Thick as two short planks.
Probably singing Daniel grimshaw when we conceded the first
Shameful post. Sadler gave you the club back you ungrateful bastard.
Fuck off.
Thick as one short plank !
Great point well made. What a clown
Of course he's made mistakes, that is obvious, and i never said he saved the club, i said he gave it us back. He's most definitely not beyond criticism, but the post by DA is way way over the top. Calling Sadler a joke and saying the relegation is on him........ utterly needless.
Fuck off again
It's on a number of factors, some of it by total mismanagement and recruitment, some of it atrocious injuries the like I hope we never see the same again, but at the end of the day the person at the top has to take responsibility so he needs to be really positive because if he keeps things as they are and doesn't realise that we are on our way to division 2. He is more in the spotlight now in a negative way so it's how he handles it in the next 12 months that will really count.
Can’t argue with that. Fans saved the club (and in the process gave VB the momentum he needed to do what he did).
He also gave us Charlie Adam, DJ Campbell and the Premier League !
Good post.
We. wouldn't have got rid of the vermin without him and we wouldn't have got in the PL without him. WTF has money laundering got to do with it? And how did he get back in bed with the vermin when they were suing supporters, I don't remember it like that.
With all due respect, the supporters had little to no effect in getting rid of the Oystons, it was VB, without him Oyston would still be here not giving a fuck about NAPM and cutting back as needed.
Oyston in
If you're paying Mansford in the region of 300k to perform as badly as he has done this season, why is he still gainfully employed ?
Have a day off
But they sacrificed everything they loved, they would have won eventually but it may have taken years, there is no doubt VB and the court case was the main reason, which makes my blood boil when we see the total incompetence coming from the club now and still people fawn over Sadler instead of daring to criticise. And then to slag off VB when he really was the one who saved the club is staggering. I wouldn't want him back, he certainly has a shady past, but the short time he was involved in the club he helped us get to the EPL and then helped us get rid of the stains.
Is it really as bad it's been in the last 40 years though?
For me yes, and not because of the relegation. I cannot point to a single sound decision that has been made. In the past we’ve been up against it, but rarely have I seen such a catalogue of poor decisions. Ultimately it’s impacted the players, who are not bottom 3 material. If we were that poor I’d just say fair enough, but it’s off-field decisions that have killed us.
No. There’s a lot of drama queens on here. Oh how I yearn for the Oyston era of unpaid bills, no hot water., signage spelling errors, sexual deviants, protests, legal cases and money siphoning.
Have you forgotten the Oystons? What the fuck are you talking about. We've got the best pitch in the Championship, a great infrastructure at the club, lots of community interaction, and it's the worst you've seen in 40 years?
“The lawyers representing Belokon, aided by the Supporters’ Trust, provided evidence of the boycott and the loss it was causing to the club,” he says.
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Oh he was, I said it from the start
My sentiments exactly.Good post.
Been going 50+ years and I'm as depressed as I've ever been with what a shitshow our club has become and that includes the Oyston era.
Good post agree totally... With the Oystons it was OO who said in every meeting " it's Oystons Money" when defending his ownership... SS defending his ownership it's " I'm the custodian of the club" I personally lost all faith in him after his Appleton rant... He makes the decisions and is accountable for them he said. Accountable to who? He hides away with the rest of his management team that are well out of their depth. As mentioned in the post SS came into the club when it had the most positive atmosphere in decades,. no matter what owner came in the fans would get behind them, especially after the shit show of the Oystons ownership. Well the club is in freefall now, no progress just regression into a poorly run club, from top to bottom.
It was a combined effort. VB took the necessary legal steps and we, as fans, made it easier for the judge to arrive at the right ruling.“The lawyers representing Belokon, aided by the Supporters’ Trust, provided evidence of the boycott and the loss it was causing to the club,” he says.
“It was put to them that should the receiver be appointed, the boycott would cease to exist, meaning fans and income come back to the club. That was the point that swayed the judge to appoint the receiver.
“The boycott was so relevant in the decision to appoint the receiver, which took the club out of the Oystons’ hands.”
How Blackpool fans boycotted their way to victory
Blackpool fans staged the longest boycott in English football in protest at their owners. Their efforts contributed to the Oyston's departure this year.
Obviously couldn't have done it without the court case by VB, but not sure what would have happened with no boycott. Would the club have been taken out of Oyston hands?
Maybe we should all pause to remember how toxic the ownership was as the football clubs assets were taken away, the club run into the ground and our free fall into div2.
No, nowhere ** near. This season has been shite but to say its as bad as its been in the last 40 years is insane.
I think you’ve missed the point of my post. I’m talking about the catalogue of mistakes that have taken us to where we are. It has nothing to do with past owners and we cannot use the O’s as a benchmark. People need to move on from that comparison. SS has to be judged on his ownership alone and this season we have got more or less every key decision wrong.
Nowhere has anyone said he’s worse than the O’s. Looking back to that era is not good for us and SS is accountable for his own management and decisions.
I think that is true of a point in time back then, but OO would not be in charge now. The pressure from many sides would have ramped up and protests taken to a higher level. I have a vague memory of OO wanting to get rid post PL.
No one would have bought it for the price he wanted though, it literally had to be ripped from his withered hands, he also would have still wanted some input, there's not a chance he would have walked away, it's all the wanker had left.
Would've had a better chance of staying up without having to play 20% of our games with 10 men.
That's the point, without the judge taking it out of his hands they might not have got rid, at least initially, who knows what levels the boycott would have got to though.
