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Originally Posted by maccawozzagod
the truth of the matter is that we have come a long way in a short time. This does not leave enough time to maximise cash potential at any of the steps.....
Most clubs tend to stick around their level for a while, develop the ground and the team in similar sorts of time spans and then when they go up they are already operating at the required level. We bucked the trend and somehow (contrary to Confguide belief) managed to get up through the leagues without being bankrolled. Now and last year we find ourselves trying to play catch up on ground development, playing staff, off the field development, Community work, crowds etc etc. There is no quick fix for it, we have got to the League before we had done the work rather than after it. We need to be proud of that achievment rather than despondent, ...........
When the fruits of todays labour start to show in a few years time, when the Commercial Operation is running at full pelt, and the Community Operation is cutting a swarthe through the local youth, we'll hopefully have a much rosier looking future with crowds a thousand or two higher than they are now....
Like it or not this is our level for the immediate future and we need to start treading water PDQ.
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I agree with all that in fact I was only thinking in terms of the first two paragraphs today.
To make much impression on the local youth we need to stay in League Two. At the same time the small crowds leave little room for manoevre - if we can only hope to stay in League 2 at the expense of jeopardising the club's finances we must cut our cloth for a spell back in the Blue Square Premier. That's of course preferable to no Accrington Stanley or an Accrington Stanley restarting in the next tier down like Boston because it pursued a dream or worse still lower like Scarborough.