That’s a point I’ve tried to make. From what I remember they inherited a healthy cash position and benefited from a number of windfalls. And...
Not really.
But the professionals at the club, and his country, rate him extremely highly.
I see you’ve quoted me, but I’ve absolutely no idea why.
Fair enough. Must be true.
So we never loaned any players to any of the clubs that were not in the group that did not exist?
If you are saying we were never part of a group that had an interest in a number of other clubs, then that is news to me. But I bow to your...
. We were, and as far as I know Conway and Chien Lee are still shareholders. . You have a theory as to why they are here, and you may be right....
Perhaps. Who knows? But we have what appears to me to be a very unbalanced squad, and way too many players out on loan for a club of our size.
I agree. It feels a bit like the post-Miners Strike situation to me. People tend to forget that our average attendances were way below the ones...
Well I used to run a business, and if I had misused resources in the way our club appears to have, I doubt I would have been there for very long....
The problem is that we don’t build teams. We just recruit players.
Possibly one of the reasons why the owners have to keep propping us up?
Some of us don’t understand exactly why they want to be involved with the club in the first place. This is a fair question given the sentiment...
Possibly. But then why are the current owners, who have no ties to the town, involved? Naivety?
I absolutely understand the points you make. But it does strike me that there is a big difference between putting money in, and how that money is...
This is my situation exactly.
I’m more concerned about competing at our present level going forward.
Who said the ambition was to compete in the top division!!??
I'm sure you realise that a football club existed at Oakwell long before this player-trading platform was invented. It's always been a reality...
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