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Post by baggins on Jan 7, 2022 11:49:58 GMT
It’s going on everywhere KP, why not Bristol? 😉 UTG! Never been one to think its ok just because others do it, it has ruined football and how can clubs such as ours even dream of competing. To be an owner of a successful club you need a massively deep pocket and ability to soak up the loss. Just all wrong Bury had debts of £5 mil. 3 of Man City's players could have paid that off from a single months salary. As you say, something's not right.
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Post by baggins on Jan 7, 2022 12:04:02 GMT
It’s going on everywhere KP, why not Bristol? 😉 UTG! Never been one to think its ok just because others do it, it has ruined football and how can clubs such as ours even dream of competing. To be an owner of a successful club you need a massively deep pocket and ability to soak up the loss. Just all wrong Grealish banked £10 mil just for signing his contract to join Man City.
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Jan 7, 2022 12:13:25 GMT
Never been one to think its ok just because others do it, it has ruined football and how can clubs such as ours even dream of competing. To be an owner of a successful club you need a massively deep pocket and ability to soak up the loss. Just all wrong Grealish banked £10 mil just for signing his contract to join Man City. Obscene isn’t it. Bury and many other such clubs become a community thing and not just the football. To lose that must be awful. Modern football is killing off these clubs and i fully expect more to follow once accounts are sorted. Horrible, cruel and greedy
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Post by gulfofaden on Jan 7, 2022 12:16:59 GMT
It’s going on everywhere KP, why not Bristol? 😉 UTG! Never been one to think its ok just because others do it, it has ruined football and how can clubs such as ours even dream of competing. To be an owner of a successful club you need a massively deep pocket and ability to soak up the loss. Just all wrong To be fair we’ve never competed in our history. We’ve dropped a bit last 20 years but even with the great teams we had, we were rarely above league 1 (or equivalent)
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Post by gulfofaden on Jan 7, 2022 12:17:49 GMT
Never been one to think its ok just because others do it, it has ruined football and how can clubs such as ours even dream of competing. To be an owner of a successful club you need a massively deep pocket and ability to soak up the loss. Just all wrong Grealish banked £10 mil just for signing his contract to join Man City. At least now he’s rich enough to be selected to play in the England team (where he should have been in the last euros)
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Jan 7, 2022 12:20:49 GMT
Never been one to think its ok just because others do it, it has ruined football and how can clubs such as ours even dream of competing. To be an owner of a successful club you need a massively deep pocket and ability to soak up the loss. Just all wrong To be fair we’ve never competed in our history. We’ve dropped a bit last 20 years but even with the great teams we had, we were rarely above league 1 (or equivalent) Yes, tier 3 had been our historical place but we did do pretty well in tier 2 for a couple of seasons. Gerry Francis did say the bubble had burst when he took us up then left. I think we would have gone on to better if we had a worthy stadium but there you go.
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Post by baggins on Jan 7, 2022 12:50:57 GMT
Grealish banked £10 mil just for signing his contract to join Man City. At least now he’s rich enough to be selected to play in the England team (where he should have been in the last euros) Not sure wealth comes into it, playing for a big Club certainly does. Never understood why decent on form players from the Championship are never selected. They'd give much more than some of the big name disappointments we see year in year out. Getting pretty fed up with the Premiership.
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Post by stuart1974 on Jan 7, 2022 13:06:24 GMT
To be fair we’ve never competed in our history. We’ve dropped a bit last 20 years but even with the great teams we had, we were rarely above league 1 (or equivalent) Yes, tier 3 had been our historical place but we did do pretty well in tier 2 for a couple of seasons. Gerry Francis did say the bubble had burst when he took us up then left. I think we would have gone on to better if we had a worthy stadium but there you go. I agree, had the Carsons Road plan been progressed then either GF may have stayed or, more likely, we'd have been able to lure Martin O'Neill from Wycombe who was our first choice replacement and who turned us down reportedly because of the stadium situation.
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Post by legas on Jan 7, 2022 13:09:58 GMT
Yes, tier 3 had been our historical place but we did do pretty well in tier 2 for a couple of seasons. Gerry Francis did say the bubble had burst when he took us up then left. I think we would have gone on to better if we had a worthy stadium but there you go. I agree, had the Carsons Road plan been progressed then either GF may have stayed or, more likely, we'd have been able to lure Martin O'Neill from Wycombe who was our first choice replacement and who turned us down reportedly because of the stadium situation. I remember GF recommending O’Neil as his successor. Couldn’t understand at the time why he chose to stay at Wycombe … until shortly afterwards he left for the Notts Forest job (I think).
