley etc , it’s a strong division..
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But we have more chance of finishing in the top 6 in League One sometime in - say - the next 10 years than we have of finishing in the top 6 in this division in the next 10 years.

I guess people just have to ask themselves what they want to watch for the next 10 years.
 
Thracia said:
Relegation is also inevitable. A glance at the accounts and then the squad shows this. Our owners set a relegation budget every year. The squad is reverting to that level of investment.

The club needs a reset. No reset is coming while we are in the Championship - the owners won't sell for a realistic price while we're in the Championship, and they also won't finance a reset of the squad, the academy - anything - at Championship prices themselves.

A reset is only coming with relegation. And better sooner rather than later IMO - get this shitty squad off the books before Ledson, Hughes and Storey get to enjoy a joint testimonial match; let Ridsdale provide us with his "what next" sermon on the mount; and finally show these absentee owners that their strategy is useless, because nobody wants that match yesterday on endless repeat forever, which is their current plan in full.
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Reset the new cliche for building ? ………

We have been building for decades and never quite finish, unlike the many Hemming’s housing estates !
 
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