The cut backs
Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:19 pm
If cut backs are being made (which it seems quite obvious that they are) then will we as fans see the benefits of this long term?
If so, when are we looking at? 5 or 10 or more years?
If not, than I can't believe that this is a good way to go - yes the stability of the club is the utmost importance, but I still feel that we are one of the bigger clubs in the championship (by far not the biggest) and deserve top championship/premier league football. I want to see my club do well along with most fans but that doesn't make me a glory supporter as I'm at most games during the last 10 years! Seen some pretty dire football and some fantastic memories including the league cup final at Wembley. I suppose I just want to know where all this is going/ambition etc
If so, when are we looking at? 5 or 10 or more years?
If not, than I can't believe that this is a good way to go - yes the stability of the club is the utmost importance, but I still feel that we are one of the bigger clubs in the championship (by far not the biggest) and deserve top championship/premier league football. I want to see my club do well along with most fans but that doesn't make me a glory supporter as I'm at most games during the last 10 years! Seen some pretty dire football and some fantastic memories including the league cup final at Wembley. I suppose I just want to know where all this is going/ambition etc
Re: The cut backs
Tue Aug 16, 2016 9:43 pm
That's a difficult question to answer and depends very much on what happens when Tan leaves.
I'm sure most people must agree that Tan's main objective now is to clear the debt as soon as he can within FFP regulations whilst continuing with the cutbacks and saving as much as he can in wages and getting whatever he can recoup in transfer fees.
Does anyone genuinely believe that Tan is looking at staying in charge for the long term?
Surely the answer to that is no. So we need to look first of all at the next four years or so it will take Tan to get the club debt free and therefore in a position to be sold.
During that time we will see more and more of what we are seeing now. The usual suspects will spout the usual bollocks about how seriously the club are targetting promotion (especially around the time of season ticket renewals) whilst their actions will ultimately contradict that completely, as shown this season.
No, we will have to wait and see what happens when Tan moves on. Will we be taken over by somebody with drive and ambition and a genuine desire to respect the culture of the club? Or will it be another foreign "business" or "businessman" who wants a football club as either a personal plaything or sees an opportunity to share in the riches on offer in the Premier League?
Things could actually get worse when Tan goes - look at what happened at Portsmouth, Blackpool, Birmingham, Charlton.
But if the right investors can be found then things could, with a debt free club as bait, turn out to be so much better than now.
The answer to your questions I'm afraid is that we just don't know when or if things may improve - or maybe even get worse!
I'm sure most people must agree that Tan's main objective now is to clear the debt as soon as he can within FFP regulations whilst continuing with the cutbacks and saving as much as he can in wages and getting whatever he can recoup in transfer fees.
Does anyone genuinely believe that Tan is looking at staying in charge for the long term?
Surely the answer to that is no. So we need to look first of all at the next four years or so it will take Tan to get the club debt free and therefore in a position to be sold.
During that time we will see more and more of what we are seeing now. The usual suspects will spout the usual bollocks about how seriously the club are targetting promotion (especially around the time of season ticket renewals) whilst their actions will ultimately contradict that completely, as shown this season.
No, we will have to wait and see what happens when Tan moves on. Will we be taken over by somebody with drive and ambition and a genuine desire to respect the culture of the club? Or will it be another foreign "business" or "businessman" who wants a football club as either a personal plaything or sees an opportunity to share in the riches on offer in the Premier League?
Things could actually get worse when Tan goes - look at what happened at Portsmouth, Blackpool, Birmingham, Charlton.
But if the right investors can be found then things could, with a debt free club as bait, turn out to be so much better than now.
The answer to your questions I'm afraid is that we just don't know when or if things may improve - or maybe even get worse!