Another article on Sadler

Chunkylad said:
Totally agree Herts.

We laugh at the Nobbers but realistically you need that £20 million loss every year just to be a bang average bridesmaid team. Yes every blue moon a Blackpool or a Luton happens but they’re really unusual events as is the winners of the Prem and Cups (normally same old same old)

So just to tread water for 10 years in the Championship, your owner is blowing £200-250 million. That’s billionaire plus territory

It’s also easy to say generate income from none football activities but what does that really mean? You’d have to have one hell of a shirt sponsorship deal to bridge that gap and be running concerts almost weekly.
It’s not like you can make millions selling more mugs, pies and hoodies to the locals is it? If top bars and restaurants find it hard in this modern world to compete what hope has the club got of enticing more spend?

It’s bloody sobering. Players don’t give two. If they can earn £10k a week playing somewhere else they take it even if that club is close to bankruptcy. The Prem isn’t going to give their cash away either as they see an arms race versus Real Madrid and PSG and couldn’t give two how Wycombe are doing.

The fans have to be realistic. Nothing can change unless a Billionaire plus turns up.
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I think people have mentioned that summer concerts used to make aprox 1m, whilst it might mean doing the pitch slightly later and missing a home pre season game, maybe that would be worth it and is feasible.

There are many other ways including commercial facilities in a new east maybe.

Something often missed from the lower price strategy is that if you have more eyes on regularly you might be able to negotiate a bigger sponsorship amount.

Ultimately it help to be a Billionaire, however I think we can generate more revenue as some clubs do and with a smart player sales model.
 
voyeur said:
I guess this situation may alert people who are looking to buy into English EFL clubs. Even Wycombe has just been bought by a multi billionaire. I've no idea whether Sadler will see the club as a burden that he could do without, or as an anchor in difficult times. Could be either.
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If Morecambe can attract American buyers I'm sure we could!

www.thesun.co.uk

EFL club supported by sporting legend set to be saved by mystery US group

MORECAMBE are close to a takeover deal with a mystery US group. The hard-up League Two club hope that reaching an agreement before the end of May will save them. This comes after the Shrimps, loved…
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People are literally queuing up to buy English clubs - now admittedly not all of these guys will be people you’d want in charge of your club but there are also some seriously wealthy and talented people out there wanting to buy clubs.
We would have no problem finding a buyer if needed and as I’ve said, there are interested parties right now.
 
Why on earth are we talking of American or other rich buyers ,it ain't going to happen .

The guy supports the club,he grew up in Blackpool and is taking nothing from the club

There is no comparison between Sadler and Oyston era I terms of investment, integrity and the day to day running of the club

We missed out on the play offs on the last day of the season - yes there were some boring games but that's hardly down to SS .

Pull your pants up

Glad he doesn't read this board .
 
Bisphamtang said:
Why on earth are we talking of American or other rich buyers ,it ain't going to happen .

The guy supports the club,he grew up in Blackpool and is taking nothing from the club

There is no comparison between Sadler and Oyston era I terms of investment, integrity and the day to day running of the club

We missed out on the play offs on the last day of the season - yes there were some boring games but that's hardly down to SS .

Pull your pants up

Glad he doesn't read this board .
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He does read this board! 😂
 
Mexboroseasider said:
I’ve always been a big fan of Thomas Cromwell 👍

Oliver is a different century and a bit too Taliban for my liking.
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Too controlling for me, Thomas C. Mind you, he did work for a sociopath. From that period I took to Thomas Cranmer. He kept his head when Cromwell lost his. He pushed through the Book of Common Prayer during the reign of Edward VI and might have survived Mary, had it not been for the fact that she was the sociopathic daughter of the sociopathic father.
 
hertfordseasider said:
He does read this board! 😂
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Bisphamtang said:
Why on earth are we talking of American or other rich buyers ,it ain't going to happen .

The guy supports the club,he grew up in Blackpool and is taking nothing from the club

There is no comparison between Sadler and Oyston era I terms of investment, integrity and the day to day running of the club

We missed out on the play offs on the last day of the season - yes there were some boring games but that's hardly down to SS .

