Simon Sadler

[Memphisboy]

Didn’t appear to be there again last night same as the previous two home games. Hope he’s not losing his enthusiasm as a result of our whingebags whining all summer. Whatever your opinion on individual players I think we’ve got the strongest squad with the most depth in the division and someone is paying those wages at the end of every month!!!!!!!

 

[JJpool]

He must want to sell again...

 

[aquaduck]

His plans for the club on 3 fronts, staff, training complex and stadium are going to require and have already required a really big investment... even, I would have thought, for someone in his position. I hope he doesn't sell for obvious reasons.... but you wouldn't be surprised if he's re-assessing what he wants to do with the club. The whining and gnashing of teeth of our fans on social media because we weren't top of the league after 3 games is hardly going to encourage him to maximise that investment.

 

[Raging_Bull]

Well let's not hope he reads this message board (though I suspect he does), because some of the whining and whinging on here is enough to drive anyone to bail out.

(If you're reading this Simon, ignore the muppets that post shite, all clubs have them)

 

[braymarina]

Thought that he had made his commitment clear in his recent posting to fans, does he have to do that again every time he is out of the country?

 

[Seaside Aggro]

Maybe he got an iptv fire stick this season

 

[Shiggy]

Well let's no hope he reads this message board (though I suspect he does), because some of the whining and whinging on here is enough to drive anyone to bail out.

(If you're reading this Simon, ignore the muppets that post shite, all clubs have them)

The club read this site every day and a lot of it gets passed on to Sadler, hence his now seemingly annual statements biting back.

 

[Matesrates]

Simon, don’t listen to the small number of dissenters on here, the vast majority are eternally grateful for your support.

 

[Mark_GT]

Think he's been away.

 

[Briggs5]

Think he's been away.

And not notified AVFTT?! How dare he!

 

[Charliecleanstonysheens]

Simon, don’t listen to the small number of dissenters on here, the vast majority are eternally grateful for your support.

Ditto !!

 

[AllezBlackpool]

Yawn

 

[AlternativeSeaside]

** yawn.

Ridiculous and paranoid op

 

[LA1 Seasider]

If you’ve got enough money to own a club you’ve likely got responsibilities that stop you being at the club you own more often than not. Unless you’re amongst the billionaire class that is !

 

[PdxTangerine]

The idea that a guy who has withstood the brutal and ultra competitive world of hedge funds for decades whilst turning himself into a massively successful multi millionaire would pack in his plans for the club because "some people said mean things about him on the internet" is pretty ridiculous.

Likewise that it would stop him attending games, "you going to the match this week, Simon?" , "Nah, luv last time I heard a guy call me a greasy haired wanker, think i'll just stay in wiv a cuppa".

 

[Adams Kebab]

Maybe he got an iptv fire stick this season

Fit in well with half who post the most on here then

 

[Fylde Seasider]

The idea that a guy who has withstood the brutal and ultra competitive world of hedge funds for decades whilst turning himself into a massively successful multi millionaire would pack in his plans for the club because "some people said mean things about him on the internet" is pretty ridiculous.

Likewise that it would stop him attending games, "you going to the match this week, Simon?" , "Nah, luv last time I heard a guy call me a greasy haired wanker, think i'll just stay in wiv a cuppa".

The oystains [*spit*] were despised. They were the source of thousands of bitter threads. Protests inside and outside the ground and their houses. All manner of other stuff for close to 30 years, but still they persisted (lingered) throughout it all. Owen still thinks the detractors are few and that he's still considered to be the messiah. I'm not sure if that is mental illness or the onset of dementia?

So seeing as though we've ascertained that Mr Sadler probably has relatively thick skin, what's happening with the training ground? When is the East getting built? What happened to the Josh Bowler, Jerry Yates and Championship money?

 

[TangerinePeel]

I think he definitely takes the vitriol on twitter more seriously, that last statement seemed directed at what you see on there more than what you see here. There is definitely a clique on twitter that see it as edgy to slag the club off, "Sadler" and "Mansford" became buzz words last season - throw that in a tweet paired with somet like "where's the money" and you were guaranteed some sweet serotonin from the inevitable likes you'd get on your tweet.

AVFTT gets slagged off for being overtly negative but I don't think that's true. You see every shade of opinion on here because it is designed for pure Blackpool talk. I see plenty of whining on twitter, it actually winds me up more because it is a person so it feels a bit more like real life, whereas here it is just a username - it is hard to dwell on stuff too long on here when its "GerardoBruna'sTrainingSock" saying something controversial!

 

[Fiduciary]

Didn’t appear to be there again last night same as the previous two home games. Hope he’s not losing his enthusiasm as a result of our whingebags whining all summer. Whatever your opinion on individual players I think we’ve got the strongest squad with the most depth in the division and someone is paying those wages at the end of every month!!!!!!!

Blackpool Football club will turnover around £8 million this year. That size of a business is very small in the wider world. There will be several fans in the ground that run businesses with far bigger turnovers than that.

Simon Sadler is estimated to be worth £450+ million. If that is even remotely accurate, then a business the size of Blackpool Football Club would barely register as a side hobby. He is obviously prepared to put in an amount of money which is completely upto him, but it is naive then to think that football fans won't demand more, amd even more naive to then try and tell them off when they do.
The tangible evidence available says that we are in the same division as when he took over the club, we have the same training ground, we have the same temporary East Stand and we have a level 3 academy. These are the things that fans will largely focus on and use as a measurement for success. Now, of course there is a whole host of improvements in squad value, development squad players, attitude towards the fans, ground investment to repair the mess left behind by the rapist and his off spring, improvements at the current training ground, and excellent community trust work.

