He gave us some of the best times we have had watching Blackpool, and some of the worst times. Wouldn't have got to the Premier League without him whether people like that fact or not. At least he owned the fact he was disliked and played the Villain very well whilst having to watch his family get abused daily for years. For all his faults I am certain we would be in a much better position if he was chairman for the last 5 years than where we are now.
He had the good sense to listen to Sir Jimmy.Up until the January transfer window of the prem season I thought he did ok. Whether through luck or judgement he made a series of good managerial appointments, and always gave them time to work through a period of bad results. The reluctance to invest or try to push the club onwards was frustrating, but I begrudgingly accepted his stance.
However once the club was handed the opportunity of a life time, he/his Dad completely blew it. They could have set the club up for the next 50 years whilst taking a reasonable cut for themselves and significantly increasing the value of their asset. But they lacked the ambition, foresight, competence and humility to deliver. And when their paying customers dared to object and criticise they showed their true colours.
So on balance some credit deserved for early achievements, but no more than that. And once the wheels fell off he came accross as a particularly spiteful human being, and unnecessarily so.
Yes that’s probably true. A good sense he later mislaidHe had the good sense to listen to Sir Jimmy.
This sort of thread does flush a few Fungi out of the shadows….I'm surprised it's taken so long for a someone to post a "don't you just miss them Oystons?" thread.
I miss them like someone would miss having cancer. They were a ragtag bunch of utterly despicable bastards.
Those posting positive things about any of them is 100% mushroom. The Oystons had many sycophants kissing their arses and doing their bidding. Probably the same people.
It’s pretty common practice. What is not common is shafting the man that gave him his first real estate opportunity.Don't know if this is true, but a late workmate told me that when he set up Oyston estates , he used to read the Gazette to see who had died that week and went knocking on doors and spoke with the relatives of the deceased offering them help if they wanted to sell their houses ,sounds like just the thing that bastard would do anyone on here heard that.
Pray tell me more ?.It’s pretty common practice. What is not common is shafting the man that gave him his first real estate opportunity.
He was an out of work actor, agent took him in and he was supposed to do one thing and instead did another which undercut the man and his business.Pray tell me more ?.
I miss them, but my aim is improvingI miss them like someone would miss having cancer. They were a ragtag bunch of utterly despicable bastards.
I always thought Karl kept his head . . .Karl's biggest problem ironically was success. As soon as we became the football club we should always have become, his head went and he became a nasty spiteful bastard!
That's rather complimentary I thought he was a complete cnutAfter much careful thought and consideration I think the guy was just a bellend.
Top postOf fuck off o/p, yet another veiled 'look at what a mess Pool are in now' thread when the only problem at our club at the moment is the same formation every ** match.
The Oystons luckily hit the jackpot. Any normal and respectful person would have secured the future of our club there and then; a finished stadium, training facilities that were fit for purpose, investment, etc. They decided not to and fuck knows which of the various fantasy companies the money went to. Pure greed and just a disgrace.
Gary Bowyer had 5 staff. Just 5. A part-timer was doing the pitch which was embarrassing. The stadium started to rust. Sadler will always have credit in my eyes. We now resemble a professional football club.