Pull your pants up

Glad he doesn't read this board .
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It is a strange one,owning your boyhood football club,local lad minted,then moves to Oxford,strange.
 
basilrobbie3 said:
I don't think he has to report to Squires Gate for training every day, so living somewhere nice within easy reach of work makes sense.

You sound like someone who is desperate to find a new stick to beat him with.
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Isn’t that where the airport is,sticks are for bullies,what ya talking about.
 
voyeur said:
But not your choice I believe?!
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Can always count on you mate, eye for detail eh?

Half my life and the other Cheshire, could be worse! But nah, it's not a good place to live if you work in tech, let's be fair... 😄
 
Tangerine1953! said:
Hence why I said he’s done a few good things. The east stand is still ongoing as is the New training ground. The money from bowler Yates and critchley is a big chunk. Over 5 million. Has that been put back into the squad? Yeah he saved us and yeah he’s a local lad but I personally don’t think he’s willing to put in enough money to get to a top championship club like they say they want to be. If he did he would of broke the bank the January we came down and wouldn’t of appointed the Cheap options of Michael Appleton and mick McCarthy.
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The cheap option was Dobbie, pretty sure Appleton was given a lucrative 4 year deal and Mccarthy would have been performance based on staying in the Championship.
They might well have been the wrong appointments, but not done for money saving reasons.
I am no Critch fan, but Sadler again has not gone for the cheap option, but obviously trusts him over the longer term as the only manager he has not sacked.
 
Bend it like Suddick said:
Yet.

Didn't have chance the first time as the little weasel upped and left
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He was successful the first time he was here and who's to say that success wouldn't have continued. So is anyone who leaves their
employment to better themselves . increase their salary etc , a weasel? The country would be overrun with them.
 
You have no idea who Sadler is. You don’t know him personally, you’ve never done business with him. All you know is he owns the club and has been caught with his pants down in Hong Kong. For all you know he could just be a cleverer Oyston. Only time will tell. For now the club has over nineteen million in debt, no actual first team, no new stand or training ground and we’re in Division three. That’s what you know. This next year will tell us all we need to know about Sadler and please if he earns plaudits let’s give them generously and if he’s the same as what we had with a different face let’s not make excuses for him.
 
FessParker said:
So is anyone who leaves their
employment to better themselves . increase their salary etc , a weasel? The country would be overrun with them.
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Most people do it properly, not expect the owner to engage with him regarding contracts and recruitment etc , then expect to leave within a few days, leaving the Club and Supporters in disarray.

Critchley did that....hence my opinion of him
 
Bend it like Suddick said:
Most people do it properly, not expect the owner to engage with him regarding contracts and recruitment etc , then expect to leave within a few days, leaving the Club and Supporters in disarray.

Critchley did that....hence my opinion of him
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Well if a job offer with four times the pay came out of the blue, would you politely turn it down? I have more difficulty with him coming back than leaving. He made a choice, we should have moved on. We had a bloke in position who wasn't offered the job but stayed to coach the reserves.
 
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voyeur said:
Well if a job offer with four times the pay came out of the blue, would you politely turn it down? I have more difficulty with him coming back than leaving. He made a choice, we should have moved in. We had a bloke in position who wasn't offered the job but stayed to coach the reserves.
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Its a tough one voy in relation to the money (Im honest enough to say a rise like that is very tempting), BUT, I have standards that I have maintained all my life, and I would like to think I would have done it by the book.

Besides that, I rarely gave a fist pump to my section or Inspector.
 
Bend it like Suddick said:
Its a tough one voy in relation to the money (Im honest enough to say a rise like that is very tempting), BUT, I have standards that I have maintained all my life, and I would like to think I would have done it by the book.

Besides that, I rarely gave a fist pump to my section or Inspector.
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Fist pumps are just a daft bit of theatre, the north wants them, I don't understand the fuss.

By the book. He didnt do anything wrong really, just should've said something, but Sadler got angry and he decided to stay schtum.
 
Bend it like Suddick said:
Its a tough one voy in relation to the money (Im honest enough to say a rise like that is very tempting), BUT, I have standards that I have maintained all my life, and I would like to think I would have done it by the book.

Besides that, I rarely gave a fist pump to my section or Inspector.
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If he came back and played exciting football, I think opinions would be different. It is the boring football and safety first mantra that turns me against him
 
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