The Model Works


I'm sure Bellingham prefers playing in front of 40K home fans than the 20K at Birmingham. We're a big enough club to attract the likes of Clarke and Roberts when in League 1. As long as we keep showing ambition players will buy into that.
 
Very few have mentioned the possibility of relegation. However, without experienced signings today we could be in serious trouble.
I mentioned before the start of the season that Barnsley were relegated from the Championship in 2021-22 having finished in fifth place and reached the play-offs the year before with the youngest squad and one of the smallest budgets in the league which is something that we as a club need to guard against happening particularly in such a competitive division and in our second season back at this level. I remember Peter Reid stating on Premier Passions that if you stand still in football then you go backwards. Allowing experienced footballers to leave the club who clearly still have a lot to offer and replacing them with largely untested youngsters who aren't ready could be construed something of a gamble.
 
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Were they signed when the owner bought the club?


The model only works off the pitch, not on it...
We've been promoted and made the play offs since Speakman came in FFS. This season is a few games old.

What more could you possibly want since the model was introduced on the pitch?
I go to the match to watch us win games not arsed about if abdullah ba turns a profit.
You might not be arsed about the profit, but losses could kill our club and right now we are losing a shit load of money every year.

I dont think people realise just how bad a position we were in a few years ago, we could have went bust. We need to be sustainable. It's not about lining pockets of billionaires.
 
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We will be trying to get that Palace kid on loan and then sell Roberts. It’s progress at the bank, but gambling with the team . You need experienced players at this level as well.,
 
Rigg will be the most valuable and we'll only get a tiny compensation fee. It's why I want him to get the chances Ba is getting. He may be 16 but he'll be gone soon anyway so we may as well play him while he's here.
It could be Jobe Bellingham who turns out to be our best prospect and hes only 17
 
I think selling Stewart was the only option we had, he hadn’t signed a contract and there’s no guarantee that his recovery to his previous level would happen. Southampton have taken a colossal risk paying ten million for him.
 
I think selling Stewart was the only option we had, he hadn’t signed a contract and there’s no guarantee that his recovery to his previous level would happen. Southampton have taken a colossal risk paying ten million for him.
Id be pretty concerned if my club spent 10mill on a long term injured player whilst still injured! Im actually pleased we have / are selling him. Too many ifs buts and maybes surrounding him plus gives us a chance to build again
 
It feels like its been a while since we've actually sold players for real money rather than just released, free transfer, loaned out sacked etc. Selling Stewart for 8-10 million or whatever it is with 10 months or so left on his contract is actually huge progress from where we were. If you look at the potential value of the players we do have still on long term contracts Clarke, Cirkin, Neil, Ballard, Jobe etc they could easily go for a lot more than that. The model is definitely working and mules better than what we had before. Its just long term rather than instant success. We should be OK with that.
 
We've been promoted and made the play offs since Speakman came in FFS. This season is a few games old.

What more could you possibly want since the model was introduced on the pitch?

You might not be arsed about the profit, but losses could kill our club and right now we are losing a shit load of money every year.

I dont think people realise just how bad a position we were in a few years ago, we could have went bust. We need to be sustainable. It's not about lining pockets of billionaires.

The model they're gaslighting is not the model we're getting....
 

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