Simon and Ben on transfers.

BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I was talking to my mate on Saturday about how AVFTT and Twitter have a tendency to magnify the already exaggerated thoughts of a tiny minority of supporters. It’s important for the Club to put them into context and realise that the overwhelming majority of fans are happy and understand that we can’t just blow money st a whim.

Much of what they said there in the interview is stuff that has really already been said on here, by people with a more balanced perspective.

We’re in there trying to land players who will improve the squad, reading between the lines the change of manager has thrown our recruitment planning into a bit of disarray and the competition is pretty fierce.

When SS says the Club needs investment, I don’t think he means ‘outside investment’, but rather the ‘Capital Investment’ that he has said he intends to make to develop the East Stand and a Training Facility.

For me… It’s a tough one…

There’s a part of me that feels that the fans need to dig deep here and do whatever they can afford and get behind and support SS. That means that maybe instead of moaning about the price of tickets or memberships (which are admittedly expensive) we maybe have to realise that this isn’t a one man job…

On the other hand, I’m not sure that the Club can realistically grow without a sustained period of cash injection in terms of both infrastructure and player recruitment.

In the short term it would be good to se SS and the Club catch a few breaks with maybe a decent incoming transfer fee or two, perhaps a lucrative cup run, which maybe helps to support the investment.
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Agree with the first bit. It says a lot that because a small very vocal minority on here and twitter keep on posting rubbish, that the club feel the need to go through the Gazette. I would say 95% of fans are happy with the club now.
 
Philbfctrois said:
I'm not Welsh and to be honest you should all be thankful that I raised the concerns

It's good that they have tried to address my questions from this site

I don't understand the investment bit though as SS has always said he doesn't need outside investment, does he know need it

Why, What's happened?
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Without reading through it all again, the only investment i read was ' capital investment ' which

i took as being investment into the infrastructure of the club etc training ground and East stand

I have only ever read that SS would fund the club through himself, not his company and not through

external investors ( though that could change, i expect, if it was a great deal for the club )
 
I learned nothing from reading that tbh, the answers were all obvious, and I've had no worries sbout recruitment all summer tbh, believe it or not. Some players sign for us and others don't. Bishop appears to be a medical issue, Simms chose Sunderland, Brannagan we had a go but Oxford decided to pay over the odds. He's never looked a player worth that kind of money to me tbh. And I'm happy with the lads who have come in, and i expect 2 or 3 more will arrive, with a month still for thst to happen.

The only issue ive had since Sadler arrived was the 4 year contract for Appleton, which seems excessive to me, an over reaction. But maybe that will turn out to be right too.

Sadler saying this club needs investment is simply a reference to him investing in the east stand and training complex. He's not talking about outside/additional investors getting involved.

I think the club is doing great tbh. I do have one other moan, thats the corporate feel of it all and the pushing of prices to the limits. 30 quid tickets. I understand the financial pressure but it does exclude people and I'm never comfortable with that approach. Its a football wide issue though, and Altrincham has just gone fully pro and is charging £19 this season. Football is a very expensive business. In my opinion the huge sums of money that come into the game from tv deals should enable affordable tickets, but instead it has lead to greater competition to succeed and prices getting pushed upwards. Money money money.

The club is getting things mostly right and nothing seriously wrong in my view.
 
Philbfctrois said:
I think people generally do trust the club but the investment issue worries me as do the comments regarding grandparents buying memberships etc

It does appear that the club are trying to squeeze every last penny out of us fans
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I don’t think there’s any question that the club is looking to (and needs to) maximise the revenue. That’s pretty normal though in proper football clubs and I think it’s fair to say we’ve started to act like a proper club since SS took over.

I think some fans will feel slightly concerned and perhaps have had some of their expectations dampened as a result of the interview, but I think we’ll be fine.

It’s been a whirlwind since the takeover (for all parties) and I think maybe everyone would benefit from taking a breath, just settling down where we are and then we can start thinking about pushing on from here.
 
