We have become a very dull football club

[Jack Daniels]

Also think that a certain advisor would be advising against selling to save their job on the EFL board.

A conflict of interests which shouldn't be allowed.

The EFL Board should be independent members, not aligned to other Clubs / Jobs.

H. O.
R. O.

 

[Victorthesecond]

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.☹️☹️☹️☹️😡

Totally this. I'm sure that Craig and Peter understand the income differences between Championship and L1 and let's not forget how many seasons it took us to escape last time round. The figures are eye- watering and, slightly out of date but surely still relevant, evidenced here: Annual Review of Football Finance: Football League Clubs

I've been shot down on this forum by mentioning January but most of us agree there are key positions to be looked at : LB, GK, Striker. Like it or not, the Jan window may be our only hope of surviving. Whether or not our scouting system is up to the task is another question.

 

[Earlofcurl]

Imagine being worth circa £1billion and choosing to live on the Isle of Man…..
I think I’d rather be skint but for some it is all about the money.

 

[Ando60]

I've had nearly 24 hours to reflect on yesterday and chose to put my thoughts on this thread, because very dull sums it up. I sat in the car with the rain hammering down not really wanting to get out.
I'll probably get called out for this, but sod it. I'm quickly losing faith in Hecky. Why does he persist with Whiteman? Ledson, and not Whiteman, sacrificed at half time. No Frokjaer, although he now seems to be a pale imitation of the player he was when he first came, no doubt having the individuality coached out of him by both Lowe and Heckingbottom. Apart from him, and at a push, Osmajic, nobody excites me.
Lowe got loads of stick on here, I was as guilty as anyone. Yesterday was as shit as anything I saw under Lowe. It was like we were pleased with the point. If Derby had realised how bad we are, they win, and they were poor.
I won't even start on the issues off the pitch, other than to state the obvious, radical change is required. I live in hope.

Great post Janie….

You talk about not really wanting to get out of your car, well I couldn’t be arsed to get off my sofa 😁

 

[Joanpne]

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.

You see I don’t think there is a reset button, I doubt there is a plan or even money for that. I think the current custodians would be happy for the club to slide into oblivion without a backward glance.

 

[SoccerHQ]

Yeah, that's Moult.

Shame he got injured when he did. Not saying he'd have developed into an amazing CF at this level but he had more about him than Stockley from what I saw in this time.

Losing him to ACL and then at the former owner's request signing Nugent to replace him shows the recruitment hasn't been great for many years.

The Nugent re-signing isn't something you can pin on the Riddler given what was said at the time. Also had 7m burning a hole in club's pocket that summer from selling Robbo to Sheffield United. Look at what effectively replaced him.

 

[Snickiwi]

 

[Durutti]

This is just so painfully true.