Barry Tailend

Since relegation from the Premiership how much has he invested in the club?

 

When you say invested, are you referring to money? If so, no idea. However, our directors should not be judged by how much money they put in to the club. That is not what a board member is for.

I do not agree with the contents of Barry Taylor's recent interview. His vision for the future of Barnsley FC and football in general is about as far away from mine as you can get. But I'm not going to have a go at him for the amount of money he may or may not have put in to this club. On top of that, anyone who invests in something hopes to get out more than they put in. An investment is not a gift. If Barry Taylor has invested nothing in BFC as he has no intention of making money from the club, then I see that as a good thing.

 

Why do people think that somebody has to "invest in the club"?

Any football club has an income from fans who pay to watch matches, buy shirts, programmes, pies etc. Add to that money from TV, sponsorship, donations and whatever. Why can't a football club operate from that income? Why? Because the players want to get paid more than they're worth. Until that gets sorted out, football is doomed.

And another thing, while I'm on my high horse. When people do spend over the odds to support a team, for example by paying extra for sitting inside, having a pre-match meal, choosing the man of the match etc, why do they get ridiculed and described as "the prawn sandwich brigade"? Most fans clamour for investment, then ridicule people who choose to invest. Bizarre.

 

It's the Salmon Paste brigade in the Legends Lounge prawns are too posh for tarn fans

 

Agree with this.

 

There's a taste from the past I never want to revisit. Or the potted meat in the same glass jars. A potted meat that was suitable for vegetarians.

 

PS

Patrick Cryne doesn't invest in Barnsley FC either. He just gives the club money. He may want some of that back should he sell the club, but he certainly won't be making a profit.

 

A bloke who I had the misfortune of sitting next to at work used to have paste sandwiches nearly everyday. Used to make my stomach lurch when he opened his packed lunch and the smell wafted around.

 

Anchovies are the way forward. I love anchovies.

 

Anyone who sits on the board of a football club in 2014 should expect to put some money in at some point.

I reckon most season ticket holders have given more to the club than good old Barry.

 

My gripe isn't with his investment/non investment. I dare say he put 'unpaid/unsalaried?' hours into his role? I don't know if he's on the payroll or not?!? But again that's not the issue.

For me it's his comments regarding why would fans complain if someone invested and changed our name. Id love to see his research if he's a self appointed voice of all of us and the ones who are forking out our hard earned.

 

No. They should be expected to put something in in terms of management and skills to help the club flourish. They shouldn't be expected to put money in.

As far as I understand it, Barry and John Dennis put their own money in when we really needed it in the 1980s. But I kight have imagined that.

 

It seems to me like you share Barry Taylor's view for the future of the club. It's all about the money. A football club run by rich men willing to buy success. It surprises me, therefore, that you're having a go at him.

 

Two options - generate income or put your own brass in. We're ***** at the former so can we do the latter?

I've had my begging letter Jay. I'm sure you've had yours.

 

I think we're on the verge of a takeover. Could be completely wrong, but it seems that way to me.

Firstly, the legal firm in which Maurice Watkins is a senior partner announces it will represent clubs who wish to challenge FFP. To many of us, this appears to be a conflict of interests as he is the chairman of a club who were one of the first to publicly back the initiative and chose to voluntarily run the club within its constraints, before it was even put in to place. Many Barnsley fans believe that the only way football will once again become a more level playing field and allow us the chance to compete, is if all club follow the rules set out in FFP. For our chairman to be legally challenging FFP appears absurd. However, Mr Watkins stated that if FFP comes in to place and Barnsley were taken over by rich owners, they wouldn't be able to inject so much capital and it would limit our potential for success.

Then we have Barry Taylor publicly backing the owners of Hull City and their bid to change the club's name, even voting for that name change at an FA committee. Unusually for him, a man who tends to keep his own counsel, Barry Taylor gives an interview in the local media telling us the future of football is all about the money and Barnsley fans should even welcome a name change if the accompanying investment leads to another promotion to the Premier League.

Sounds to me like the seeds are being sown for the announcement of a takeover. One that involves a lot of money and may result in some serious changes that affect the traditions of the club. Some people will be delighted.

Or I may be talking utter ballacks.

 

It's a provocative thought/post that, Jay.

Could be ballacks like you say, but nevertheless, makes you wonder. I'd not thought of that.

And stop ignoring my tweets.

 

This isn't Dragon's Den. FFS there's some daft people on here.

 

It's Barry Scott. .. Calling us "Cillit Bang Barnsley"


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