Simon Sadler

Every football club has a quantity of clowns - anyone slating Sadler clearly belong to this group. I don't mean posters who quite rightly ask questions of the board and owner about improvements and current state of the playing squad, just the ones who come out with mindless abuse.
Sadler has done more in his time to care, build and improve its standing in the football and wider community, i just hope he gets more rewards from his ownership, and therefore we do too.
 
clappers said:
Of course it’s an investment. Clubs don’t change hands for free generally and owners generally leave with more money in their pockets than they acquired the club for.
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Seen the PNE finances?

Read Chris Wright book re QPR.

Read Simon Jordan’s book re Palace.

Many many other examples ….
 
Voice of Reason said:
Sorry buddy, comments like this really make me splutter my tea out. Funny.

A football Club is not an investment in any way ... unless you are the Glazers and load it with debt .... aside from lots of time and loads of grief from fans.

It is a black hole into which you shovel cash, against a backdrop of morons shouting 'More! More! Got on ... all of it!!!'

I suspect SS, (coming from the world of finance business where normal rules apply) thought he could manage this situation better than most, and he no doubt will, but it'll cost him big time.

The developments in ground and training place will leave a lasting legacy which will justify all in the end ... but it'll be a rocky (and costly) ride.
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Sorry to make you choke on your tea & to take issue VofR: But SS bought BFC at a bargain price. He'll access various grants & equalling up money, to improve the infrastructure & deliver the capital projects. IF he then chooses to sell the club (that's a big if, but a possibility), he can do so at a significantly higher price than he paid for it.
SS is a good leader & a pool fan (he's still learning in the transfer arena) but I'm not for hero worshipping him on the scale that some do (their choice of course)
UTMP
 
Yes, well done to SS.
I can understand his hesitancy in getting rid of MA, he'd obviously invested a lot of money into him.
However, he has done what many fans wanted and pulled the plug.
Well done SS.
 
MA did talk the talk - exciting, aggressive football etc. etc. When I saw it was him I was disappointed because his first stint was awful. But he certainly sounded like he'd changed and I can understand why he was liked by the interview panel. He sounded good. But then he started - need new players, fault of injuries etc. Never really felt that he actually coached the players. But hindsight is a wonderful thing - for us and for SS.
 
585 = never give up said:
Sorry to make you choke on your tea & to take issue VofR: But SS bought BFC at a bargain price. He'll access various grants & equalling up money, to improve the infrastructure & deliver the capital projects. IF he then chooses to sell the club (that's a big if, but a possibility), he can do so at a significantly higher price than he paid for it.
SS is a good leader & a pool fan (he's still learning in the transfer arena) but I'm not for hero worshipping him on the scale that some do (their choice of course)
UTMP
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Nope, sorry 585, not having that. Very few football clubs cover their costs, most rack up the debt.

Those who maintain a sell on value are obvs the Premier League clubs and those 'giants' that drop down a division or two and have potential in terms of attendance etc etc.

Blackpool will never be an attractive proposition and will never be worth what SS paid plus his investment and return.

No chance. Dreaming.
 
Voice of Reason said:
Nope, sorry 585, not having that. Very few football clubs cover their costs, most rack up the debt.

Those who maintain a sell on value are obvs the Premier League clubs and those 'giants' that drop down a division or two and have potential in terms of attendance etc etc.

Blackpool will never be an attractive proposition and will never be worth what SS paid plus his investment and return.

No chance. Dreaming.
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We'll have to agree to differ V.
But SS (& Mrs SS) is far too astute to buy BFC as a lost leader.
 
585 = never give up said:
We'll have to agree to differ V.
But SS (& Mrs SS) is far too astute to buy BFC as a lost leader.
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Spot on.

Whilst nobody is doubting SS and the thing he has/is doing, he is a b/man. He bought a Club for £7m(maybe 8) and just because it was O free it's value increased overnight. The investment he has made has increased the value possibly alongside that money, maybe more.

Think of BFC as a Fixerupper without Graham.
 
Voice of Reason said:
Nope, sorry 585, not having that. Very few football clubs cover their costs, most rack up the debt.

Those who maintain a sell on value are obvs the Premier League clubs and those 'giants' that drop down a division or two and have potential in terms of attendance etc etc.

Blackpool will never be an attractive proposition and will never be worth what SS paid plus his investment and return.

No chance. Dreaming.
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Sadler will do well out of Blackpool. You are naive if you think owning the club is somehow altruistic.
 
Tango1953 said:
Sadler will do well out of Blackpool. You are naive if you think owning the club is somehow altruistic.
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Deleted.

You know what. It's a pointless conversation.

