Quote RDM="RDM"
There is only one reason why the club has fallen on hard times & that is not enough people coming through the turnstiles every other Sunday. '"
Well, thats not exactly true though is it? Its so typical of us to just shug our shoulders and say "its not our fault" - it happens all the time. Its not our fault:
"Thornes Park fell through"
"We have a crap ground and away fans wont come"
"We owe the tax man and he wants his money"
"We can't attract good players"
"The bank called in its debt over the Sainsbury deal with Ted"
"We lost our best 2 players last year"
"Newmarket was called in for Public Enquiry"
"There's a reccesion and cash is tight"
At some point somebody has to stand up and take responsobility for the running of the club. Yes, we don't have the best hand of cards to play and we dont do too badly on the playing front as a rule, but something is fundamentally wrong with the club. We can't even nearly balance the books each month, something is wrong.
On top of the Sky money we receive and also the general income from a minimum of 5,000 x £20 (OK, not exactly this when you take into account season tickets etc) but thats £100k every 2 weeks for 8 months or so of the year - all this money has gone! Add to this the sale of players, other revenue streams & sponsorship etc and we still don't have enough money without "borrowing" from the tax man??
Something doesn't add up here.........