Simon Sadler has done a good job so far, but not a great job. When shovels are in the ground for both stand and training ground, and the club is back at Championship level, only then will it be seen by the majority as a total success.

We are all behind Simon Sadler and are grateful that we have a steady owner with the club at heart. That doesn't mean things won't be questioned or moaned about when they aren't going well.

 

[tarantula]

The idea that a guy who has withstood the brutal and ultra competitive world of hedge funds for decades whilst turning himself into a massively successful multi millionaire would pack in his plans for the club because "some people said mean things about him on the internet" is pretty ridiculous.

Likewise that it would stop him attending games, "you going to the match this week, Simon?" , "Nah, luv last time I heard a guy call me a greasy haired wanker, think i'll just stay in wiv a cuppa".

Sticks 'n stones rather springs to mind ...

 

[Camberwell1]

Blackpool Football club will turnover around £8 million this year. That size of a business is very small in the wider world. There will be several fans in the ground that run businesses with far bigger turnovers than that.

Simon Sadler is estimated to be worth £450+ million. If that is even remotely accurate, then a business the size of Blackpool Football Club would barely register as a side hobby. He is obviously prepared to put in an amount of money which is completely upto him, but it is naive then to think that football fans won't demand more, amd even more naive to then try and tell them off when they do.
The tangible evidence available says that we are in the same division as when he took over the club, we have the same training ground, we have the same temporary East Stand and we have a level 3 academy. These are the things that fans will largely focus on and use as a measurement for success. Now, of course there is a whole host of improvements in squad value, development squad players, attitude towards the fans, ground investment to repair the mess left behind by the rapist and his off spring, improvements at the current training ground, and excellent community trust work.

Simon Sadler has done a good job so far, but not a great job. When shovels are in the ground for both stand and training ground, and the club is back at Championship level, only then will it be seen by the majority as a total success.

We are all behind Simon Sadler and are grateful that we have a steady owner with the club at heart. That doesn't mean things won't be questioned or moaned about when they aren't going well.

Things went as well as they could have the first 2 seasons

NC and a lot of ludicrous poor (all injured) by Appleton et al saw the Club absolutely stall flat on it’s face and back where it started. The relegation was needless had some not been over ambitious about their football abilities.

Not a lot of that was SS fault and at the end of the day it’s his Club - I don’t (even as a shareholder) know the breakdown of ownership but its
Ossibly as high as previous owners

So, we must fight like hell to get back into the Championship - everyone owner, player or fan mean play their part

There’s a lot of good things about our Club and far far too much negativity on this board - just pray Jordan Rstays in form, fit as a flea and enjoys his stay

 

[Wizaard]

If you’ve got enough money to own a club you’ve likely got responsibilities that stop you being at the club you own more often than not. Unless you’re amongst the billionaire class that is !

The owners of Man City and United are very rarely there.

 

[Razzledazzle53]

I'm sure SS has faced up to some tough bastards to get where he is today. To suggest he takes to heart the shite he reads on social media I find ridiculous tbh.

 

[Fiduciary]

I'm sure SS has faced up to some tough bastards to get where he is today. To suggest he takes to heart the shite he reads on social media I find ridiculous tbh.

Yet 100% true

 

[clappers]

Didn’t appear to be there again last night same as the previous two home games. Hope he’s not losing his enthusiasm as a result of our whingebags whining all summer. Whatever your opinion on individual players I think we’ve got the strongest squad with the most depth in the division and someone is paying those wages at the end of every month!!!!!!!

I think his enthusiasm waning has been the cause of the whinging together with rank incompetences over a period of 18 months when Simon lost his soul mate Critchley. And his communication style compounded the situation. Some of our fans find their own fanbase distatestful. Maybe it makes them feel superior or something.

 

[Wizzerboy]

I'm sure SS has faced up to some tough bastards to get where he is today. To suggest he takes to heart the shite he reads on social media I find ridiculous tbh.

Unfortunately we live in a society that gets sooooo worked up when they hear hurty words.
I'm sure there's a number or website somewhere they can contact so they'll feel a lot better
SS knows its the minority (it nearly always is) and he probably goes along with the saying(rephrased)..You can please some of the fans all of the time, you can please all of the fans some of the time but you cannot please all of the fans all of the time

 

[TangerinePeel]

I'm sure SS has faced up to some tough bastards to get where he is today. To suggest he takes to heart the shite he reads on social media I find ridiculous tbh.

The first part is certainly true, the fact he puts statements out to address comments made on social media suggests to me they bother him - to what extent is debatable. If he wasn't bothered at all he wouldn't acknowledge them and just crack on.

 

[Danny Ocean]

Sadler is probably watching every match, but his hedge fund at the present time doesn't seem to performing well with a -5.7% loss this quarter.

Maybe he is having to spend more time on his business, rather than waste time traveling to every match.

 

[traffordtang]

The oystains [*spit*] were despised. They were the source of thousands of bitter threads. Protests inside and outside the ground and their houses. All manner of other stuff for close to 30 years, but still they persisted (lingered) throughout it all. Owen still thinks the detractors are few and that he's still considered to be the messiah. I'm not sure if that is mental illness or the onset of dementia?

So seeing as though we've ascertained that Mr Sadler probably has relatively thick skin, what's happening with the training ground? When is the East getting built? What happened to the Josh Bowler, Jerry Yates and Championship money?

You forgot the sound system