Linnets' Fans' Forum

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 ?

Matters not if it's the first minute or the last minute you win a game.  This time of year it's all about the points.

Tony, interesting that you mention Cleeve's 'way of running the Club'.  Now that is confusing.  Does he actually have an MO of running the Club ?  I stupidly thought it was all seat of the pants stuff with no real plan from one month to the next.   I'm so glad I'm wrong and there is some kind of master plan.   

While fans may not be involved in an organised no show protest surely the same thing is almost happening by default ?   I know from a personal level I have nowhere near the same commitment to attend games as I once had.   I would suggest I'm not alone in this.    I'd love to feel like I want to attend every home game but sadly the Cleeve rein has sucked that desire from me.   It has the feel of its his Club and it's his way or no way.

IF the Club is taken over by owners who are proactive toward the fan base then the reset  button may well be pressed for a lot of fans who no longer attend.

When the Clubs gets the begging bowl out we are fans.  With regard to  anything to do with the internal workings of the Club we are customers. 

This is one hobby that doesn't come cheap.