[GlobalSpire]

fishini, on Jan 10 2008, 09:55 PM, said:

still have to be paid though
According to some on here I am the only with these beliefs in the prospect of the new ground Well SB seems you are wrong again

If I had it I'd give you a million quid not to mention the ground situation again Fishini.

[BOBBY]

GlobalSpire, on Jan 10 2008, 10:44 PM, said:

If I had it I'd give you a million quid not to mention the ground situation again Fishini.

forget the new stadium... don't think it will ever happen..... think a lot of fans like me pray we stay put at FORTRESS SALTERGATE
so let's do an 'arthur cox' and take a chance for promotion

for many fans on here.... arthur cox was a manager a long, long time ago when life was good !

[lindave]

KIng Arthur was my all time favourite manager, the football was fantastic as was the support. Yes he nearly broke the bank with his transfer fees paid, but at least that was better than that fat thieving scumbag Brown. If Coxy had stayed with us until the end ofthe season he would have got us into the then Div. 2, and who can for get the likes of Birch,Bonnyman and Wilson.

[dalekpete]

BOBBY, on Jan 10 2008, 10:56 PM, said:

so let's do an 'arthur cox' and take a chance for promotion

We were probably one injury away from reaching the second tier. However we bought a squad where many cost more than our previous transfer record. Our wage levels also prompted newspapers articles. A year later a Club employee was running around local businessmen that we owed money to pleading for them not to force the closure of the Club.

It was champagne football on a champagne budget!

Darren Brown's team came close to this, and for all the money he syphoned-off he still paid some big contracts.

Some of this season's football has come close to what we saw on those occasions. I feels we are close to reaching that sort of standard. However this has been based on firm business principles and our Board under-writing reasonable deficits.

To start the season with a budget that brings stars in but depends on results, crowds and bonuses to break-even is a gamble, but it is a gamble the Board are willing to take. They wont gamble the Club against possible success where the price might be a crisis, nor would I expect them to.

[Bugerov]

dalekpete, on Jan 10 2008, 11:46 PM, said:

We were probably one injury away from reaching the second tier. However we bought a squad where many cost more than our previous transfer record. Our wage levels also prompted newspapers articles. A year later a Club employee was running around local businessmen that we owed money to pleading for them not to force the closure of the Club.

It was champagne football on a champagne budget!

Darren Brown's team came close to this, and for all the money he syphoned-off he still paid some big contracts.

Some of this season's football has come close to what we saw on those occasions. I feels we are close to reaching that sort of standard. However this has been based on firm business principles and our Board under-writing reasonable deficits.

To start the season with a budget that brings stars in but depends on results, crowds and bonuses to break-even is a gamble, but it is a gamble the Board are willing to take. They wont gamble the Club against possible success where the price might be a crisis, nor would I expect them to.

The football was fantastic we had some super players. It was a bit like living the high life on a credit card, it could not last, but made for some great times!

[onlyonefinfolan]

Sammy Clingan 20
Jamie O'Hara 19
Felix Bastians 19
Adam Rooney 20
Kevan Hurst 19
Phil Picken 19
Jamal Campbell Ryce 21
Jonathan Douglas 21
Thomas Hitzlsperger 19

Hardly old fogies when they first joined us!

[BlueRover52]

onlyonefinfolan, on Jan 11 2008, 07:15 PM, said:

Sammy Clingan 20
Jamie O'Hara 19
Felix Bastians 19
Adam Rooney 20
Kevan Hurst 19
Phil Picken 19
Jamal Campbell Ryce 21
Jonathan Douglas 21
Thomas Hitzlsperger 19

Hardly old fogies when they first joined us!

It must be cos WE'RE getting older!