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Then they need to invest in BOTH the youth and new players to come in. We chanced our luck the year before last and it paid off. I don't think it will happen 2 years in a row. Wolves invested and see how it has paid off for them.I think keeping Dickov and relegation is going to give a massive hit to season ticket sales though. Not what the club needs when trying to build a fan base
We had a plan. What you cannot plan for is the horrendous injury situation we've had.
In all seriousness, we don't seem to have learned that much from last time.Okay, no Willie McKay this time, but once again we've been reliant on players on six-month contracts and loans to keep us up.If we're going to come back up into this league, we need to have a proper plan in place next time rather than this scattergun approach of just throwing money at 30-something players and doing everything on the fly.Last summer was bad news. The delay to appointing a manager after last season finished, losing Spurr and others, not having a goalkeeper or back four until the eve of the season. It was a recipe for disaster really and didn't seem to indicate that we had a proper strategy in place. I accept that the takeover talk made things difficult, but we can't blame everything on that as it was always unlikely that it would a) go through and b) be as effective as it was being talked up to be.
Quote from: pib on May 03, 2014, 04:10:57 pmIn all seriousness, we don't seem to have learned that much from last time.Okay, no Willie McKay this time, but once again we've been reliant on players on six-month contracts and loans to keep us up.If we're going to come back up into this league, we need to have a proper plan in place next time rather than this scattergun approach of just throwing money at 30-something players and doing everything on the fly.Last summer was bad news. The delay to appointing a manager after last season finished, losing Spurr and others, not having a goalkeeper or back four until the eve of the season. It was a recipe for disaster really and didn't seem to indicate that we had a proper strategy in place. I accept that the takeover talk made things difficult, but we can't blame everything on that as it was always unlikely that it would a) go through and b) be as effective as it was being talked up to be.Why can we not blame everything on the takeover? Were the three owners going to spend £millions if they were selling the the club? The proposed new owners were supposed to be doing this, buying Billy Sharp and others, it was chaos, how could Dickov plan?But that is not the reason we cant compete. Someone put figures up here recently showing our average crowds, there was only 1k or so difference in home fans last season in League 1 to this in the Championship. We have round about 5k empty seats in the home end most games - thats why we cant compete. We are at out level bouncing up and down, enjoy the highs when you can and let others worry about the lows.
Quote from: wilts rover on May 03, 2014, 04:39:24 pmQuote from: pib on May 03, 2014, 04:10:57 pmIn all seriousness, we don't seem to have learned that much from last time.Okay, no Willie McKay this time, but once again we've been reliant on players on six-month contracts and loans to keep us up.If we're going to come back up into this league, we need to have a proper plan in place next time rather than this scattergun approach of just throwing money at 30-something players and doing everything on the fly.Last summer was bad news. The delay to appointing a manager after last season finished, losing Spurr and others, not having a goalkeeper or back four until the eve of the season. It was a recipe for disaster really and didn't seem to indicate that we had a proper strategy in place. I accept that the takeover talk made things difficult, but we can't blame everything on that as it was always unlikely that it would a) go through and b) be as effective as it was being talked up to be.Why can we not blame everything on the takeover? Were the three owners going to spend £millions if they were selling the the club? The proposed new owners were supposed to be doing this, buying Billy Sharp and others, it was chaos, how could Dickov plan?But that is not the reason we cant compete. Someone put figures up here recently showing our average crowds, there was only 1k or so difference in home fans last season in League 1 to this in the Championship. We have round about 5k empty seats in the home end most games - thats why we cant compete. We are at out level bouncing up and down, enjoy the highs when you can and let others worry about the lows. A Lot of people can be bothered to moan but not attend. We have have had far better football this year but gone down. I'll be there next year and be optimistic. Too many would rather be right than see the team do well. Don't post when we win but straight in when we lose.At least I can enjoy a home game when we play Bradford City in another promotion season.
Quote from: idler on May 03, 2014, 04:52:07 pmQuote from: wilts rover on May 03, 2014, 04:39:24 pmQuote from: pib on May 03, 2014, 04:10:57 pmIn all seriousness, we don't seem to have learned that much from last time.Okay, no Willie McKay this time, but once again we've been reliant on players on six-month contracts and loans to keep us up.If we're going to come back up into this league, we need to have a proper plan in place next time rather than this scattergun approach of just throwing money at 30-something players and doing everything on the fly.Last summer was bad news. The delay to appointing a manager after last season finished, losing Spurr and others, not having a goalkeeper or back four until the eve of the season. It was a recipe for disaster really and didn't seem to indicate that we had a proper strategy in place. I accept that the takeover talk made things difficult, but we can't blame everything on that as it was always unlikely that it would a) go through and b) be as effective as it was being talked up to be.Why can we not blame everything on the takeover? Were the three owners going to spend £millions if they were selling the the club? The proposed new owners were supposed to be doing this, buying Billy Sharp and others, it was chaos, how could Dickov plan?But that is not the reason we cant compete. Someone put figures up here recently showing our average crowds, there was only 1k or so difference in home fans last season in League 1 to this in the Championship. We have round about 5k empty seats in the home end most games - thats why we cant compete. We are at out level bouncing up and down, enjoy the highs when you can and let others worry about the lows. A Lot of people can be bothered to moan but not attend. We have have had far better football this year but gone down. I'll be there next year and be optimistic. Too many would rather be right than see the team do well. Don't post when we win but straight in when we lose.At least I can enjoy a home game when we play Bradford City in another promotion season. I do attend. I've had a season ticket every year for the last 10, so I'm not sure that has anything to do with anything.