Have a think about the maths. Get a beer mat.

Cheers.
 
With Voice of Reason on this, although Simon Jordan comes across as a complete arrogant prat on Talksport, his book ’Be careful what you wish for’ gives a great insight into what goes on behind the scenes at a football club, the lack of loyalty/dodgy agent demands/loyalty bonuses to leave/ ridiculous player requests and the vast amounts of money involved. If/when Simon Sadler does sell up and move on(hopefully no time soon) he definitely won’t be making much, if any money on BFC.
 
NewburyOne said:
There's been a lot of sh1t written about our owner over the last few months, no doubt they made a mistake with Appleton but never did I think he made any decision that he didn't think was best for the club. So thank you Simon, I truly hope you've got this one right. 👍🏼🍊🍊🍊
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Other than @paulco the idiot I’ve not read anything disparaging about Sadler - most has been aimed (quite rightly) at Mansford who I bet wept when he had to give Appleton his marching orders!!!
 
Did the club have to pay compensation to MA, or were the much talked about performance clauses in evidence?
Hope the club wasn't burned too badly.
 
Dougall said:
Other than @paulco the idiot I’ve not read anything disparaging about Sadler - most has been aimed (quite rightly) at Mansford who I bet wept when he had to give Appleton his marching orders!!!
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There's been quite a few on here and social media having a pop at Simon, questioning his intentions or suggesting he's going to sell up. I know it's a small minority but it's more than just the mischievous nobber.
 
BTW, there's nothing wrong with his making a profit. It may also take until the club sells until he realises any profit but he will.

When he himself has said he is unable to fund the football side of the club, its pretty clear we aren't going to be burning cash in that side, and the money for infrastructure for the capital expenditure projects like the training ground and East stand will be interest free loans to the club.
 
ToBeHonest said:
Think the owner deserves a thank you from us for sorting out this appointment in a quick and timely manner and know doubt at a substantial cost with someone who has a good track record in management
# UTMP
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I'll reserve mine for 8th May circa 17;00 hours in Norfolk
 
fcblackpool said:
Spot on.

Whilst nobody is doubting SS and the thing he has/is doing, he is a b/man. He bought a Club for £7m(maybe 8) and just because it was O free it's value increased overnight. The investment he has made has increased the value possibly alongside that money, maybe more.

Think of BFC as a Fixerupper without Graham.
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One Word.

Deluded.
 
Sorry the maths don’t stack up

His initial investment plus what he has pumped in

SS would have to take a sizeable loss if he sold tomorrow

If we got to the prem obvs different due to the disparity in tv money

SS bought the club primarily out of passion not to make money I’m 100 per cent convinced of that
 
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AngelBFC said:
Sorry the maths don’t stack up

His initial investment plus what he has pumped in

SS would have to a sizeable loss if he sold tomorrow

If we got to the prem obvs different due to the disparity in tv money

SS bought the club primarily out of passion not to make money I’m 100 per cent convinced of that
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I'd imagine a lot of that is right. No doubt though the day he bought the club was the day the club increased in value. We just don't know the figures, but as 585 said, he is a businessman and would be unable to treat BFC as a charity.

It's not a dig at SS, far from it.
 
Dougall said:
Other than @paulco the idiot I’ve not read anything disparaging about Sadler - most has been aimed (quite rightly) at Mansford who I bet wept when he had to give Appleton his marching orders!!!
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The idiots remain those who cite only the CEO for the massive Appleton blunder.

As the owner, Sadler takes ultimate responsibility for all major decisions.

So he earns plaudits for picking Critchley and pillory for two coach disasters.

The whole board proves further culpable:

•letting excessive injuries run for years.
•signing permacrocks Stewart, Bridcutt.
•hiring Mac, rather than a recent success.
 
If Michael Appleton was to be sacked then Sadler gave him as long as he dared to turn thing's round. A few weeks longer and it'd definitely have been curtains I reckon. I've not posted anything at all on here I don't think since MA's appointment, it just felt like a bad one, from the off. I couldn't get enthusiastic at all about it. It felt like the appointment of Larry again, just all wrong! However, the way MA left us a decade ago left a sour taste, and I just wasn't convinced by his appointment, although I was hoping my gut instinct was wrong! I bought the new shirt in July...the first I've bought for 15 years, but I text my lad just after I'd done it and said... 'I've just bought the new relegation shirt!' 🙄. That's how confident I was! Nothing in the past few months has changed that opinion, but I feel now we've got a 50/50 chance of staying up, and if we do go down it won't be with a whimper, it'll be with all guns blazing I feel.
MM' s appointment has given everyone a lift at a crucial time...
 
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