For those who knocked my striker concerns

Please tell me that our strikers were sharp against bor and I dont need to worry.

 

Our Strikers Were Very Sharp v Boro

And You Have No Need To Worry

ff

 

papa lazarou

You are in the majority of supporters who are voicing this concern
However there is a group on here who think it smart to jump on anybody who cares about the club.
Most of the others that respect your point of view just sit and watch
I hope you and I are wrong in the view that we need more players of quality in this league to stand a chance in the Championship
We will see
However, it is not wrong to say a few decent players will also get bums on seats

 

RE: papa lazarou

Nudge, I don't share your pessimistic view about the club, but it doesn't mean I don't care, I do. Also how do you know 'the majority of supporters are voicing this concern'</p>

I do agree with you about box office names putting bums on seats, but it was PC who said that and not GS. So I have to ask if not from PC, where's the money coming from ?  I do not want to jepardise the existence of the club just to placate the anxieties of some of the fans.</p>

FFS we haven't even kicked a ball yet !!</p>

 

RE: papa lazarou

When PC came out with that statement I took it that he would make money available, clearly I misunderstood.

 

RE: papa lazarou

I also took that view, but in some respect GS is taking stick for PC's statement. </p>

Also who knows whether negotiations are going on behind the scenes.</p>

 

mmmm

 

RE: mmmm

mmmmmmmmmmmm. indeed !!!!

 

my post is not particularly about a striker but because I am not fully conversant about the running of a club perhaps some of you may be able to help,particularly those of you who firmly place shepherd on a pedestal. How come that other owners/directors of other football teams invest monies into their club when there is a need to do so. I understand that shepherd is a reletively wealthy man,as is Mr. Cryne. so how come it appears to be Mr. Cryne who is willing to invest some of his personal wealth into the aquisition of new players and not shepherd.Finally, is Mr. Cryne the sole beneficiary (as well as the fans) if the team progresses following the aquisition of those new players(taking into account money does not gaurentee success).

 

Do you mean will Cryne make money if we do well?

 

There's a massive massive massive (see, i really mean that) difference between having a concern about the upfront staff (even I can see we need an experienced and good striker) and the kind of negative clap trap peddled on here by the likes of Young Nudger. Of course we need someone new up-front, but getting that someone in isn't just a mater of clicking fingers. Not having that someone in place by the time the new season starts does not mean that BFC will implode and the end of the world will occur.

YN talks about all the people he knows not buying season tickets because we haven't made any big signings and that BFC should speculate to accumulate. Balls, how about YN's mates doing some speculating of their own and shelling out a few quid for an ST so that BFC have a few more shekels, they might then be able to buy adecent striker. See, it works both ways, only difference is, BFC have been down that route once before and got their fingers burnt, a few quid spent on an ST won't put anyone in the poorhouse.

 

RE: Do you mean will Cryne make money if we do well?

yes, but that was'nt the basis of my question. It centred around the difference of promised/potential input by owner/directors on a personal level.If however you wish to play it that way then,what do each of the owners, in their own individual ways, get out of speculating in order to accumulate.

 

 people are good at spending other peoples money !!</p>

Ah but I see the chink in your arguement. You're not a real fan because you don't care as you're not negative enough !!</p>

 

Perhaps something N Quinn said might

throw some light on our striker problem, when he admitted that although they had offered top money, world class managers were not prepared to risk thier reputations by dropping down a level. Perhaps we have to prove by results that we are on the slow grind uphill, then we might get somebody willing to commit. Cant be easy for a "name" striker to come to a club that all the pundits have predicted have come up too early and will be in the relegation zone. We have to prove the pundit wrong. One thing we can do is to make Oakwell the 12th man get behind them no matter what, BLIND FAITH ..............

 

How do you make a small fortune in football ?

Start with a large one.</p>

 

A very good point

Well put.

 

although we played 451 last neet

i think even ritchie much be left with no doubt that we need a quality marksman. I wish we had thrown 2 up front last night after we went 2 down just to see how things changed. It was doing my head in. UI know it was a friendly and trying the system but we also have to learn how to change with state.

 

if i remember rightly, when PC and GS took over the club, PC bailed the club out of its immediate financial siuation, GS was brought in to make the club self sufficient so the club wouldnt need to keep going back to PC to survive. I also remember that GS has agreed to run the club for free, no doubt if he was running a business his salary would be many thousands, so i guess thats his contribution, both in his experience in business and the fact he's not taking any money out of the club.

someone mentioned about having other benefactors, as far as i've hard, its just PC, but should we keep expecting him to keep shelling out money for BFC. i think the strategy is right, self sufficiency all the way. also, i dont think PC makes anything if the club does well, its not a business of his, the money he shelled out was as a loan, indefinately...

thats what i remember anyways, if anyone else remembers otehrwise, happy to be corrected.

 

We do need a striker

...and Ritchie knows it</p>

 

Neither PC or GS take anything.</p>

PC bought shares in Oakwell Community Assets £2m as did the council.(not repayable normally) also loaned the company money of which £0.75m has not been repaid (same for council).</p>