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Post by westendspitfire on May 25, 2018 12:51:00 GMT
Hopefully will clarify the Managers position with a contract in short time as well, last thing we need is to lose AH now.
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Post by westendspitfire on May 25, 2018 7:56:47 GMT
I somehow doubt we are going to put up electronic turnstiles, would need 3 times the manpower to get people into the ground when they didn't work. Nothing much is going to change just less need for human interaction and less cost due to no printing or posting, those who use their phone to manage things will find it much easier and it won't be long before this is the majority (if it isn't already)
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Post by westendspitfire on May 23, 2018 7:59:47 GMT
Pretty sure our new owners have not been ratified by the National League as yet and they cannot really say anything until they have, as they are not officially our owners until that has been done. Appreciate it is 2018 and everybody wants to know everything now but sometimes we have to wait. Making judgments on the new owners now is a bit unfair, give them a chance to have their say and judge later if you must. One thing is for sure, they are not likely to have the same personality as SD so it is going to feel a bit different (maybe even a bit normal)
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Post by westendspitfire on May 21, 2018 6:49:17 GMT
Just imagine you are SD he is spending millions to get involved in this times 1000. Can you imagine the fun he's going to have being active on social media at a club with 30,000 fans instead of 1000 🤣🤣😂
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Post by westendspitfire on May 11, 2018 15:58:48 GMT
Not sure he left us for a bigger club, here was here on loan and if we didn't offer him a contract why would he not go somewhere that would? Would be great to have him back on a permanent basis, he certainly looked the part when he played and given that, it is a bit odd that neither Lincoln or Port Vale want him, guess they must both be well stocked in that department. Get him signed...................oh!!!!
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Post by westendspitfire on May 9, 2018 10:48:12 GMT
Doesn't look like there were many decisions to be made at this stage, there were only 7 players in the squad who were out of contract. Can't really argue with any of the decisions made at this stage, would think Togwell and Hoyte were both on good money, looks to me like any new owner is still going to be handicapped on the pitch by the decisions made in the 2016/17 season, so unless they have a pile of money to chuck at it I think we are looking at another season of consolidation hopefully followed by a big change and push forward next summer.
I don't have the full monty on Sunderland but I think SD is going into a very similar situation, other than the mistakes he is inheriting will not be blamed on him and they went down so consolidation will be better accepted for the next season.
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Post by westendspitfire on May 2, 2018 10:24:18 GMT
Really cannot see how that can be made a 'binding' condition of the sale, appreciate SD is saying this for the right reasons and it would be great for it to continue, but most clubs do not operate this way so surely the new owner would be able to make business decisions based on how they see the business, they cannot be guided by the previous owner as to where they obtain income for the business. I'm sure the EFL rules will say he can have no influence on a second club, hence the reason he is selling us in the first place, so how can he be the one making the decisions for 3 years down the line?
It may also put the new owners in a difficult position because they may have to raise ticket prices and if they do you can bet that there will be people bringing out the quote from SD, who has set our expectation level even before he knows what is going to happen.
Doesn't mean that prices will go up, the new owners might like the business model, but these are things we will not know until we hear from the new owner and that may be a way off yet.
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Post by westendspitfire on May 1, 2018 8:31:52 GMT
Not sure which way I would jump if I was a player at the moment, it's not as if SD is going to have much time for any negotiation. Do you take what's on offer or hold out on the basis that, the offer may be withdrawn or someone could come in with money and a plan to spend it :-)
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Post by westendspitfire on May 1, 2018 8:15:34 GMT
I'm not sure it really answers any questions and nor can it. It is Stewart's thoughts on the club and how he would like it run going forward, but the truth of the matter is that Stewart can have no say on how the club is run going forward as he is going to be running another football club, he can try and put stipulations into any sale and he can sell it to someone he trusts, but the stipulations cannot be binding and the new owner will rightly say that the world has moved on and things have to change. We should be very grateful for the time, money, effort and passion SD has spent at the club and it is clear from the interview that those feelings still run high, but once it is sold it will be down to the new owner to answer the great majority of questions the staff/players and fans currently have as they will be the ones making the decisions and spending the money.
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Post by westendspitfire on Apr 30, 2018 8:23:17 GMT
Being self-sufficient can have an awful lot of connotations, was only last month that SD was talking about increasing season ticket sales by 50%, was that a 'must do' target or a 'be nice' to target? How many of our corporate partners have already signed up for next season? How much do Bridles and their associated businesses spend at Eastleigh currently and will they carry on doing so without the influence of Mr D? Think we all believe that our current Manager does not have a contract with the club, is he going to hang around during this uncertain period if a firm offer comes from elsewhere? Is SD going to take his management team (business wise) with him, surely they are all in limbo at the moment and wondering what is going on. Decisions usually seem to be made pretty quickly as to a retained list of players once the season is over so will be interesting to see if this information is made public. Too many questions and most of them unanswerable at the moment, would be interesting to know how many potential season ticket holders were leaving it till today to renew at the early bird price and are now thinking they will wait and see. Uncertain times...
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Post by westendspitfire on Apr 28, 2018 19:25:22 GMT
Highs beating Tranmere and last minute winners against Gateshead and Dover
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Post by westendspitfire on Apr 27, 2018 18:57:17 GMT
When we played Fylde a number of their fans stood in the shed and were great, friendly banter all the way through and it made for a memorable afternoon, a real advert for not segregating. Unfortunately the human race has a large percentage of idiots and if one starts the sheep will follow, not just in football either.
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Post by westendspitfire on Apr 23, 2018 8:29:37 GMT
Bloke next to me said they should be thrown out of the League, I pointed out that they have just removed themselves from the League voluntarily. Fair play to them, they were well behaved and just celebrating a great achievement.
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Post by westendspitfire on Apr 21, 2018 21:11:35 GMT
Easy on the wine Will, plenty of examples in business where the remit is not to beat last year, consolidation is real and fluctuations in business happens, I'm sure in your imaginary world of the Daily Mail you are 100% correct though.....
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Post by westendspitfire on Apr 21, 2018 21:05:16 GMT
We've won 25% of our games so how can 85% of the season have been absolutely awful? Definitely not the case that a remit is always to beat last year despite the capitalist system trying to make us believe that.
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