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I would think as the Club stands at the moment we have to be a "selling club" until such time as it is self sufficent in terms of attendances & the commercial side of things.

We also have to realise with football it can be a short lived career, the ones that go on to become "household names" are few and far between one look at the Stanley Squad says that in terms of their "neurturing" and where they have come from in some cases through fantastic academies at the likes of Liverpool, Blackburn etc.

John & Jimmy have no choice but to look at players who have been released by other teams, their record at finding gems is second to none but as others have already said their has to be a balance of polishing these gems, watching them flourish taking the team forward then in essence watching them potentially walk away on the cheap.

Which Then brings about the start of a re-building job as we saw in the Summer.

We have limited resources, nomadic training with no fixed facilities & small attendances.

What we do have is a super management team, what looks like a great team spirit and a great record of over achievement when the odds are stacked against us on the pitch we survive and better it.