DB9
Very well known Exeweb poster
Trying to move this conversation from the Transfer Rumour Thread to here. We know there is a real push to get us to L1 and stay there plus a real go at trying to get 6k into SJP every other week but what I'm asking is while we keep selling our Gems (Which is a policy of ours not to stand in a players way) can we do this?
My view is that i think it is difficult to do this, Not just for the obvious reason but as our recent past in L1 showed, We did so well finishing 8th that the spine of that team were sold and replaced with players of not the same quality and we ended up getting relegated to L2 where we've been for about a decade. At the moment there are rumours about this or that player being eyed up, It maybe true or it maybe not i have no idea but it just shows that our ownership model is so fragile in the sense if we want to go up we need the better players to stay but if we do well the better players are put into the "Shopping Window" because we have no one person owning us who has the funds to dip into their pocket, we do need that revenue stream to help keep the club going. (Please, Not a go at the club/trust but a fact)
To attract better players if we went up so we can have a real go at staying there we need to show them that the club has ambition, A team that has a real chance of staying up, Not going up and struggling, Who would want that? Our Academy has produced millions in talented youngsters who the club have benefitted in but we still are where we are on the pitch, Which is L2, Off the field we are unrecognisible to what we were, A really good looking stadium, A training ground that has plans to vastly improve things there, A Social Media platform that is so good and during lockdown has been a real lifeline between the club and fans, we need now to concentrate of the playing side but how do we do this. The improvements off the field have really taken the whole time the Trust has been in charge, Nearly 20 years, That is not a dig but a fact because we've had to do those things slowly and when the money was available, Slowly but surely, It is now time to really put all our efforts into the team, Get promoted and to stay there, The window hasn't closed so there is time but MT did make a rod for his own back in April with his statment about players he wanted to sign for this season, It naturally got the fans excited and now people are getting a little "twitchy" about who we've signed and those positions that still need to be filled.
If we want 6k at SJP on a regular basis then the only way to do that is win games and play good, exciting football that people are willing to part with their hard earned cash to watch it, It means signing good players, Not just to sell them off in 12-18 months but keep them here long enough so we're not struggling and others will want to sign for us because of the football we play and the quality we have.
*Other ideas/views most welcome, Remember it is all about opinions and I'm sure there are loads on here.
My view is that i think it is difficult to do this, Not just for the obvious reason but as our recent past in L1 showed, We did so well finishing 8th that the spine of that team were sold and replaced with players of not the same quality and we ended up getting relegated to L2 where we've been for about a decade. At the moment there are rumours about this or that player being eyed up, It maybe true or it maybe not i have no idea but it just shows that our ownership model is so fragile in the sense if we want to go up we need the better players to stay but if we do well the better players are put into the "Shopping Window" because we have no one person owning us who has the funds to dip into their pocket, we do need that revenue stream to help keep the club going. (Please, Not a go at the club/trust but a fact)
To attract better players if we went up so we can have a real go at staying there we need to show them that the club has ambition, A team that has a real chance of staying up, Not going up and struggling, Who would want that? Our Academy has produced millions in talented youngsters who the club have benefitted in but we still are where we are on the pitch, Which is L2, Off the field we are unrecognisible to what we were, A really good looking stadium, A training ground that has plans to vastly improve things there, A Social Media platform that is so good and during lockdown has been a real lifeline between the club and fans, we need now to concentrate of the playing side but how do we do this. The improvements off the field have really taken the whole time the Trust has been in charge, Nearly 20 years, That is not a dig but a fact because we've had to do those things slowly and when the money was available, Slowly but surely, It is now time to really put all our efforts into the team, Get promoted and to stay there, The window hasn't closed so there is time but MT did make a rod for his own back in April with his statment about players he wanted to sign for this season, It naturally got the fans excited and now people are getting a little "twitchy" about who we've signed and those positions that still need to be filled.
If we want 6k at SJP on a regular basis then the only way to do that is win games and play good, exciting football that people are willing to part with their hard earned cash to watch it, It means signing good players, Not just to sell them off in 12-18 months but keep them here long enough so we're not struggling and others will want to sign for us because of the football we play and the quality we have.
*Other ideas/views most welcome, Remember it is all about opinions and I'm sure there are loads on here.