So Someone Owns a Business

for fourteen years. Let's be charitable and say it's been run to varying degrees of success. Someone else buys said business and owns it for just over four months. The new owners then get it in the neck for not solving the pre-existing problems in that four months.

How does that work exactly?

 

It doesn’t. They can only be judged on their own actions while owning the club.

As far as I can see their only major decision so far has been who they appointed as manager & his back room staff. So I’ll only judge them on my opinion of their choice.

 

I haven't seen anyone blame them after 4 months. The jury's out and not too impressed if we are telling Bradshaw he can go instead of keeping him but time will tell.

 

Depends what were replacing him with. Its their first summer window, they'd barely sat down by the time the last window had opened and spent more on one player than we had in any previous Jan window.

 

If Bradshaw’s our future then that’s depressing in itself . Mr Lee et al will have a medium to long term plan and I’ve every confidence that they’ll lead us to better things UTR

 

If we go down I think I'd keep Bradshaw proven scorer in league one as depressing as that is. We will see though.
Like said depends who they are replacing him with? No sallah? Harry Kane? Dwight Gayle? Jack Marriott? Or some to goalscorer from the Irish leagues time will tell.

 

Why is keeping a proven League one goal scorer depressing if we’re in League 1?

 

It would be handy if they told uswhat the plans were. It might sell a few more season tickets. Or maybe not.

 

I’d like to think we’re looking to improve not standstill or go backwards . I think they said they had six months to decide what to do with the ground etc . That six months isn’t far away and personally I think there’ll be some big announcements soon . They’re not interested in the odd £500k here and there , they’re highly successful businessmen and will be looking for a return and as far as I can see the only way they’ll make any real money is to get to the greed league . Might seem a million miles away right now but I’m sure that’s the long term aim . Going down is fooking depressing and I’m sure they’re not delighted at the prospect either . Let’s give the owners some time to put there own stamp on the club and hopefully they’ll drag the old girl kicking and screaming into the 21st century UTR

 

Do you think they’ll move from Oakwell?

 

Do you think it sensible that they give their fortunes to a wet behind the ears CEO to manage the operation on a day to day basis?

 

It would also tip off our competitors thus reducing any advantage we have.

 

Rowing - First CEO role.
Mansford - First CEO role.
Brown - First CEO role.
Ganaye - First CEO role.

Everyone has to start somewhere and being experienced doesn’t automatically negate risk. Plenty of experienced CEOs at this level and above have had absolute shockers.

 

I hope they do have big ambitions but after relegation to league one to then sell your top scorer who is proven in league one would raise doubts.

 

Conan - I along with you think the problems we have now stem from when we got promoted and the inability of the club to produce good player contracts.

To my mind we have done nothing in this last 14 years under Patrick Crynes stewardship.
But I have accepted that this was not because Patrick didn’t want to do it - he just didn’t have the money to do it.

So my only problem with Patrick’s reign is that he should have sold the club 2 years after buying it - like he always said he would do.
It’s only when he became seriously ill that he decided to let it go.

However - when he did let it go he found us a fantastic new owner.
Ok - they have made a mess of the Morais appointment - but they will put things right !!!

 

Hopefully not but I could see them building a stadium somewhere on the Oakwell complex and maybe one that we can actually use to it’s fullest potential !

 

I’d have Ben Mansford back like a shot , ok he could talk the talk but I do genuinely think he’s the best we’ve ever had in that role ( not including Micheal spinks of course)

 

I was referring more to sharing their vision on how the club would move forward, rather than talking about individual signings.

Something to get us enthused.

 

You are missing the point mate it’s another back handed dig at PC

 

All of the above were employed by an owner who didn't have the financial resources the current group have. Maybe they can afford someone much better