Its quite amusing seeing the 'who we want' as manager threads. For everyone advocating a name there are another 2-3 writing them off. People suggest players we should sign (sometimes after suggesting only the manager should sign players), then these are written off by others. Just imagine if the club was run by the forum. Seems like we would sign no one, appoint no one and by next May be arguing over the identity of a club thats just been relegated to L2. Cant please all of the people none of the time.
My worst nightmare is the club being run by the fans. No money, no expertise and no cohesion. We'd be a fourth division team at best. It used to worry me no end when Patrick Cryne discussed the idea.
Imagine it though. We'd have a scoreboard so big, it'd block out the sun. Hand dryers so powerful they'd knock you clean off your feet. And a fan zone where Mick McCarthy would pull pints for free for season ticket holders, season tickets which, incidentally, cost £29.99. Then, 5 minutes before kick off, the team emerges from the tunnel. Well, I say 'team', it'd just be Adam Hammill on his own because nobody else is good enough to play for us, the mighty Barnsley. ...sorry, hang on a minute, just been a vote, Hammill's been dropped too.
"I'll pass it over to the fans" please no, good god. "We're not changing West Stand we don't like change" "Season tickets are going back to 3 shillings" "We're taking roof off West Stand bogs, its too modern" "Give away fans 10,000 tickets we need all money we can get" "Get them bloody renewal letters out, print 10,000 of em" "We need 50,000 shirts in stock at all times, we'll only sell 4,000 but they're there"
You can't pick him he's the WORST player ever to pull on a red shirt. No he's not he's brilliant. We're never going to agree let's appoint an expert. An expert from Tarn though, right? No, from anywhere. Anywhere! Well he can't have played for Leeds or a Sheffield club. In fact he can't even have been through Sheffield on a bus. We'll pay all the players the rate to make us compete in our natural home. That's about 15 to 20k a week then. Fine. I'll put ten bob in, how much have you got? I've got three shillings. Have you got Harry Kane's number?
You can only play for us or coach or manage us if you were born within a decent nipsy shot of the centre circle at Oakwell. We don't like change or strangers. And of course every contract would be so fcking watertight and in our favour that we'd have the same squad and Head Coach for the next millennium, seeing as we operate in a vacuum.
I think people generally misunderstand the community ownership model. A board is appointed, just like any other company - and that board is empowered to make decisions. The fans would practically have no more say on day to day running, than they do today. The vast majority of German clubs (well Bundesliga at least) have a 51% rule in place.
I think a lot get it too. So who we having on the board......No not him, try her,,,,, oh no not her..... Joking aside, we already have a board appointed, empowered by the owners to make decisions. Maybe that needs to be given a chance.
Big Mick manager, Bobby assistant, Redders coach, King Ronnie Physio, Hammill chief scout, Dave Regis Waterboy. We'll **** it.
Remember when Dyson used to get on abart it.... Never work in a thousand years Can you imagine the AGMs... Jeez