After You've Bought BFC...

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  1. Tarntyke

    Tarntyke Well-Known Member

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    I would look into having fan representation on the board, so I would probably consult the Supporter’s Trust and discuss the best way to take this forward
    Then speak to the Cryne family to see if they would be still interested in being involved.
    Sound out local business people for any interest.
    I would still be fully committed to the Academy
    But first of all I would be reassuring all staff about their jobs
     
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    ^^^^^^^^^^^ this and employ Deafening silence to get on with it.
    Also couldn't be arsed to go through all the questions. :)
     
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  3. Old Goat

    Old Goat Well-Known Member

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    They were only indicative. Just a feel of how you'd change things would do.
    But don't tell that to the folks above who spent hours on a PowerPoint slideshow... ;)
     
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    What was I thinking, what was I thinking, what was I thinking, what could I have been thinking?
    It's going one time, it's going two times, sold to the gent who wears the stunned expression.
    As I took it off their hands, a five pound note was changing hands. I had plans, I had plans

    Now that I own the BFC
    What am I supposed to do with that thing?
    Now that I own the BFC
    What am I supposed to make of this thing?
     
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  6. JamieBreweryStander

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    Sell it to a fans consortium and watch it implode as they argue amongst themselves about transfer policy.
     
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  7. Tyke The Tree-Frog

    Tyke The Tree-Frog Well-Known Member

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    Wouldn't be around to manage it - I'd end up having an heart attack if I ended up winning euromillions :rolleyes::D
     
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    If I found myself in such a position, the first thing I'd do is admit that I didn't have the first clue on how to run a football club, and pay people to do that for me.

    I'd just ask them to make us as competitive as possible, without spending money we don't have. Other than that, I wouldn't put any constraints over things like loans, or players' ages.
     
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    I’ll do owt to avoid work for an hour.
     
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    Transfer policy - Hire players based on their 100m sprint time. I've played Sensible World of Soccer. I know the score. It doesn't matter if your passes go astray, your first tackle is broken and your positional sense is off if you can chase down those passes, chase back to make a second tackle and get into position in an instant. Easy. Welcome to Chaosball.
     
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    I immediately withdraw from the Football League and sound out local clubs with regard to forming a breakaway Northern League. Tickets are a tenner a game and there's a flat salary cap for all teams.

    Nobody is really interested until 2035 when Newcastle have won every game in their biennial return to the Premier League, finishing six points in front of Man City reserves. Then we spend all season playing Tranmere, Scunthorpe, Oldham, and other proper teams The football is ***** but there are plenty of pies. Anybody heard saying "tekkers" is forcibly removed from the stadium.
     
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    Buy the club
    Employ a Director of Football to run the whole Football side and a CEO to rune the business side with an emphasis of equal footing to work alongside each other.
    Both would be judged equally on Finances and Performances.

    Only expectations I would have in place would be:

    Club, must operate within agreed budgets.
    Football to be as competitive as budgets realistically allow(with a view of maintaining Championship status).
    Connections forged with local community, including Workplaces, Schools & Charities. Those connections would be used to help drive attendances in the right direction with offers in place, things like kids for a quid, mini matches at half time for school 5 a side teams, corporate offers for companies to bulk buy tickets.Marketing to produce weekly e newsletter to include promotions, Player(or coach) focus segments, club news etc.
    Academy has to remain with a clear demonstrable plan how players consistently progress through U23 to First team squad.
    Total overview of match day experience with a plan put into place, monitored and tweaked to improve both interaction experience of fans and match day sales.

    If I won £100m and bought club for circa £20m, I’d also be willing to subsidise the club upto £1m a year for a maximum of 20 years.

    All providing the Wife didn’t find out of course!
     
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  13. Gimson&theBarnsleys

    Gimson&theBarnsleys Well-Known Member

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    We could call it the Narthen League.
     
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    Wouldn’t want to buy it if it wasn’t 100% ownership
     
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    If I won 150 million on the Eurolottery then I'd chuck it all into the pot and buy loads of great players and sell the crap we've got.
    I don't care, we'd all live the dream until the money ran out.
    After that, send for Shaun Doyle with his padlock and chain.
     
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