Junior_BentsPlatformShoes said:
They clearly don’t get your sense of humour SATW, as your thread appears to be mentioned : ‘I even read the Reading game was a must-win, it was a six-pointer. It’s the first game of the season!’
It would appear that joke posts don’t translate well to the club on this site - I didn’t read anyone else’s seriously saying it was a must win 😁
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My work here is done... 😉
 
Philbfctrois said:
I think people generally do trust the club but the investment issue worries me as do the comments regarding grandparents buying memberships etc

It does appear that the club are trying to squeeze every last penny out of us fans
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I think the club are trying to squeeze every last penny out of our discretionary spend.

Choices will be made - a music festival or a season ticket; cinema or walk on game with the kids.

They are pitching prices v other forms of entertainment the difference being the 'loyalty' factor.
 
So good to hear and put some minds at rest.

Basically backs up what was said on here by some, going for better transfer targets, harder to get them.

Doing the best within our budget.

Like I said we continue to operate within the limits SS sets and is comfortable with, so all the Mansford criticism was silly, as they would have failed under SS if he was in Mansfords role.

Also mentions with the recruitment process, SS sparing his time, as said and I thought obvious, he'll be involved in some regard, especially if were going to make a record signing.

We all need to look at what we've achieved and trust the people in charge, who are doing their best to navigate a very tricky and wild industry.
 
Philbfctrois said:
I'm not Welsh and to be honest you should all be thankful that I raised the concerns

It's good that they have tried to address my questions from this site

I don't understand the investment bit though as SS has always said he doesn't need outside investment, does he know need it

Why, What's happened?
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He's not saying he needs outside investment.

"It’s very clear the club needs investment, it’s also very important we do our utmost to progress on the field"

So the first bit is the capital investment aka the TG and East.
 
Philbfctrois said:
I'm not Welsh and to be honest you should all be thankful that I raised the concerns

It's good that they have tried to address my questions from this site

I don't understand the investment bit though as SS has always said he doesn't need outside investment, does he know need it

Why, What's happened?
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To address your various points in one post.

1. I’m not grateful to you for your personal attack on Ben Mansford last week. Of course fans have questions or concerns, and many of these were respectfully aired last week. These have been addressed.

2. Investors and Investment have very different meanings. Capital investment has been costed and clearly explained by the club.

3. I don’t feel the club is trying to squeeze anything from me, over and above the reasonable cost of 2 x ST.

It’s great that the Board have taken time to reassure fans. It’s now time for our casual fans to buy the membership and benefit from the lowest non-ST prices. Absolutely no way should the club offer match day tickets at £20. I’ve posted elsewhere that it’s £19 at Altrincham in the National League.

People argue that £30 is too much, but the visiting fans massively outnumber our casual fans. We cannot afford to lose revenue from visiting fans at this level, and at the same expect investment in the team & infrastructure. The membership scheme is available.

Time for positivity and us all to pull together.
 
Re the medical issue; I spoke to a friend of mine recently who is the head medic at a big Premier League club about this very topic. He said this is an area that the Prem teams have cranked up immensely due to so many losses and overpriced players with underlying conditions/injuries. He then went on to contrast further down the pyramid and that all too often it‘s simply a case of seeing if you can touch your toes and a few pumps on the blood pressure thing around your arm. The gist being, in comparison, lower league teams can literally kibosh swathes of their budget and operating profit by having a pub team medical. He did say 1 or 2 clubs had taken a different view and would see the long term benefit, but that did mean those clubs would, as a result, not complete certain transfers - the same player would then pass 1 at another club.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I don’t think there’s any question that the club is looking to (and needs to) maximise the revenue. That’s pretty normal though in proper football clubs and I think it’s fair to say we’ve started to act like a proper club since SS took over.

I think some fans will feel slightly concerned and perhaps have had some of their expectations dampened as a result of the interview, but I think we’ll be fine.

