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« on: May 08, 2024, 04:41:47 PM »
Just looking through the various Clubs who have got season tickets on sale.
Southport are offering an early bird deal of £169 for an adult. That works out at just over £7 a game (7.35 ). How do Clubs afford to offer such attractive prices ?
A combination of higher than average attendances and a professional commercial operation that maximises fund raising opportunities??
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« on: May 08, 2024, 11:05:41 AM »
Boston?
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« on: April 30, 2024, 09:32:44 PM »
When i first read it i thought it must be April 1st.
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« on: April 28, 2024, 01:13:06 PM »
Looking back to to last summer I can’t understand how the Chairman handed out 2 year contracts to some 13 players then get to November for the Chairman to say the club is on its uppers and without outside investment the Club can’t continue.
Then looking we have a change of Manager who doesn’t fancy some ( 50%?) of the players on long term deals. More mess to clear up
Dysfunctional maybe best describes how the club is run in almost every respect. Contrast us with a club being run on a sound, sensible commercial basis, just across The Wash. One that also genuinely values its supporters, rather that treating them as customers who should just pay up without complaint in support of a personal vanity project.
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« on: April 27, 2024, 06:21:19 PM »
I wonder if the successful applicant will use 'that table' to sort all the sponsorship opportunities that come flooding in?
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« on: April 23, 2024, 04:27:57 PM »
I thought that Dixon-Hodge was mightily impressive until he picked up that long term injury.
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« on: April 22, 2024, 12:43:38 PM »
I wonder how deep Joe's pockets might be? Will summer signings be more akin to pot noodles or Fabergé eggs?
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« on: April 18, 2024, 01:47:17 PM »
Just completed.
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« on: April 18, 2024, 01:27:46 PM »
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard"
A message emblazoned on walls at Manchester City, but surely applies to all levels of football
The best and most successful teams are usually also the hardest working. Numero uno in my lifetime is probably the great Barcelona team of a young Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Villa, Busquets, Puyol et al. They 'invented' closing down and winning the ball back high up in their opponents half. Yet it is a sobering thought, that at that time the first three i have named would probably have been rejected by most Premiership clubs due to.their lack of physical stature!
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« on: April 16, 2024, 02:13:06 PM »
Adam Lakeland's approach to the job from the outset has been professional and reasonably consistent. He has achieved his only objective for this season: that of avoiding relegation. Tougher challenges lie ahead but given a reasonable budget he might well deliver a team capable of challenging at least for a play off place but alongside of that wouldn't it be wonderful if the off field operation and match day experience were improved: treating all customers - actual and potential, as highly valued supporters?
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« on: April 15, 2024, 02:19:29 PM »
Just watched AL 15min interview after the Sports game. Interesting insight into what the hopes are for next season. Has a hit list drawn up for who he wants in for next season.
Puts a bit more meat on the bone to the mess inherited when he entered the building earlier in the season. Was very critical Of the standard recruitments last summer. I guess the likes of Bartley, Clifford,Oke, Smith, Spence etc could fall into that category. Who was actually behind last summer’s new signings ?
To me the one glaring mistake in recruitment terms was Mark Hughes being appointment by Stephen Cleeve. The rest followed behind that.
Well yes, BUT.....
If he didn't have the money for anything better at the time, what was he supposed to do?
No secret what Club finances were like when he decided to give the job to Hughes, and also in fairness to Hughes, that would also have hindered his recruitment.
Things then improved with finances and AL coming in.
A question is if Joe's money was just used to get us to the end of the season (I seem to remember the Chairman saying that 300k was needed to do that  ), or if are there surplus funds for AL to use on his shopping list for next season.
Perhaps the mysterious Joe has a magic money tree?
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« on: April 13, 2024, 07:28:18 PM »
Their loss was our ….. hmmmmm now what’s the word ?
....misfortune? We were the consolation prize.
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« on: April 13, 2024, 05:38:32 PM »
Wrexham must also be rueing their missed opportunity?!
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« on: April 10, 2024, 09:25:52 AM »
Joe must have very deep pockets and a philanthropic approach to business. How lucky are we!
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