Why does anyone want us to stay up?

Of course I don't want to go down but.if it happens hopefully it gets rid of some of the expensive deadwood like B@llshit Ben. I do think SS is a great owner and wants the best for the club just don't think he has enough cash unfortunately. Could do with one of his rich mates getting involved too.
 
We are always going to be relatively a small player in this league due to crowd size and consequently the amount we can spend on the playing budget. But, this doesn't mean we can't compete at this level, there are other teams in the Championship that manage ok, take Luton for example.

We just need to be far more savvy in the transfer market and maybe the recruitment team changes are designed to do this. I certainly hope so, because it has been to total fiasco this season.

We need a reset, a new manager and ultimately a clear out of certain players (Stewart, Bridcutt and Bez, I'm looking at you!) and board members (Bye bye, Ben), but we need to be doing it as a Championship side rather than League 1.
Relegation might not be a total disaster but languishing in League 1 for a few seasons just might be.
 
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BISONS said:
There’s very little chance now that we’ll survive the drop.

My question, taking everything into consideration, why do you want us to stay up?

As a club we can’t compete on any level in the Championship. We have a Lg1 ground and budget. A Lg 1 squad and a lg1 owner. Why the clamour to stay up and have another season of struggle and turgid football. Lg1 is far more enjoyable and our current level.

A new owner willing to invest could change that but there’s little chance of that.
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So you're suggesting PNE are a bigger club?
 
BISONS said:
There’s very little chance now that we’ll survive the drop.

My question, taking everything into consideration, why do you want us to stay up?

As a club we can’t compete on any level in the Championship. We have a Lg1 ground and budget. A Lg 1 squad and a lg1 owner. Why the clamour to stay up and have another season of struggle and turgid football. Lg1 is far more enjoyable and our current level.

A new owner willing to invest could change that but there’s little chance of that.
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Idiot!
 
Fields-Of-Gold said:
A new owner with ambition, is in no way out of the question pal. We're constantly told...

● We are small
● We have no money
● Etc Etc

Just excuses....

This club could really be something in the right hands 👐
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Queue of billionaires forming down Bloomfield Road right now simply rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of taking dogs’ abuse from the mentally subnormal for anything and everything they do or don’t do.

Frankly I think if we’re sold that’s probably it for me. Waste of time. Leave it to the unemployed smackheads who don’t actually watch the team, don’t understand sums of money bigger than their benefits cheques yet think they have the right to tell people who’ve made something of their lives how to do things.
 
BISONS said:
There’s very little chance now that we’ll survive the drop.

My question, taking everything into consideration, why do you want us to stay up?

As a club we can’t compete on any level in the Championship. We have a Lg1 ground and budget. A Lg 1 squad and a lg1 owner. Why the clamour to stay up and have another season of struggle and turgid football. Lg1 is far more enjoyable and our current level.

A new owner willing to invest could change that but there’s little chance of that.
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Always handy when people reveal what they really are. Thanks 😉
 
There's a psychology term called self-sabotage. People who are petrified and not up for the challenge will try to get ahead of the worst-case scenario and often force it to happen, which results in them being "right all along". Mugs game!
 
Bisons does have a point here.

I want us to stay up I really do so much more than a new east stand or a shining new multi million pound training establishment but without a substantial cash injection in the playing squad it’ll be the same again next season (if we survive) fighting off relegation is that what we want again?

I’ll be honest and go even further and say even life in league one this squad still needs a major cash injection as most players are league one at best and those that aren’t will be off back to their parent clubs, were certainly not a club that will bounce straight back again.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
Bisons does have a point here.

I want us to stay up I really do so much more than a new east stand or a shining new multi million pound training establishment but without a substantial cash injection in the playing squad it’ll be the same again next season (if we survive) fighting off relegation is that what we want again?

I’ll be honest and go even further and say even life in league one this squad still needs a major cash injection as most players are league one at best and those that aren’t will be off back to their parent clubs, were certainly not a club that will bounce straight back again.
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There aren’t many on here, which isn’t a surprise, who actually understand what I’m alluding to.

You have understood my point. Every supporter wants their club to be successful. If the owner can’t match that ambition ,as is the case with Sadler, then why want another season of failure? The very least we should do is improve incrementally and on that Sadler has failed remarkably.

There is evidently no money being invested with little or no explanation. Leaving fans to speculate and start rumours. So, under the current owner we will struggle again should we miraculously stay up and I for one don’t think it’s good for the club. The extra money for being in this division is swallowed up any way. Unless Sadler decides to invest next season then what’s the point?!
 
The club needs huge investment. SS has ploughed in millions each year.

Championship players wages, overheads smallish crowds = yearly losses.

No real investment into the town locally regionally or nationally forecast

Why would you invest in or buy Blackpool FC from SS unless you are a fan with an absolute fortune spare ?

Serious question .

This mythical buyer is a fantasy. We were fortunate to get SS. If that's not the case why didn't someone offer much more than him when it was for sale.
 
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Better to focus on here an now and concentrate on remaining in this division. We owe SS big time for stepping in - and were doubley fortunate he's not a wrong'un.

