Build Barnsley FC from the ground up

If you were given the task of shaking up BFC what would you fundamentally change in a 5 year plan.
Specifically in the areas of:

• Club Finances
• Matchday Squad
• Youth System
• Coaching Staff
• Matchday Experience

Make it realistic....

 

All of em sithi

 

Until the football world replaces its lunatic approach to managing its own finances there really is no point.

 

Philosophy, Philosophy, Philosophy, Philosophy and philosophy.

Detailed recruitment plan, squad of 18 with 5/6 academy lads, sign the best players available vs budget with a good core of players with L1 experience, let the head coach, coach, organise and shape how he wants them to play, do not ever ever recruit to 1 system alone 352 leaves us completely stuck 352 or 3511 or 532 can't even operate 343 correctly without wide attacking players, build from a back 4 this gives the coach options
Get this right first stop playing at Red Bull

 

This to a tee.

Philosophy has to be king. Pick a style you want to play and all recruitment is around that from coaches, players, managers etc.

Same philosophy is forced down to all age groups and maximize the budget by keeping a smaller squad of quality rather than a large squad of players on smaller wages. Gives easier/clearer pathway for youth coming through too.

 

I'm with you an NathanBFC94. smaller squad, better quality using same wage budget let the manager manager, cut the coaching team down and concentrate on a smaller better quality development group who do have a shout at getting 1st team football. Stop selling ya soul to one formation, stop duplicating positions like we've done at RWB and get away from ideology of must have resale value or an interest in future career, play for the club and the best interest of the clubs success NOW....Improve the match day experience by staffing the counters, making sure we have tea/ coffee/ Hot chocolate and enough of whatever food and alcohol the fans need, don't look at the future till your living successfully in the present....

 

Back to basics
Education education education
Get Brexit done.
After those reduce the squad markedly either by sales or contract wastage to reduce overall wage costs. Any new players then can paradoxically be offered bigger wages. Appoint a manager who has key input - listen to what he wants to implement and how he means to do it. If the board are willing to put money in back him on any 'reasonable' request for at least two years so he had at least 'some' decent amount of time for his strategy to start bearing fruit. Dont let him bloat the squad though. When signing any players renegotiate any contract for a further 2-3 years if the manager recommends and its doable on the budget. Dont over-rely on the spreadsheet. Employ a couple of respected scouts - one UK and one Europe. Use one or two academy lads in the squad. Any sales money to be ploughed back into the squad if targets identified. No desperate scattergun punts on recruitment-clear targeted players sanctioned by manager only.
Matchday experience whatever it is needs to be comfortable for fans - no exposure to wind and rain. But the main matchday experience is having a good team on the pitch.

 

Drill baby drill

 

I'm not sure I agree wuth picking a style of play the recruiting to that style. Adapt the style to fit the players we've got sounds better to me. Say we unearth a gem creative midfielder it makes more sense to build a team to play to his strengths than force him into a rigid format.