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Minister Onymfo · 18-10-2009, 11:25

I think it is inevitable that if we get through the tax debt problem and into the January transfer window any decent offer for the likes of Symes, Grant, Turner or Ryan would be impossible to turn down, for financial reasons alone, assuming the player embargo is lifted with the threat of the winding up order gone. It would be a great shame because in my opinion this is the best side we have ever had at the Crown Ground and it is probably one of the cheapest since we went full time. This being true then I am sure Coley, Jimmy and their contacts can help replace any players with ones good enough to help us maintain steady affordable progress.
Whilst dreams of a play-off place would be fantastic I do feel that this would only jepordise the clubs future once again if hopes of greater things are dashed on the rocks of a play-off failure. Our floating fans want to watch a good game of football but seem to be easily put off once the team fails to thrash all comers. A steady increase in achievement season on season whilst playing attractive football would be the ideal. The fan base would hopefully grow steadily but strongly as people become passionate about watching regardless and not just in search of the quick fix of a five - nil trouncing of that day's opposition. Promotion to League One at this stage would bring with it two senario's
1) we keep the same squad who will all require paying more anyway because we are at a higher level but we get bounced every week back into League two as a consequence crowds drop and debt returns.
2) we have to buy better players thus increasing debt, the crowds will not grow to cover this cost because we will inevitably only be good enough to finish in the lower reaches of that very strong Division and relatively new fans will probably drift away as the thrill of winning every week is taken away from them.

Let's set reallistic hopes for this season

1) Hope we have a football club on the 1st of November

2) Pardon the cliche but take each game as it comes- ie. lets hope we beat Shrewsbury on Tuesday and have a bumper JPT 3rd round against Bury at the Crown where we can show our appreciation to one of our greatest allies in the fight to raise finance for the SOS Fund and beat their team of course (sorry one game at a time).

3) Hope we continue to play attractive exciting football for at least one half of every game and keep /increase the support of new fans, even if like yesterday we are the better side but we lose.

4) Hope as a consequence of (3) we avoid relegation as early as possible.

I think anything else this season would be far too much to hope for (using that word far too much) and would be the most immense bonus, besides we do have to save some hope for hoping England will win the World Cup at the end of the season, we musn't be greedy. :-)

18-10-2009, 11:25	#14
Minister Onymfo Full Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Posts: 244 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: What next I think it is inevitable that if we get through the tax debt problem and into the January transfer window any decent offer for the likes of Symes, Grant, Turner or Ryan would be impossible to turn down, for financial reasons alone, assuming the player embargo is lifted with the threat of the winding up order gone. It would be a great shame because in my opinion this is the best side we have ever had at the Crown Ground and it is probably one of the cheapest since we went full time. This being true then I am sure Coley, Jimmy and their contacts can help replace any players with ones good enough to help us maintain steady affordable progress. Whilst dreams of a play-off place would be fantastic I do feel that this would only jepordise the clubs future once again if hopes of greater things are dashed on the rocks of a play-off failure. Our floating fans want to watch a good game of football but seem to be easily put off once the team fails to thrash all comers. A steady increase in achievement season on season whilst playing attractive football would be the ideal. The fan base would hopefully grow steadily but strongly as people become passionate about watching regardless and not just in search of the quick fix of a five - nil trouncing of that day's opposition. Promotion to League One at this stage would bring with it two senario's 1) we keep the same squad who will all require paying more anyway because we are at a higher level but we get bounced every week back into League two as a consequence crowds drop and debt returns. 2) we have to buy better players thus increasing debt, the crowds will not grow to cover this cost because we will inevitably only be good enough to finish in the lower reaches of that very strong Division and relatively new fans will probably drift away as the thrill of winning every week is taken away from them. Let's set reallistic hopes for this season 1) Hope we have a football club on the 1st of November 2) Pardon the cliche but take each game as it comes- ie. lets hope we beat Shrewsbury on Tuesday and have a bumper JPT 3rd round against Bury at the Crown where we can show our appreciation to one of our greatest allies in the fight to raise finance for the SOS Fund and beat their team of course (sorry one game at a time). 3) Hope we continue to play attractive exciting football for at least one half of every game and keep /increase the support of new fans, even if like yesterday we are the better side but we lose. 4) Hope as a consequence of (3) we avoid relegation as early as possible. I think anything else this season would be far too much to hope for (using that word far too much) and would be the most immense bonus, besides we do have to save some hope for hoping England will win the World Cup at the end of the season, we musn't be greedy. :-)