ghostofcecere Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 1 minute ago, oafcmetty said: A loss-making going concern with a non-paying main customer... It is, but there’s still an asset as there’s bricks and mortar, the club has no assets at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 4 hours ago, losesome said: Sadly this is where our problems started. When we were in the prem we had a small minded div 4 board of directors. Their attitude was , Wow never thought I would live to see this so let's just enjoy it whilst we are here. There was no attempt to try and sell the club or attract investment, it was a bunch of old men with no foresight. When we did eventually get relegated our then board were just celebrating the fact we had 3 glorious years in the prem. The first thing they did after relegation was to clear out anyone earning more than £500 week. Inevitably another relegation followed and the rest is history. Look at the teams that finished below us when we won the old div2. WHU, Newcastle, Leeds, Southampton, Wolves to name just a few and look where most of these are now. Also look at the stadiums they are playing in and the investments ploughed in. I know their fan bases are much bigger than ours etc but teams like Burnley & Bournemouth have proved this doesn't need to be an obstacle. I know people slam the likes of Moore's, Corney and now AL but it all started with a group of very small minded business men who made one very lucky decision ( based on taking a cheap option ) by appointing Joe Royle. We can only prey that sometime in the future whoever the owner is makes the same very lucky decision we did back in the 80s. I agree about the small-mindedness following relegation, but it was a completely different game to what it is now when we were in the top flight (the Premier League mega mega money started the season after we went down, typically..). Jack Walker bought Blackburn the title as a fan, but such investment wasn’t the norm that it is now. I think everyone tried their best while we were there - we smashed our record transfer fee, played three seasons and reached an FA Cup semi-final. It’s what came after that should have been better thought out. There’s been some bad management at the top, but we’ve also been bloody unlucky. I still believe we’d be in a much better place now if Mark Hughes hadn’t scored that goal. Even things like Manchester’s bid for the 1996 Olympics - stand to be corrected, but I think if they’d have got it we’d have got a brand new stadium out of it.. What a place Boundary Park will be when all this evens itself out... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Salford on their way up. Yet another club we can’t compete with financially... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 9 minutes ago, Ryan said: Salford on their way up. Yet another club we can’t compete with financially... The biggest shareholder at Salford is a Singaporean Billionaire. The class of 92 lot, who are all probably individually worth more than AL only own 10% each. There are Premier League sides who can't beat that financial backing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythemostimportantkick Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 27 minutes ago, Ryan said: Salford on their way up. Yet another club we can’t compete with financially... Looks like we can more than compete in the support department though. Pisspoor in my opinion playing this at Wembley !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, simplythemostimportantkick said: Looks like we can more than compete in the support department though. Pisspoor in my opinion playing this at Wembley !! Agreed. They should play it somewhere like Ewood Park or Deepdale. Both sets of fans outnumbered by neutrals in a total crowd under 8,100 - pathetic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Ryan said: Salford on their way up. Yet another club we can’t compete with financially... Who can in the bottom two leagues? They won’t be allowed to splash the cash the same way in EFL... unless they cheat of course with some creative accountancy. Which, with that mob as owners, they will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldham82 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Sol Campbell if named to take us up. Positive thinking people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDHAMADE Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Oldham82 said: Sol Campbell if named to take us up. Positive thinking people Dampen down your expectations, for who knows what's going to be left playerwise??? We've had one season down here and hope we don't have another 20. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latics22 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 25 minutes ago, OLDHAMADE said: Dampen down your expectations, for who knows what's going to be left playerwise??? We've had one season down here and hope we don't have another 20. As poor as it is I’d snap your hand off at 20 seasons in league 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythemostimportantkick Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, latics22 said: As poor as it is I’d snap your hand off at 20 seasons in league 2 WTF ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latics22 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 10 minutes ago, simplythemostimportantkick said: WTF ?? That is pref to going down and down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorvik_latic Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 4 hours ago, kowenicki said: Who can in the bottom two leagues? They won’t be allowed to splash the cash the same way in EFL... unless they cheat of course with some creative accountancy. Which, with that mob as owners, they will. Creative accounting is not required. All it needs to be is cash in from the owners that isn’t a loan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, jorvik_latic said: Creative accounting is not required. All it needs to be is cash in from the owners that isn’t a loan. Great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 1 hour ago, latics22 said: As poor as it is I’d snap your hand off at 20 seasons in league 2 Down.Vote. