DB9
Very well known Exeweb poster
Todays game against Ipswich there were just under 5500 supporters there including away fans, Someone should take note, Bolton fans have had enough and are voting with their feet
I understand the sentiment but if MC or MU bailed the clubs out & the clubs mentioned somehow avoided relegation this season,the clubs that did get relegated would be fuming about the help given to their ultimate detriment..(plus line the pockets of the goons who got the clubs into the insolvent position in the first instance)Terrible, top flight clubs that are around Bolton and Bury you'd think someone might help. Disgusting how money has taken over in the top leagues these days. You got 2 clubs suffering and across the road you have big clubs splashing cash like no tomorrow, bad times coming.
Do you think they should lend Bolton money? I'd be pretty sure there would be rules against this plus other clubs who say they run their clubs properly would wonder why these clubs got help for basically mismanaging their financial affairs that got them to this stage, I have every sympathy for Bury & Bolton but having other clubs help them out, Be it fianacially or lending players other clubs would cry foulTerrible, top flight clubs that are around Bolton and Bury you'd think someone might help. Disgusting how money has taken over in the top leagues these days. You got 2 clubs suffering and across the road you have big clubs splashing cash like no tomorrow, bad times coming.
Do you think this is why when the Premier League was formed it those clubs in it at the time resigned from the FL? Much as we hate the EPL those in charge of it have branded into the most succssful and watched league in the world with billions in TV and sponsership revenue. The main problem is those clubs who get promoted and aren't really ready for it throw money at players who are either past it or journeymen, It doesn't work out and they get relegated but still have those players on long, lucrutive contracts, Sunderland now in L1 was paying one player £70k pw, Portsmouth were paying players £50+ per week while they were going down the divisions. Perhaps its these chairmen who promise the fans the earth and the fans once they're in say the EPL want instant success. The EPL have business men in charge and are ruthless in get their way while it sems the EFL still have the old boys with cigars in a boardroom running things and have not moved with the timesSorry, but I'll reiterate what I said in the Bury thread - the problem remains the EFL. It ought to be run by hard nosed business people who instigate proper procedures to check potential new owners, insist that grounds are not 'sold' to asset strippers and be firm over the application of the financial regulations that they already have in place. So far there's been the usual outpourings of "the Club are too well established/old/previous FA Cup winners" but little decisive action. If it's not one of these two, as other have pointed out it'll be another couple of Clubs before the end of the season. I do sympathise with the fans, but it's still too easy for potential owners to promise the world and deliver nothing.