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Fonda wrote:
I had considered that. But we have a core of 2,000 that come regardless of form

NickGull wrote: Except cold Tuesday nights in January/February!

Fletch wrote:Fonda, agree with most of that. Apart from the wage side of things that is. Even players at this level all seem to have agents, and you can take for granted that any agent that didnt get a promotion clause in a contract wouldnt have clients for long. Strange they dont like talking about relegation clauses though

The big problem i forsee is the reduced capacity, resulting in us not being able to capitalise on the 6, maybe 7, games that would bring sellout crowds. The figures for increased share of the FL pot vary widely depending on which source you look at but as a rough estimate, would probably cover twice as much of the wage budget as the current deal does (still below half though). The matchday income from ticket sales is what keeps us ticking over and paying the bills. If that isnt covered by fans paying on the gate, then (hopefully not though) we could find ourselves on the slippery slope...

Fonda wrote:As for the attendance issue - we are going to have to deal with that whatever League we're in. Better to have a 4,000 sell out against Sheffield Wedenesday than 2,200 against Macc. It'd be frustrating to not be in a position to take better advantage of those big games, but there it wouldn't be an advantage to being in League 2 because of it.

Fonda wrote:As far as i'm aware nobody has ever suggested we're going to purposefully try and avoid promotion? The very notion is ridiculous in the extreme. The concern of prominent people at the club might be, as highlighted by Dave, we can't afford to go up at the current time. But i'm not really sure i even understand that argument? Would we be forced to spend more money in League 1? Does promotion rely on a promise to spend? We might have the odd player with a promotion related pay-rise - but i doubt many negotiated that. So we go with the sqaud we've got, add a couple more form the League below, or a loanee or two, and see what happens. The very worst that could happen is we get relegated again. Where are these extra costs we're so frightened of? We don't have to spend more on transfers/wages to try and stay up. If we can't - we don't, and we'll only come back down again. It's not a huge drama. Unless i'm missing something obvious?

Bomber wrote:Should we go on to win promotion, Buckle should be looking to make best use of the youth loan system to bring in Premiership or Championship youngsters in on loan to compliment the squad that we have, in addition to the permanent additions of the likes of Sranley, Robinson, Oastler etc.
A number of clubs at League One have used this system to good effect, most notably Yeovil Town, in the last few seasons.

yellow wrote:Lack of ambition?

Maybe. Maybe not. I dunno.

Aren t the play-offs marvellous....?

yellow wrote:Lack of ambition?

Maybe. Maybe not. I dunno.

Aren t the play-offs marvellous....?

Fletch wrote:Fonda, agree with most of that. Apart from the wage side of things that is. Even players at this level all seem to have agents, and you can take for granted that any agent that didnt get a promotion clause in a contract wouldnt have clients for long. Strange they dont like talking about relegation clauses though

The big problem i forsee is the reduced capacity, resulting in us not being able to capitalise on the 6, maybe 7, games that would bring sellout crowds. The figures for increased share of the FL pot vary widely depending on which source you look at but as a rough estimate, would probably cover twice as much of the wage budget as the current deal does (still below half though). The matchday income from ticket sales is what keeps us ticking over and paying the bills. If that isnt covered by fans paying on the gate, then (hopefully not though) we could find ourselves on the slippery slope...

Trojan 67 wrote:
They are indeed and when opportunity knocks, answer the door immediately as the opportunity may not be so readily available in a future time.

Then there are the knockers of opportunity. In a word : "TITS"

yellow wrote: As a wise man once said:

“The opportunity of a lifetime must be taken in the lifetime of the opportunity”.

happytorq wrote: I prefer another quite from an even more wise man*

"Come on you yellows, we can beat these bastards"

*that was me, just now.

happytorq wrote:I prefer another quite from an even more wise man*

"Come on you yellows, we can beat these bastards"

*that was me, just now.