this season could go either way

Week on Saturday

against top of the table, after a 2 week break, I reckon we'll struggle to get 13,000. The reality is we'll never be self sufficient in the Championship and are totally reliant upon Patrick's benevolance.

 

RE: Week on Saturday

We were before and HTF do Colchester manage?

Better thinking required IMHO. It's not 1948 anymore

 

RE: what rule would that be then.......

No, SM's rule that we cannot cope with the Championship on the gates we get.

 

Which players do you think

would prefer to play for us in front of empty stadiums than for clubs getting decent size attendances and thus greater ability to offer improved wages? Colchester lost Chris Iwelumo & Jamie Cureton amongst others, Luton had to sell their better players, and inevitably it becomes a struggle. we wont make any forward progress, and in fact the days of staying put in the 2nd Division like we did in the 80's are long gone, its a totally different 'ball game' nowadays. No loyalty, money talks.

 

ok SM

but what is the solution ? You can't force people to go to Oakwell.

 

RE: ok SM

we should speculate to accumulate-Ronaldinho for starters-Patrick should top Barca's wages and offer a 2 up 2 down in Kendray as a sweetener-then Drogba would want to move here and soon it would snowball-Abramovic would buy us out and the attendances would soar to maybe 15000

 

Dont see a solution

we'll be forced to sell in January, regardless of how deep Patricks pockets are cos the players in demand with an ounce of ambition will be fed up of hearing the odd boo echo round a 2/3s empty stadium. Im just pointing out the inevitable. Course, you'll geet a few fckwits come on here and blame the board for lack of ambition. the same board that have pushed the boat out to sign 15 players on good money despite dwindling attendances.

Barnsley people are in the main lazy, they prefer to moan about the prices, hide behind pleading poverty whilst getting hammered every weekend, and will ultimately end up with summat to moan about when we drop down to our level. FACT.

 

RE: Dont see a solution

That should do it.

 

Charity shops and travel agents

just that.

 

The public

gets what it deserves.

 

Correct

takes some real brain power and energy to exert ones fat arse to SKY Plus Strictly Come Dancing and to pick up the phone to speed dial Dominos, low down on agenda is supporting your local football club, not when there's a new X Box game out and a plasma to wall mount.

 

Was that the Monday and it's on Sky one?

Not really all that surprising.

 

Problem I see,

you are preaching to the converted on here.</p>

You should get a letter in the Chronicle or something like that.</p>

 

Only dodgy avatars seem to spark owt off these days

www.google images 'lollipop'

 

Well, as I'm a season ticket holder and rarely go out at the weekend

I'll moan my ******* head off if we sell all our players. Unless it's the players that Davey brought in, the majority of whom are ****.

 

Wayne's just collapsed in a masturbator's coma. nt

 

Benefits dependant culture

middle white finger up to you, BFC, you can shove your half season ticket where the sun dont shine, speaking of which, £199 for family of 4 B&B in Salou, Deal.

 

Well here goes ......

high street bookies are generally offering approx 9/2 against us going down ie. punter puts on £20 on to win £90 plus your £20 stake back, £110 in total. This is 4.5 to 1 in decimal or in betfair terms 5.5 (as their figure includes the stake)

If you offered 10.0 on betfair (9-1 in bookie terms) then punters would be returned £200 for their £20 stake. You would have no shortage of punters for these generous odds!

If Barnsley stayed up you would keep all their stake money (could be loads). However, if barnsley went down you would have to pay them all out at 9 times their stake money (a fortune). You would also have to deposit the all the money in betfair account to cover the bets should you lose.

In simple terms, don't lay bets at big odds unless you are certain that the event won't happen - are you certain we won't go down?