Presume revenue from events at NYS is excluded given that we also pay rent to play there to a holding company - so weddings and conferences and international football. Accounts are what you want them to be (within reason). We need a 5 year plan for the club that considers investment in the early years versus increased revenues from being in a higher division.
Whatever the motive of someone to take over a football club when in their sixties you can’t say TS hasn’t given it a go. Through his support we have experienced unprecedented success and gained a magnificent stadium. It hasn’t always been a smooth road. Multiple managerial appointments, some good, some not so, have shown he has had ambition and was forever striving for success. But like the rest of us he is only human. He can’t get it right all the time.
Since Kenny Jackett’s unexpected departure I sense there has been a change in TS’s belief. The appointment of PW and caution in the transfer market is illustrative of TS battening down the hatches. Possibly, he feels he has had his fingers burned by the odd manager and player and now wants to limit his losses to within acceptable levels.
Sadly, and the frustration for us minions is that in a fantastic Championship there are three bigger clubs also struggling. Potentially, just that little more investment might have already made all the difference (and then there was always the likelihood of it being recouped next season due an increase in broadcasting income).
But it is TS’s club. He’s always done it his way.
I support TS but throughout his reign I have always had just one personal bug bear. Owners, managers, players, they come and go. What never changes is our tradition; our name, our colours. I've mentioned this before but since TS arrived we have stopped playing in red and white away from home (I actually dread the upcoming announcement of a new batch of meaningless away kits). For goodness sake, please TS, either get a single shirt sponsor or alternatively put the away sponsor on one set of red shirts but not have those for sale in the club shop. Sorted.
Id like to see a big TV in all 4 corners. TBH that would excite and settle most fans. If we could get a 360 projector on to a dome built over the ground I reckon Id be happy with National league football. Maybe we could be the first club to put screens on seats and have interactive questions and votes with all the other fans and ordering of food and drinks facility. A bit like Mcdonalds or one of them TV xFactor type shows
Its just entertainment after all.
Oh! and hot, cold and alcohol self-service taps built into the walls instead of those really awful kids ...I know! I know! They try hard and are good kids but that is never going to get me my cup of tea and kit kat at half time. Its about time we spent some money on these things. Success will then surely follow, but if it doesn't it will still be really nice to go and watch a game
-- Edited by ian on Friday 1st of March 2019 05:56:41 PM