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Post by baggins on Jan 7, 2022 13:11:10 GMT
Yes, tier 3 had been our historical place but we did do pretty well in tier 2 for a couple of seasons. Gerry Francis did say the bubble had burst when he took us up then left. I think we would have gone on to better if we had a worthy stadium but there you go. I agree, had the Carsons Road plan been progressed then either GF may have stayed or, more likely, we'd have been able to lure Martin O'Neill from Wycombe who was our first choice replacement and who turned us down reportedly because of the stadium situation. GF?
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 7, 2022 13:17:01 GMT
I agree, had the Carsons Road plan been progressed then either GF may have stayed or, more likely, we'd have been able to lure Martin O'Neill from Wycombe who was our first choice replacement and who turned us down reportedly because of the stadium situation. GF? Gerry Francis. Knobhead.
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Post by baggins on Jan 7, 2022 13:25:48 GMT
Yea alright, it wouldn't come to me ok? Don't start throwing your insults around now you're not a mod anymore.
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Post by Hugo Admin on Jan 7, 2022 13:38:02 GMT
Yea alright, it wouldn't come to me ok? Don't start throwing your insults around now you're not a mod anymore. Knobhead
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Post by baggins on Jan 7, 2022 13:44:32 GMT
Yea alright, it wouldn't come to me ok? Don't start throwing your insults around now you're not a mod anymore. Knobhead Oh God he's back.
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Post by stuart1974 on Jan 7, 2022 13:50:58 GMT
I agree, had the Carsons Road plan been progressed then either GF may have stayed or, more likely, we'd have been able to lure Martin O'Neill from Wycombe who was our first choice replacement and who turned us down reportedly because of the stadium situation. I remember GF recommending O’Neil as his successor. Couldn’t understand at the time why he chose to stay at Wycombe … until shortly afterwards he left for the Notts Forest job (I think). I thought Forest was much later and he stayed with Wycombe a good few seasons longer.
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Post by Colyton Gas on Jan 7, 2022 14:00:30 GMT
Talking of the 'Stadium Situation',recall leaving Stoke City's ground when they had been relegated from the Prem and a distraught supporter almost in tears getting his Bristols mixed up said to me,'We'll be playing at Bristol next season. where they tell me they have tents for stands'!!!'
By the way legas,just as we hate being called 'Bristol',Forest fans hate it when they are called 'Notts Forest'.It's Nottingham Forest and Notts County.
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Post by kentgas on Jan 7, 2022 14:17:52 GMT
I remember GF recommending O’Neil as his successor. Couldn’t understand at the time why he chose to stay at Wycombe … until shortly afterwards he left for the Notts Forest job (I think). I thought Forest was much later and he stayed with Wycombe a good few seasons longer. Thought he was quoted as saying that he thought Wycombe had greater potential than Rovers. Hard to swallow but we’ve not done much since then to prove him wrong.
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Post by stuart1974 on Jan 7, 2022 14:24:18 GMT
I thought Forest was much later and he stayed with Wycombe a good few seasons longer. Thought he was quoted as saying that he thought Wycombe had greater potential than Rovers. Hard to swallow but we’ve not done much since then to prove him wrong. Probably, I recall the press interpretating that as the stadium situation and I'm not sure what else it could be. Perhaps he just didn't want it.
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Post by legas on Jan 7, 2022 14:46:46 GMT
I remember GF recommending O’Neil as his successor. Couldn’t understand at the time why he chose to stay at Wycombe … until shortly afterwards he left for the Notts Forest job (I think). I thought Forest was much later and he stayed with Wycombe a good few seasons longer. you’re probably right - my memory is not what it used to be!
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Post by aghast on Jan 7, 2022 17:02:44 GMT
Yea alright, it wouldn't come to me ok? Don't start throwing your insults around now you're not a mod anymore. Ex mods are a growing club. I only lasted about 5 months. It just wasn't for me. Obviously the money, women, drugs and drink were welcome benefits but I couldn't handle the fame.
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