How would we thank Patrick Cryne

I like the idea someone had of naming the academy after him.

 

If the club is to be sold, which does seem likely, Mr Cryne may walk away with the club in debt to him to the tune of millions. Or he may have recouped every penny he ever spent on BFC. I have no idea and I seriously doubt I'll ever know for sure.
Oakwell will look pretty much exactly as it did before Mr Cryne arrived, other than a small new scoreboard which didn't actually work at the last home game. The transformation of our stadium took place under a previous regime. The academy was devised and built under a previous regime. I guess the big difference is that the club used to own the stadium and the land it was built on, but now it doesn't.
On the field, during Mr Cryne's tenure, I've witnessed some of the worst teams since I started watching Barnsley in the 70s. Then, from January to April 2016, the most dominant and successful Barnsley team I've ever seen and probably ever will see. It was a privilege to watch. But that was followed by the dismantling of that magical team, which had me questioning the point of supporting the club.
I'm led to believe that Mr Cryne supplemented our budget every season to keep us ticking over, but that must mean he sanctioned the wages and transfer fees that required those additional funds.
My Cryne presided over us during some difficult times and kept us afloat, for that I'm grateful. As have a number of other chairmen during the club's history and I'm grateful to those too.
I wish our ground celebrated our history more with named stands and even the academy. Points on a compass do not stir the blood. But, for me, neither do the names of backroom business men.
I'd like to sit in the Neil Redfearn Stand or the Ronnie Glavin Stand or watch a team representing the Norman Rimmington Academy or walk past a statue of Danny Wilson or Paul Heckingbottom. I really don't care about the name of the man who put the money in.

Sorry if anyone finds that offensive, it's not meant to be. But for me, Barnsley football club is the team and the manager, the players, not the board of directors.

 

I think you are being a bit harsh and you could easily have wrote a similar piece showing patrick s time in charge in a much more positive light. The things you stated are not untrue but during the last 15 years the club has been never at risk and has stayed strong through some tough times we also experienced a lot of highs in playoff wins and cup runs. After Dennis and Doyle someone needed to come in for the sake of our club and he did. He will now leave the club in a strong position, in the championship with a top manager and a decent young squad, with money in the bank and hopefully selling us on to someone who now in this era can take us forward.
I for one think he deserves credit and thanks for that.

 

That. Just that.

 

No one is a bigger admirer of some of the players you mentioned than me. Especially Glavin. I'd love a statue of Ronnie at the ground. However, you could argue that he did no more than exchange his skills for a pay package he presumably saw as fair. Patrick Cryne has put his own money into the club with no guarantee of it being recouped. He's made mistakes, made some good decisions but all for love of the club and received scant thanks from a minority.
No doubt I'll be accused of happy clapping but the guy has done his best from altruistic motives and deserves thanks for his efforts.

 

I understand some of the sentiments in this post.
But I will delay saying much more on this until (hopefully) the sale goes through.
I'll just say - we have a lot to be thankful for with Patrick.

 

"We now sit seven points outside the play offs with no chance of actually getting there".
Conan Troutman - January 26, 2016.

 

That's nowt to do with mathematics.

 

Sums it up perfectly.

 

Well said that man.

 

i think PC has done a good job and should be thanked basically but no better than previous owners have in fact
yes we should show our appreciation, but naming stands after him mmm the jury is out on that one
I for one would like to see grove street renamed Rimmington way and yes a few statues wouldnt go a miss either neither for that matter would a few brass plaques scattered around the ground with former players names on them with a few facts about their playing days with us

 

I don't agree. If he hadn't put his money in would we still even have a football team. Never mind one that's turned itself around so well.

 

Mmmm.........nothing to do with adding up and multiplying numbers?

This degree definitely wasn't in mathematics was it?

If it helps, your mate (and mine if he "likes" me) Tyrone can come to your aid on this one, as he posted that we blew our chance of promotion in October that season, a good 3 months before you (non-mathematically) deduced the same.

Reach out a hand to him - you may have even more in common.

 

Yeah what does the man who put the money in matter. JESUS!
And danny Wilson stand.... a man who gave us the best season ever sold us out to wednesday and then came back and gave us some **** football on one of the biggest budgets in league one.... No thanks I don't want to sit in it.

 

Dear Jays Mum,

Your lads proper gay.

Yours sincerely
Pat

 

It is quite remarkable how all of a sudden one half of the sentiment written on the large flag in the ground appears to be fading.

 

I don't follow? (I'm a bit simple)

 

If I'd said it was mathematically impossible for us to get promoted you'd have a point. But I didn't. So you don't.

 

You said "no chance" when mathematically there was a chance.

What does "no chance" mean in your world?

 

The problem with your bizarre raking up of a post from 8 months ago is that he never said 'we mathematically cannot get into the play-offs' he said that we had no chance which apart from being a flippant remark as you well know actually factored in that we had sold our best players leaving us with a squad too weak to maintain the performances required to get the necessary points to finish in the play-offs. Our form after he made his comment and our final league position proved him correct.