Assuming Stones does get sold before his contract is up....

....and we wind up with an extra £6-8 million quid - does anyone trust the club to actually spend the money wisely? This isn't any sort of dig at the current regime, but every time in the past we've had a cash windfall, the money seems to have been *****ed on very stupid things.

Carl Tiler and Steve Agnew money - we had a very solid squad at the time, and needed two or three quality additions to make another play-off challenge. Instead we signed a shedload of players of dubious quality, half of whom were extremely injury prone.

Ashley Ward money - an enormous new stand that nobody ever sits in.

The last of the parachute payments - Mike fecking Sheron (transfer fee and four years of inflated wages)

I'm sure there are other examples that I've forgotten about. I'd be dismayed but not surprised if the cash is spent on a new West Stand or wasted on mediocre players in one mental spending spree.

 

All these were ages ago, Bit like when people compare football from the 60's and 70's to now, players from then wouldnt be able to compete now...

 

If it's given to the manager to spend how he wishes, yes. I trust him.

If it's given to Cryne or that clown Mansford to spend on a f*king spreadsheet player, no.

 

I'd just be shocked if it ever went on players to be honest.

 

You trust Johnson with the money which is all well and good, but what about when the bellends sack him and bring in someone who wants to bring his own men in the money's been wasted again hasn't it

 

The John Stones scoreboard?

 

Is there any need for such personal vitriol towards those running the club?

 

The Carl Tiler sale paid for the East Stand. With rest coming from the Football Trust.

You wouldn't get much change out of £10m if you'd to build similar nowadays.

 

That's a daft argument anyway though, isn't it. Very few people from the 1960s would be effective if they were plucked and dropped into their job as it is in 2015 - lawyers, surgeons, policemen, anybody. However, if you picked a top player from the 1960s and shoved him into the Academy system from age 6 or 7, like players are today, they'd be fine.

It can also be said that a player from today wouldn't be able to compete in the 1960s. How would Wayne Rooney react if players were able to hack him down all game on a muddy pitch with a heavy ball? Bet he wouldn't have done as well as George Best did.

 

That's a daft argument too

 

Yes mate, you're absolutely correct. The Agnew cash was still very badly used though!

 

Was that Mel machin's transfer pig out ? If so didn't most of them turn out all right eventually ?

Or perhaps not

 

Yes. Off the top of my head -

Phil Whitehead - nightmare start but actually turned out to be a good goalie, by which time Dave Watson was breaking through.
Lee Butler signed at the same time I think.
Charlie Bishop - not too bad, very fast, quite injury prone
Steve Davies - looked rubbish at first, then got injured for ages I think. Turned out to be excellent in the end, but the got injured again.
Gareth Williams - looked to be absolute pap. Scored loads of goals when used as an emergency striker, and was then released.
Not sure, but I think Deniol Graham was also signed during this spree, and Phil Gridelet not long after.

Edit - John fecking Pearson was part of that crowd! Enough said!

 

The north stand was a waste of money? Are you on heroin or summert or would you rather we have the old tin pot away end with no roof still and when we play leeds wendy sheff utd ect have a load of there numptys in home end. Plus lose out everytime a club brings a decent following.