Retained list?.

[Little_Al]

I'll repeat because it takes a long time to get through: The only way to improve gates is by consistently good home performances and results. It does take a long time and requires patience.

[melv]

It has been stated on here on many occasion that l should stay out of football matters and within a few days l am now to step in

It would be wrong of me to comment on Rob's decisions as that would undermine him so l will not be

What l will do is share some facts with you

Last year based on ST sale and previous season gates (ex Wolves) the budget was set at 1.7 ie 60% of Clubs income

I then invested 700k with another 50k after Rob's appointment

Last season our gates were down 20%

I have given Rob the same budget of 1.7M

The difference is l will not be putting another investment having learn't my lesson over the Prem striker episode

I will invest if l see the appetite and/or oppurtunity

Assuming all players accept their terms which they will not there will be circa 400k to do business in the loan market or player acquisition

I can take us to the Championship but without the desire and support will not be doing it alone

I trust this gives you all some insight

 

What about getting someone in to invest in the club with you?

[SMURF]

what about getting someone in to invest in the club with you?

 

why

[Jacob_123]

why

 

Because now more than ever it seems you don't have the cash to sustain a L1 team!

[melv]

why

 

To help you with costs.

 

Ease the workload & pressure.

 

Which it turn could fund better players,leading to promotion and bigger crowds better games.

[NellyTheValiant]

What was the Prem striker episode?

[SMURF]

Because now more than ever it seems you don't have the cash to sustain a L1 team!

 

Seems to whom

[valiantsireno]

Jacob 123 must have your PIN number norman.

[Jacob_123]

Jacob 123 must have your PIN number norman.

 

So you're happy with page and the retained list?

 

To me that seems like cheap options.

[melv]

So you're happy with page and the retained list?

 

To me that seems like cheap options.

 

????????

[carpetman123]

How long has Page given to the players to respond to their offers?

[rsb]

Can't Page do a Adam's and say he made a mistake in taking the job on and hand in his notice and leave straight away so it won't cost smurf anything.

[Inny]

How long has Page given to the players to respond to their offers?

 

Two weeks or offers retracted.

[Inny]

So you're happy with page and the retained list?

 

To me that seems like cheap options.

 

Of course he is happy with Page or he wouldn't have given him the job.

[andy jones]

It has been stated on here on many occasion that l should stay out of football matters and within a few days l am now to step in

It would be wrong of me to comment on Rob's decisions as that would undermine him so l will not be

What l will do is share some facts with you

Last year based on ST sale and previous season gates (ex Wolves) the budget was set at 1.7 ie 60% of Clubs income

I then invested 700k with another 50k after Rob's appointment

Last season our gates were down 20%

I have given Rob the same budget of 1.7M

The difference is l will not be putting another investment having learn't my lesson over the Prem striker episode

I will invest if l see the appetite and/or oppurtunity

Assuming all players accept their terms which they will not there will be circa 400k to do business in the loan market or player acquisition

I can take us to the Championship but without the desire and support will not be doing it alone

I trust this gives you all some insight

 

 

Norman as a long standing fan of 60 years this year I will be there again next season.

 

Our gates were down last season because our home form was very poor and we didn't go home happy very often.

 

But to criticise fans for not turning up in vast numbers on the promise of an unspecified Prem League striker being signed is simply unfair.

 

If you had signed the player when you had the opportunity and if he was a 'sit up and take notice' player you would have seen 6000 plus on his debut. If he had made us into a winning team they would have stuck with you.

 

What really impressed me with the fans was the last match of the season where around 2,000 pay on the dataBase fans turned up for a match on which nothing hinged.

 

Then this is where your bad luck again came to haunt you ... We were crap!

 

What's more whenever we attracted a good home crowd last season we always played crap.

 

When we played anyone in the bottom four at home we played one up front, stood off them, and got beat.

 

Norman, all of us are Vale fans, we all desperately want our club to be successful but there was one common denominator to my points above and it's not the fans !!