It’s been a whirlwind since the takeover (for all parties) and I think maybe everyone would benefit from taking a breath, just settling down where we are and then we can start thinking about pushing on from here.
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Yeah we will be OK

Just ok though, people don't buy football clubs to make money, whilst not at first they don't unless you get really lucky and a promotion to the Premier LG

Surely when SS bought the club he realised it would costs him a hell of a lot of his own personal wealth to build the club back up again

It does appear that he's now not that enamered with spending his own money with his recent comments

Thats fine but something has changed

Granted I didn't think he would be throwing multi millions at it but in LG one we were one of the clubs who had a go

Players came in after the window and we signed Simms and Stewart on high wages and even upgraded players we had just signed (Dougall for MJ Williams)

We also shipped out players that Critchley didn't want to give him the best possible chance to succeed

We had 5 left footed defenders at one time

Now it's all a bit more careful

So yeah I am disappointed especially when we can't compete with LG one clubs and fail more times than we succeed when discussing terms

I also think the comments regarding Derby are a bit pathetic if I'm honest, nobody is expecting us to spend what Mell Morris spent. That was a shit sound bite 😳
 
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Philbfctrois said:
Yeah we will be OK

Just ok though, people don't buy football clubs to make money, whilst not at first they don't unless you get really lucky and a promotion to the Premier LG

Surely when SS bought the club he realised it would costs him a hell of a lot of his own personal wealth to build the club back up again

It does appear that he's now not that enamered with spending his own money with his recent comments

Thats fine but something has changed

Granted I didn't think he would be throwing multi millions at it but in LG one we were one of the clubs who had a go

Players came in after the window and we signed Simms and Stewart on high wages and even upgraded players we had just signed (Dougall for MJ Williams)

We also shipped out players that Critchley didn't want to give him the best possible chance to succeed

Now it's all a bit more careful

So yeah I am disappointed especially when we can't compete with LG one clubs

I also think the comments regarding Derby are a bit pathetic if I'm honest, nobody is expecting us to spend what Mell Morris spent
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Reading between the lines, I suspect Phil is a little sore because the interview clearly demonstrates that I'm the first poster SS and the BenMan read, whereas his views have clearly never shown up on their radar.
 
voyeur said:
I learned nothing from reading that tbh, the answers were all obvious, and I've had no worries sbout recruitment all summer tbh, believe it or not. Some players sign for us and others don't.
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I suspect you're not the target audience for the interview, and what must seem obvious to you and me seems to go well beyond some on this board.


voyeur said:
The only issue ive had since Sadler arrived was the 4 year contract for Appleton, which seems excessive to me, an over reaction. But maybe that will turn out to be right too.
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The reality of any "four year contract" is it has get-out clauses, for players I believe one year's notice/salary is standard for the club, for managers I'd imagine it's usually less, perhaps six months, so if Sadler decides to pot MA at any point it's probably going to cost the club £250,000 or thereabout, and not the ~ £2m or so that some seem to imagine.
 
hertfordseasider said:
I have to say I thought it was very defensive and not really what I wanted to hear at all. It was all a bit corporate bullshit to me.
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So is that something that is within their control to remedy herts?

As in….

Do you not like the way the general message was conveyed OR do you just not like the overall message that we are not going to splash the cash?
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I don’t think there’s any question that the club is looking to (and needs to) maximise the revenue. That’s pretty normal though in proper football clubs and I think it’s fair to say we’ve started to act like a proper club since SS took over.

I think someto fans will feel slightly concerned and perhaps have had some of their expectations dampened as a result of the interview, but I think we’ll be fine.

It’s been a whirlwind since the takeover (for all parties) and I think maybe everyone would benefit from taking a breath, just settling down where we are and then we can start thinking about pushing on from here.
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Pre boycott we had a couple of years of bribes to keep people going. As a result, I'm not sure that some appreciate the real cost of football across the country, expecting us to sign players for millions while paying tuppence.

