Deal or No Deal? A Footballing Farce...

[maineflyer 0]

Andrew Ellis, the Walter Mitty of wannabe football club owners. A self-publicist who likes to talk to anyone who will listen and believe, except those who matter of course. And he's probably the best bet on the horizon, which means the horizon is actually completely bare and anyone actually expecting better days for this club will be very, very disappointed before the summer is out ... especially if I'm wrong and Ellis does become the new owner.

[Totti 0]

I dont think any body knows whats going on in the boardroom mate and worse still there isnt anyone in the boardroom who is in a position to help the club out of the myre its in.

 

They have no answers to the questions you pose. Everyone is sitting around twiddling their thumbs waiting for the new owner with a bag of cash to come and save the day. I dont believe that this is going to happen though. ellis's bid is gathering dust and im of the thinking that if he was a serious contender he would have made a move by now. I think its a safe bet to kick him into touch.

 

There is only one saviour for the club. We the fans who put their good hard earned cash into the club at the turnstiles. We will be the ones who keep the club afloat, albeit on its knees over the comming years. It is we the fans who will pay for the diabolical mismanagement of the club under David murray.

 

If anybody thought that the last ten years was a real test of your loyalty to the club then the next ten are going to take you to the brink of oblivion. it wont be about success winning leagues and cups it will be about making it through the season and hoping we still have a club at the end.

 

Its felt like a rollercoaster ride since our financial debacle came to light but the truth is we were only on the kiddies ride. were on the big dipper now and the cars have just pulled up to the top of the of the first dip and its a long long way down before we get back up the other side.

 

Very dark days ahead indeed.

Good point re: Murray. In the past 10 years how many times has Murray brought us close to financial destruction? And to think some people still think he's done a good job...

 

Running a football club is about spending money prudently. Spend too much and you end up in debt. Spend too little and you end up with a terrible squad. We have constantly gone from one extreme the other under Murray. He might make money in other industries but he's been horrendous in this one. Clueless. And for all the money spent in his legacy we've always had an archaic infrastructure with horrendous scouting etc.