Will he carry on subsidising the club, who knows but we just have to stay in this division.

Get the East ramma jamma with visiting supporters here on the pish for the weekend. We are unique in that respect.
 
I'd like SS not only to be a great owner, but the best and recognise that investment is needed on the field as well as off, such that he seeks an active partner who will invest in that side and take a portion of the returns (that could follow). Blackpool is a seaside town that has potential to be exploited by the right people with the right start point. Cue BFC.

As I said elsewhere the 'model' of buying and selling needed a large initial investment that it didn't get.

On SS being the only buyer possible/interested, I don't think that is the case if memory serves.
 
fcblackpool said:
I'd like SS not only to be a great owner, but the best and recognise that investment is needed on the field as well as off, such that he seeks an active partner who will invest in that side and take a portion of the returns (that could follow). Blackpool is a seaside town that has potential to be exploited by the right people with the right start point. Cue BFC.

As I said elsewhere the 'model' of buying and selling needed a large initial investment that it didn't get.

On SS being the only buyer possible/interested, I don't think that is the case if memory serves.
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Pilley doesn't count.😉
 
TKL_Seasider said:
Queue of billionaires forming down Bloomfield Road right now simply rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of taking dogs’ abuse from the mentally subnormal for anything and everything they do or don’t do.

Frankly I think if we’re sold that’s probably it for me. Waste of time. Leave it to the unemployed smackheads who don’t actually watch the team, don’t understand sums of money bigger than their benefits cheques yet think they have the right to tell people who’ve made something of their lives how to do things.
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What 🤣
 
BISONS said:
There’s very little chance now that we’ll survive the drop.

My question, taking everything into consideration, why do you want us to stay up?

As a club we can’t compete on any level in the Championship. We have a Lg1 ground and budget. A Lg 1 squad and a lg1 owner. Why the clamour to stay up and have another season of struggle and turgid football. Lg1 is far more enjoyable and our current level.

A new owner willing to invest could change that but there’s little chance of that.
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Perhaps we should be inthe same league as AFC Fylde

Some of the drivel on this Board

Has no-one ever told you we finished runners up in Div 1 - albeit a long time ago - that was as good as Leicester City - they've done nowt in the last decade so why are they in the Prem ?
 
Camberwell1 said:
Perhaps we should be inthe same league as AFC Fylde

Some of the drivel on this Board

Has no-one ever told you we finished runners up in Div 1 - albeit a long time ago - that was as good as Leicester City - they've done nowt in the last decade so why are they in the Prem ?
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No it wasn't. Leicester won the Premier League. They also had / have a billionaire backer.
 
Usual nonsense on here any financial backing that Sadler throws in extra would go on the books as Debt because of FFP so a club our size could potentially be millions in the shit.
With attendances what we get it's hardly a selling point if we're in the red.
 
The Championship revenue streams are vital to our future. League One is a hard league to get out of - remember the 29 years where we failed to achieve that. Just because we bounced back last time, don't expect us to do the same again. Effectively we'd be in a lower league trying to attain what we already have.
 
One thing that gets me is the fact that people seem to be blaming Simon Sadler and saying he's not pumping enough money
into the club.
They are obviously forgetting that we don't get the gates to fork out lots of dough.
We will NEVER compete with the 'Big' clubs where finance is concerned.
You can't expect SS to keep throwing good money after bad.
He's already put a lot into the club, and obviously has to make a line somewhere.
Let's all just get behind SS and the club and give our full support.
 
Davepick said:
One thing that gets me is the fact that people seem to be blaming Simon Sadler and saying he's not pumping enough money
into the club.
They are obviously forgetting that we don't get the gates to fork out lots of dough.
We will NEVER compete with the 'Big' clubs where finance is concerned.
You can't expect SS to keep throwing good money after bad.
He's already put a lot into the club, and obviously has to make a line somewhere.
Let's all just get behind SS and the club and give our full support.
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I agree but he definitely needs to start making better decisions so he doesn’t waste the money he is prepared to spend. Not recruiting perennially injured players would be a start.
 
Camberwell1 said:
Perhaps we should be inthe same league as AFC Fylde

Some of the drivel on this Board

Has no-one ever told you we finished runners up in Div 1 - albeit a long time ago - that was as good as Leicester City - they've done nowt in the last decade so why are they in the Prem ?
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Im certain Leicester City won the League. Try another team as Leicester is a terrible example.
 
poolseasider said:
Usual nonsense on here any financial backing that Sadler throws in extra would go on the books as Debt because of FFP so a club our size could potentially be millions in the shit.
With attendances what we get it's hardly a selling point if we're in the red.
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Maybe just invest the huge profit from player sales and manager comp. Not asking him to dig into his own pockets here.
 
BISONS said:
Maybe just invest the huge profit from player sales and manager comp. Not asking him to dig into his own pockets here.
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What player sales we've only really profited from Bowler and what we paid to get him back have we had all the the 4 million paid?
Manager comp what's Appletons pay out?
We don't even know what we're spending compared to income.

So unless we know the figures how do we know what's available to invest and untill we start paying Championship wages for some players we're always going to struggle in the market.
 
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