There's nothing wrong with criticism if it's justified. I'm not sure some of it has been. That's not settling for second best, it's a realistic perspective of where we are and want to be.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I was talking to my mate on Saturday about how AVFTT and Twitter have a tendency to magnify the already exaggerated thoughts of a tiny minority of supporters. It’s important for the Club to put them into context and realise that the overwhelming majority of fans are happy and understand that we can’t just blow money st a whim.

Much of what they said there in the interview is stuff that has really already been said on here, by people with a more balanced perspective.

We’re in there trying to land players who will improve the squad, reading between the lines the change of manager has thrown our recruitment planning into a bit of disarray and the competition is pretty fierce.

When SS says the Club needs investment, I don’t think he means ‘outside investment’, but rather the ‘Capital Investment’ that he has said he intends to make to develop the East Stand and a Training Facility.

For me… It’s a tough one…

There’s a part of me that feels that the fans need to dig deep here and do whatever they can afford and get behind and support SS. That means that maybe instead of moaning about the price of tickets or memberships (which are admittedly expensive) we maybe have to realise that this isn’t a one man job…

On the other hand, I’m not sure that the Club can realistically grow without a sustained period of cash injection in terms of both infrastructure and player recruitment.

In the short term it would be good to se SS and the Club catch a few breaks with maybe a decent incoming transfer fee or two, perhaps a lucrative cup run, which maybe helps to support the investment.
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Yep.

As for growing the club, relative success in the championship will do that, each year that we're professional and in big games, more will come over time, also each year BFC is a bigger lure to kids than ever before. Also we are targeting them with shirts etc. It's no longer a joke of a club we used to be when many were younger.

We can also do things like a leaflet drop for a small cost and even have fan volunteers deliver. All raised by donation if necessary.

Obviously the east stand will open up the chance for more pool fans for big games, plus big away followings.

As you say, cup runs, which we've been very poor in, are a huge chance for big money. A good cup run could fund a new player. Its vital we start making the most of them.

The player strategy is also key, as he mentions, developing them, selling a good player and investing in a few more. Who in turn improve us, eventually may go and make even more cash and we go again.

Once this process is underway, after we get lucky with a big fee, the process can move faster, as you bring in even better quality with a higher ceiling and if we keep doing it, one day we will hit the jackpot with a huge fee from a prem club.

You can then fund a team that can challenge nearer the top. That could be maybe 4 or 5 seasons away, depending on if we strike it lucky.

I'm going to call it.... levelling up. 😂
 
I think we just have to accept that for the next couple of years we’re gonna have to utilise the loan market more. Not necessarily awful. Preston’s three best players were loanees last season, Forest got promoted on the back of very smart loan deals.

I’ve been as vocal as anyone online about the lack of transfer activity this summer. Losing out to league one teams does make you raise your eyebrows somewhat but if Oxford and Pompey want to pay silly money, fair play to them.

The only thing in that article I didn’t really agree with was “already having two right backs” comment. Need Connolly in the midfield, and we’ve had since May to get another specialist right back, but football is a game of opinions and I’m not going to slag off the man that’s already put around £10m into the club with another £30m coming on the training ground.

Speaking of which, that will help attract the likes of Simms, Brannagan etc in the future. It’s needed, for the future of the club. So while the next two seasons may be a bit nervy it’ll be worth it, long term, for the future of the club
 
Seaside Aggro said:
I can’t believe that the moaning on this forum (including by me) keeps getting under the skin of the club.
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It’s an interview they didn't need to and probably didn’t want to have to do but it shows they understand the fans and addressing their concerns was important to them. How many other owners/directors would bother.
I don’t think anyone is getting under their skin.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
So is that something that is within their control to remedy herts?

As in….

Do you not like the way the general message was conveyed OR do you just not like the overall message that we are not going to splash the cash?
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Would be interesting to see if he could write exactly what he would want to hear?
 
