Aye, tbh it was a tad tongue-in-cheek as the brief glimpses of their abilities have been easily forgotten. We should be doing better with this squad of players, even with the injury sagas. Slutsky lost us a lot of valuable ground, it was down to him, he was a square peg in the wrong hole. Adkins has inherited ****e in terms of preparation and team moral, unfortunately he seems determined to carry on the tradition - I wasn’t over the moon about his appointment, but I honestly expected better.
So are you saying a double relegation is to be welcomed then? How does going down again help our chances of attracting new owners? I desperately want them out of this club like everyone else but cant see how the complete negativity and giving up on supporting the team that plenty say they have done is helping our cause. It's just extending the misery! Last time I looked, Sunderland were below us, similarly unable to invest, similarly hacked off with their owner, and yet 25,000 still turning up. Which club would you rather invest in as a new buyer?
Is that the same Joey Barton who said sacking John Flanagan for being convicted of battering his girlfriend in a sustained assault would be hypocritical because Liverpool didn’t sack Ferminho for being over the limit?. Or Gerard for not being sacked for being found not guilty of common assault in a nightclub? The man is an absolute tool.
Not to mention having a 48,000 stadium they own compared to a rented 25,000 one shared with a rugby league club.
It would devalue the club further and would open the market to more potential buyers, including local people. Btw, I'm not agreeing that relegation is to be welcomed, just pointing out the above.
Inclined to disagree with that bit in bold. A club not owning it's ground with no more assets in the lower leagues will be almost unsellable. There will be big costs just to keep on operating as a football club and the losses will just pile up. Unless a real rich sugar daddy (or woman) turns up to pay those costs and invest loads to get us back to where the big income is we will be in the **** for a long time yet. Also there are other more attractive options to buy if anyone really wanted a football club.
And how many local people were interested when Adam Pearson stepped in? How many have shown any interest since the Needlers? Only a couple of local people have the money to fund a club capable of getting back to the top level and being capable of staying there. Unfortunately, it is well documented that they are not interested.