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latics22 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, Monty Burns said: Down.Vote. So you wouldn’t take, survival over what could be ? Very close ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whittles left foot Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 59 minutes ago, jorvik_latic said: All it needs to be is cash in from the owners that isn’t a loan. You make it seem so simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorvik_latic Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 51 minutes ago, kowenicki said: Great. Yep. Can only see them going further and further 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 10 hours ago, latics22 said: So you wouldn’t take, survival over what could be ? Very close ! No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimeblue Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 On 5/10/2019 at 10:50 AM, losesome said: Sadly this is where our problems started. When we were in the prem we had a small minded div 4 board of directors. Their attitude was , Wow never thought I would live to see this so let's just enjoy it whilst we are here. There was no attempt to try and sell the club or attract investment, it was a bunch of old men with no foresight. When we did eventually get relegated our then board were just celebrating the fact we had 3 glorious years in the prem. The first thing they did after relegation was to clear out anyone earning more than £500 week. Inevitably another relegation followed and the rest is history. Look at the teams that finished below us when we won the old div2. WHU, Newcastle, Leeds, Southampton, Wolves to name just a few and look where most of these are now. Also look at the stadiums they are playing in and the investments ploughed in. I know their fan bases are much bigger than ours etc but teams like Burnley & Bournemouth have proved this doesn't need to be an obstacle. I know people slam the likes of Moore's, Corney and now AL but it all started with a group of very small minded business men who made one very lucky decision ( based on taking a cheap option ) by appointing Joe Royle. We can only prey that sometime in the future whoever the owner is makes the same very lucky decision we did back in the 80s. Sure Leeds and Southampton were both in the division above us in 91... Bang on otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimeblue Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 On 5/10/2019 at 10:50 AM, losesome said: Sadly this is where our problems started. When we were in the prem we had a small minded div 4 board of directors. Their attitude was , Wow never thought I would live to see this so let's just enjoy it whilst we are here. There was no attempt to try and sell the club or attract investment, it was a bunch of old men with no foresight. When we did eventually get relegated our then board were just celebrating the fact we had 3 glorious years in the prem. The first thing they did after relegation was to clear out anyone earning more than £500 week. Inevitably another relegation followed and the rest is history. Look at the teams that finished below us when we won the old div2. WHU, Newcastle, Leeds, Southampton, Wolves to name just a few and look where most of these are now. Also look at the stadiums they are playing in and the investments ploughed in. I know their fan bases are much bigger than ours etc but teams like Burnley & Bournemouth have proved this doesn't need to be an obstacle. I know people slam the likes of Moore's, Corney and now AL but it all started with a group of very small minded business men who made one very lucky decision ( based on taking a cheap option ) by appointing Joe Royle. We can only prey that sometime in the future whoever the owner is makes the same very lucky decision we did back in the 80s. Sure Leeds and Southampton were both in the division above us in 91... Bang on otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 They were both in the top division and Leeds won the last Div 1 title in 92/93 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDHAMADE Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 23 hours ago, latics22 said: As poor as it is I’d snap your hand off at 20 seasons in league 2 20 more in league one would be far better but hey ho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythemostimportantkick Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 25 minutes ago, OLDHAMADE said: 20 more in league one would be far better but hey ho FFS Downvote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimeblue Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 22 hours ago, oafc1955 said: They were both in the top division and Leeds won the last Div 1 title in 92/93 They won it in 91/92. 92/93 was the first Premier League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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