On the one hand I think it's good Sadler and the club are pretty quick to get in front of criticism and talk to the fans. They should be held accountable and especially after the Oystons realise our fanbase will be rightly on high alert. They aren't above anything. However they definitely spend too much time on avftt and should realise 90% of this stuff is people bored at work overreacting cause thats what fans do or just concern trolling.
 
Athers said:
I think we just have to accept that for the next couple of years we’re gonna have to utilise the loan market more. Not necessarily awful. Preston’s three best players were loanees last season, Forest got promoted on the back of very smart loan deals.

I’ve been as vocal as anyone online about the lack of transfer activity this summer. Losing out to league one teams does make you raise your eyebrows somewhat but if Oxford and Pompey want to pay silly money, fair play to them.

The only thing in that article I didn’t really agree with was “already having two right backs” comment. Need Connolly in the midfield, and we’ve had since May to get another specialist right back, but football is a game of opinions and I’m not going to slag off the man that’s already put around £10m into the club with another £30m coming on the training ground.

Speaking of which, that will help attract the likes of Simms, Brannagan etc in the future. It’s needed, for the future of the club. So while the next two seasons may be a bit nervy it’ll be worth it, long term, for the future of the club
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Pompey didn’t out pay us. We matched them. He didn’t pass our medical standards we have put in place. And went to Portsmouth.

Oxford have made Brannigan their highest paid player by 4 k per week.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
So is that something that is within their control to remedy herts?

As in….

Do you not like the way the general message was conveyed OR do you just not like the overall message that we are not going to splash the cash?
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I don't want them to splash the cash. I didn't think it said anything other than be defensive about what supporters have been saying and their failure to sign the players we know about. We understand why Simms went to Sunderland, but Colby and Brannagan got better offers from clubs in the league below us and they washed over that saying bigger clubs had beaten them to it. Pompy & Oxford bigger clubs????

Having read that I'm none the wise than before I read it. I was just hoping for a more positive interview.
 
hertfordseasider said:
I don't want them to splash the cash. I didn't think it said anything other than be defensive about what supporters have been saying and their failure to sign the players we know about. We understand why Simms went to Sunderland, but Colby and Brannagan got better offers from clubs in the league below us and they washed over that saying bigger clubs had beaten them to it. Pompy & Oxford bigger clubs????

Having read that I'm none the wise than before I read it. I was just hoping for a more positive interview.
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Herts,

We matched Colby but he failed a medical. Brannigan Oxford decided to massively break wage structure and offer him silly money. We haven’t been beaten by League One clubs at all.

It even says so if you read the article properly.
 
Athers said:
I think we just have to accept that for the next couple of years we’re gonna have to utilise the loan market more. Not necessarily awful. Preston’s three best players were loanees last season, Forest got promoted on the back of very smart loan deals.
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There's a lot of players out of contract next summer, some have options, but I imagine a significant number will be moved on, so I imagine there will be a lot more permanent recruitment next summer.
 
hertfordseasider said:
I don't want them to splash the cash. I didn't think it said anything other than be defensive about what supporters have been saying and their failure to sign the players we know about. We understand why Simms went to Sunderland, but Colby and Brannagan got better offers from clubs in the league below us and they washed over that saying bigger clubs had beaten them to it. Pompy & Oxford bigger clubs????

Having read that I'm none the wise than before I read it. I was just hoping for a more positive interview.
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Yep and some of the comments were proper shit

Grandads buying membership cards and using Derby as an example for over spending

Really?
 
Lost Seasider said:
I suspect you're not the target audience for the interview, and what must seem obvious to you and me seems to go well beyond some on this board.




The reality of any "four year contract" is it has get-out clauses, for players I believe one year's notice/salary is standard for the club, for managers I'd imagine it's usually less, perhaps six months, so if Sadler decides to pot MA at any point it's probably going to cost the club £250,000 or thereabout, and not the ~ £2m or so that some seem to imagine.
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I hope youre right, and i dare say you are, but it cost a lot more for Villa to get Critchley. Which is obviously different (another club involved) but a 4 year contract is pretty worthless if only one year applies?
 
