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The needed 3 points gained today makes for an exciting finale in the last 3 games.  I can see two wins getting us 7th

Can see Hereford and Buxton missiing out on the play offs  along with Spennymooor whose defeat today could cost them.  Though they do have a day at Wembley to look forward to v Tommy Widdler's Aldershot in the Trophy final.  Shots got stuffed 7-2 today so maybe they have one eye on Wembley.

Quote from: kenny r on April 11, 2025, 05:50:32 PM
Mall, do you not think the £300K of investment for next season is sitting on that famous table of yours.

Everyone can see the man is a busted flush except the man himself who is being as obstructive as he can to those who who do actually have a chance of stabilising our Club.

We can take much from history Kenny 😂.   This could be in the same area as the Gibraltar deal, concerts at The Walks and numerous other page fillers for the EDP and matchday programme etc.  He's had plenty of believers who could see no wrong. Though I see a few Leopards changing their spots of late.   However despite everything he seems to find his way around things to live to fight another day.  So never say never with him.

Pink,  I really hope that things work out for everyone and it's a deal that can work.  However having read Cleese's Prog notes from Saturday they don't sound like a man who is going anywhere soon.  Needs 50k to limp to the end of the season and has 300k lined up of new investment coming in next season.  Now is this all a game of bluff and counter bluff ? 

Paul I'm sorry if my comments upset your sensitivities was certainly not my aim but once you have had the opportunity of reading and digesting the full email maybe you will get it. As for not attending games I committ time and money to follow the Linnets as often as I can. Not all of us have the advantage of living on the door step.  Sometimes life just gets in the way.  I'm sure you would understand that.

Paul with respect unless you have seen the full email I can't see how you can form an opinion .  There's much more to it than the few comments that have been made on here.

The one massive elephant in the room for me is why Bal has asked for a figure of close to  what the Trust actually has in the bank.   How convenient is that ?  No mention either of a % that's been offered as an opening gambit either.

If it's about wanting fan support why wasn't that the main aim  rather than coming on with bang Gimme ya money type approach ? 

The Club is X amount of £100,000's in debt how has that any real value ? Something doesn't feel right for me. 

Those running the Trust need to think very carefullly about how they handle this.  After all whatever anyone know about this Jo character and why he wants a Non Leagie Football in West Norfolk. One which he has visited once. 

With the information provided thus far it's a no for me

All Trust members should by now have received an email and had time to digest the comments.  I'd like to know what others think to the proposal's offered. 

Can anyone shed any light on why sometimes Boyes is on the bench and other times doesn't make the 16 ?   I would have thought it was either policy to go with a 2nd keeper on the bench or not. 

Lynn getting to the play off's ?  I think people are missing the Elephant in the room.

Sad to say many of us saw this coming was always a case of when.  Hardly surprising Jo pulled the plug after his visit to the Club to see a crowd of around 750 watching in a rundown old stadium. 

What next for the Club ?  Who knows but I'd take the idea of 300k of new investment ready and waiting for next season with a pinch of salt.  Always cake tomorrow with Cleeve.

He's taken over a step 3 Club and now we find ourselves one step higher but  with a debt and running costs that are not sustainable.  Stephen Cleeve will live long in the memory at the Club.  He's has of course done a load of his own  money in taking the Club to  sit just one step higher than when he bought it.

IF Club goes tits up again how keen will the local council be to issue a new lease ?

Paul sorry if I have given you more Credit than you deserved. Just with your balanced postings in here and your previous involvement with FOTL I assumed you had a greater insight into the internal workings of the Club than most.

I guess the People steering the Trust must all be of a certain age so might be an idea if the likes of you Paul got involved then could have a greater say in policy and fundraising etc. 

As for the future of the Club and SC maybe put a call into Lamas and ask the question.  Where did you get the idea of Cleeve has taken us as far as he can? Did he tell you that or is it just something you made up?

Let's hope ithe final 3 games are a big money spinner. 

I agree the Trust wouldn't have infrastructure to run a club at step2. Certainly not be able to fund it to the current level.  Having said that without Jo  it would seem neither can SC.  So where does that leave us ?

What would be the ideal structure in your expert eyes Paul ?  Fully agree with you about Step 5 Football.  Downham look to be with a good shout of winning the Thurlow Nunn at step 5. ( good luck to them).
So hopefully we won't ever get ourselves in such a mess as to find ourselves at that level again.

To me we look like we are one of 6 teams vying for 3 play off sports.  Lynn, Curzon, Chorley, Hereford, Buxton  and coming up fast on the rails, Spennymoor..  are we the only full time set up in this group or are Buxton also full time ?

Farley Celtic's relegation confirmed

Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on April 01, 2025, 12:59:15 PM
IF, we get promoted, we have to remember that AL is untested at step 1.

Previously, we have had two experienced Managers that couldn't keep us out of the bottom 4.

Without a very competitive budget, maybe even twice what we currently have, would we be expecting too much of AL?

People mention our geographical location. This is not just relevant to the Players. AL is Northern based and the NL has Southern and Midland teams, so surely his location has to come into it as well.

What would be considered a competitive budget at step one ?  I guess with around 30 full time on the Football side by the time you factor in NI contributions ( about to rise), accommodation for players etc, travel to games, over night stops, I wonder how much change there would be out of say £1.5m.  How big an uplift would it take to keep us in the National League ?

Inherited it from Chapman ?   I thought there was a figure of around 250k doing the rounds at the time,Tony. 

Just going to ask the question.  Do people really want to see us promoted to the NL ?

With all the uncertainty surrounding the situation with Bal and Jo if they aren't involved has SC got  the money to support a Club at that level.  The squad we have at present would be way short of the NL standard, in the main.  A massive squad restructuring would be needed to compete at that level.

What do others think ?