SeasideKurt said:
Herts,

We matched Colby but he failed a medical. Brannigan Oxford decided to massively break wage structure and offer him silly money. We haven’t been beaten by League One clubs at all.

It even says so if you read the article properly.
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But we still failed to sign them and they are both playing in league 1.

I just thought it was defensive. I am happy with the signings so far and I have no doubt we will get some more really decent players in before the end of the window I'm just disappointed with our attempts so far and I didn't think it was a particularly uplifting interview.
 
SadlerSword91 said:
Agree with the first bit. It says a lot that because a small very vocal minority on here and twitter keep on posting rubbish, that the club feel the need to go through the Gazette. I would say 95% of fans are happy with the club now.
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I’d say we are very lucky, we are now in the Championship and exciting times ahead, even if it means fighting every year for Championship survival. Personally I cannot wait for for match days every week!
 
voyeur said:
I hope youre right, and i dare say you are, but it cost a lot more for Villa to get Critchley. Which is obviously different (another club involved) but a 4 year contract is pretty worthless if only one year applies?
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It works well for the club, if MA is a success then the club is guaranteed his services for the next 4 years, unless Villa need another tea boy in which case that's another £1m+ coming in, if he's a failure then it's maybe a £250,000 cost to the club, which will sting but isn't the end of the world.
 
hertfordseasider said:
I don't want them to splash the cash. I didn't think it said anything other than be defensive about what supporters have been saying and their failure to sign the players we know about. We understand why Simms went to Sunderland, but Colby and Brannagan got better offers from clubs in the league below us and they washed over that saying bigger clubs had beaten them to it. Pompy & Oxford bigger clubs????

Having read that I'm none the wise than before I read it. I was just hoping for a more positive interview.
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Get your facts right if you are going to criticise. Pompey didnt offer more and they didnt say bigger clubs beat us to Bishop and Brannagan. And its Bishop, not Colby. 😆
 
voyeur said:
Get your facts right if you are going to criticise. Pompey didnt offer more and they didnt say bigger clubs beat us to Bishop and Brannagan. And its Bishop, not Colby. 😆
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How do you know for a fact the details of the Bishop deal?
 
JJpool said:
Yep.

As for growing the club, relative success in the championship will do that, each year that we're professional and in big games, more will come over time, also each year BFC is a bigger lure to kids than ever before. Also we are targeting them with shirts etc. It's no longer a joke of a club we used to be when many were younger.

We can also do things like a leaflet drop for a small cost and even have fan volunteers deliver. All raised by donation if necessary.

Obviously the east stand will open up the chance for more pool fans for big games, plus big away followings.

As you say, cup runs, which we've been very poor in, are a huge chance for big money. A good cup run could fund a new player. Its vital we start making the most of them.

The player strategy is also key, as he mentions, developing them, selling a good player and investing in a few more. Who in turn improve us, eventually may go and make even more cash and we go again.

Once this process is underway, after we get lucky with a big fee, the process can move faster, as you bring in even better quality with a higher ceiling and if we keep doing it, one day we will hit the jackpot with a huge fee from a prem club.

You can then fund a team that can challenge nearer the top. That could be maybe 4 or 5 seasons away, depending on if we strike it lucky.

I'm going to call it.... levelling up. 😂
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About time someone delivered on levelling up 😉
 
Lost Seasider said:
There's a lot of players out of contract next summer, some have options, but I imagine a significant number will be moved on, so I imagine there will be a lot more permanent recruitment next summer.
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Agree…I think this season we are in a sort of holding pattern…hopefully keeping steady until next summer when we can release a few players and get who we really want in and push on..
 
TimperleyTangerine said:
To address your various points in one post.

1. I’m not grateful to you for your personal attack on Ben Mansford last week. Of course fans have questions or concerns, and many of these were respectfully aired last week. These have been addressed.

2. Investors and Investment have very different meanings. Capital investment has been costed and clearly explained by the club.

3. I don’t feel the club is trying to squeeze anything from me, over and above the reasonable cost of 2 x ST.

It’s great that the Board have taken time to reassure fans. It’s now time for our casual fans to buy the membership and benefit from the lowest non-ST prices. Absolutely no way should the club offer match day tickets at £20. I’ve posted elsewhere that it’s £19 at Altrincham in the National League.

People argue that £30 is too much, but the visiting fans massively outnumber our casual fans. We cannot afford to lose revenue from visiting fans at this level, and at the same expect investment in the team & infrastructure. The membership scheme is available.

Time for positivity and us all to pull together.
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Ditto
 
hertfordseasider said:
But we still failed to sign them and they are both playing in league 1.

I just thought it was defensive. I am happy with the signings so far and I have no doubt we will get some more really decent players in before the end of the window I'm just disappointed with our attempts so far and I didn't think it was a particularly uplifting interview.
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You’re looking at it completely wrong tbh. He failed a medical. Doesn’t matter who the player is or where he plays.
 
foggy said:
On the one hand I think it's good Sadler and the club are pretty quick to get in front of criticism and talk to the fans. They should be held accountable and especially after the Oystons realise our fanbase will be rightly on high alert. They aren't above anything. However they definitely spend too much time on avftt and should realise 90% of this stuff is people bored at work overreacting cause thats what fans do or just concern trolling.
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Sum's up Straighters perfectly
 
bollieboy said:
I've taken that as investment for the East Stand and training ground. I'd take that as looking for somebody to invest into the stadium business or borrowing against the facilities not necessarily taking a stake in the football side.
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Not sure about that, I thought it was said when the £30m investment was announced that it would be a personal investment by Simon. Presumably a loan, but not outside investment.
 
voyeur said:
I learned nothing from reading that tbh, the answers were all obvious, and I've had no worries sbout recruitment all summer tbh, believe it or not. Some players sign for us and others don't. Bishop appears to be a medical issue, Simms chose Sunderland, Brannagan we had a go but Oxford decided to pay over the odds. He's never looked a player worth that kind of money to me tbh. And I'm happy with the lads who have come in, and i expect 2 or 3 more will arrive, with a month still for thst to happen.

The only issue ive had since Sadler arrived was the 4 year contract for Appleton, which seems excessive to me, an over reaction. But maybe that will turn out to be right too.

Sadler saying this club needs investment is simply a reference to him investing in the east stand and training complex. He's not talking about outside/additional investors getting involved.

I think the club is doing great tbh. I do have one other moan, thats the corporate feel of it all and the pushing of prices to the limits. 30 quid tickets. I understand the financial pressure but it does exclude people and I'm never comfortable with that approach. Its a football wide issue though, and Altrincham has just gone fully pro and is charging £19 this season. Football is a very expensive business. In my opinion the huge sums of money that come into the game from tv deals should enable affordable tickets, but instead it has lead to greater competition to succeed and prices getting pushed upwards. Money money money.

The club is getting things mostly right and nothing seriously wrong in my view.
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This is all absolutely spot on.

Whilst the club is feeling a little more corporate and prices have gone up as you say this is all what we’ve been craving for decades so it’s a more than acceptable trade off for me.

Frankly some of the posters on here and some things I’ve seen on Twitter are a bit embarrassing and lack any form of critical thinking. But clearly as BM, SS and others at the club monitor this site, Twitter and Facebook, I’d say please understand this is a couple of hundred or so helmets that will be perpetually annoyed at everything, we could be in the Champions League and something wouldn’t be right for them. I mean look at this thread people can’t even decipher a simple interview SS & BM have given.

I think the key for me is to not spend as much time in this chamber as it gives a fairly false impression of the fan base and club at large.

Ultimately we’re going great guns as a club we’ve got minor speed bumps in the road but have and are continuing to navigate them pretty well.

What a time to be a Blackpool supporter.
 
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