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AmericanTangerine

AmericanTangerine

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...go into meltdown every time something remotely negative happens? Let's have some ** perspective.

Jerry has been our best striker in a decade and a fan favorite so losing him hurts, but it isn't the end of the world.

We will have made more than 10x what we bought him for and will now have money to bring in quality players to replace his production. In fact, I'm glad this is happening now so that we can sort out the replacement in time for the upcoming season.

We don't know what the fee is and we probably never will as it will be undisclosed. However, having already rejected 2.5m in June, I feel confident that the number is higher than that. We managed to get 4m (with add-ons) for Bowler when he had less than 9 months left on his contract so I am certain we will have gotten as close as possible to the most for Jerry.

Last season we invested our money poorly and were relegated because of it, but the business we have done so far is more than enough to make me believe we will reinvest wisely. The recruitment team is also much stronger now with Critchley and Downes.

Seen some say that this bottles our chance at promotion, which is absurd. You don't go up on the back of one player, especially one that wasn't favored by the current manager when we comfortably finished mid table in the Championship.

The spine of our team is still incredibly good and I am more than confident that this board and recruitment team will put the money to good use to make the team even stronger.

The sky isn't falling, our chances this season haven't dropped off a cliff, take a deep breath and look at the big picture here.

Have some faith and don't immediately look at the glass as half empty, because this season is stil going be great. UTMP. 🍊
 
Costero Poderoso said:
Don't forget that quite a few on here didn't think he was good enough for the championship.
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Yep, reactionaries are everywhere. Some on here need to take a deep breath before saying anything.

Still feeling really optimistic about this season.

Probably need 4/5 signings of the caliber of Pennington and Norburn so this money (and Jerry's wages being freed up) will be help us get those players here.
 
Agreed the meltdown is over the top but think it is because there is such little trust amongst the fans that the money will be reinvested, we have just sold most of our goals (even though it was expected he would go). None of our other strikers are proven at this level.

I do think Lavery could do well in league 1, Beesley is an unknown quantity as he has been injured for large periods of his time here but I think we can all agree we need at least one quality striker bringing in as well as a couple of wingers if we want to be aiming for promotion.

Goals win games and atm it does look like we have a severe lack of them in our ‘best 11’ with not much to come from the bench either. Big 2 months ahead with the recruitment, we need to get this right as we dont want to end up stuck in league 1 again (I do think we will still get top 6 although if we fail to sign a striker then I will start to worry).
 
It's summat you have to get used to. Avoid match threads! even the Ashes test thread was full of criticism and condemnation right up to the point where England beat the world test champions. 😆

Woakes slashed his way through his innings like an idiot, and then hit the winning runs!

We keep the reactionary fires burning right through the summer.
 
voyeur said:
It's summat you have to get used to. Avoid match threads! even the Ashes test thread was full of criticism and condemnation right up to the point where England beat the world test champions. 😆

Woakes slashed his way through his innings like an idiot, and then hit the winning runs!

We keep the reactionary fires burning right through the summer.
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Impossible not to get upset 😂

Gonna keep banging on about it until everyone changes their opinions and become more levelheaded. 😅
 
AmericanTangerine said:
...go into meltdown every time something remotely negative happens? Let's have some ** perspective.

Jerry has been our best striker in a decade and a fan favorite so losing him hurts, but it isn't the end of the world.

We will have made more than 10x what we bought him for and will now have money to bring in quality players to replace his production. In fact, I'm glad this is happening now so that we can sort out the replacement in time for the upcoming season.

We don't know what the fee is and we probably never will as it will be undisclosed. However, having already rejected 2.5m in June, I feel confident that the number is higher than that. We managed to get 4m (with add-ons) for Bowler when he had less than 9 months left on his contract so I am certain we will have gotten as close as possible to the most for Jerry.

Last season we invested our money poorly and were relegated because of it, but the business we have done so far is more than enough to make me believe we will reinvest wisely. The recruitment team is also much stronger now with Critchley and Downes.

Seen some say that this bottles our chance at promotion, which is absurd. You don't go up on the back of one player, especially one that wasn't favored by the current manager when we comfortably finished mid table in the Championship.

The spine of our team is still incredibly good and I am more than confident that this board and recruitment team will put the money to good use to make the team even stronger.

The sky isn't falling, our chances this season haven't dropped off a cliff, take a deep breath and look at the big picture here.

Have some faith and don't immediately look at the glass as half empty, because this season is stil going be great. UTMP. 🍊
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To be fair you are a very patronising.

People will react as they want to. That's why this message board exists.

You weren't around when the Oyson's were yet you seem to portray this hug ely unwarranted overconfidence in advising others how and what they should think.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
...go into meltdown every time something remotely negative happens? Let's have some ** perspective.

Jerry has been our best striker in a decade and a fan favorite so losing him hurts, but it isn't the end of the world.

We will have made more than 10x what we bought him for and will now have money to bring in quality players to replace his production. In fact, I'm glad this is happening now so that we can sort out the replacement in time for the upcoming season.

We don't know what the fee is and we probably never will as it will be undisclosed. However, having already rejected 2.5m in June, I feel confident that the number is higher than that. We managed to get 4m (with add-ons) for Bowler when he had less than 9 months left on his contract so I am certain we will have gotten as close as possible to the most for Jerry.

Last season we invested our money poorly and were relegated because of it, but the business we have done so far is more than enough to make me believe we will reinvest wisely. The recruitment team is also much stronger now with Critchley and Downes.

Seen some say that this bottles our chance at promotion, which is absurd. You don't go up on the back of one player, especially one that wasn't favored by the current manager when we comfortably finished mid table in the Championship.

The spine of our team is still incredibly good and I am more than confident that this board and recruitment team will put the money to good use to make the team even stronger.

The sky isn't falling, our chances this season haven't dropped off a cliff, take a deep breath and look at the big picture here.

Have some faith and don't immediately look at the glass as half empty, because this season is stil going be great. UTMP. 🍊
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When you realise that the average age on here and the typical IQ might be lower it all makes sense
 
Macseasider said:
To be fair you are a very patronising.

People will react as they want to. That's why this message board exists.

You weren't around when the Oyson's were yet you seem to portray this hug ely unwarranted overconfidence in advising others how and what they should think.
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Never said people can't have those opinions, they absolutely can, which is why I felt the need to post this thread to criticize said opinions.

The news broke late yesterday that we had accepted a bid (which let's be honest we all should have known was coming) with no official announcement from the club, yet a large plurality on here already made up their minds that the situation was shambolic.

Opinions ranged from "Our season and chances at promotion are gone" to "Sadler waited to accept after season tickets were sold" mind you this was again over A) Something that hadn't even been confirmed yet and B) Something we all knew was going to happen.

The exact thing happened on Sunday when Nixon posted the fake story about Critch, before I could even begin typing there were dozens of posts gleefully calling Critchley a rat without even thinking twice about it.

There are a plurality of incredibly reactionary messages that are instantly posted every time even the slightest bit of potential bad news breaks (no matter what the source is) and to an extent they do harm to the club by creating a fan environment that's harder for the club to engage with.

I'm not saying people should accept everything the club says or does (I will be the first person to criticize the club like this Summer's social media strategy or last season's transfer dealings), just that people should not always immediately jump to the worst case scenario when news about the club breaks.

I'm not here to police opinions, in today's internet, information flies around FAST and we could all show more composure when news breaks, that is all.

Also, not sure what me being "around" during the Oyston's tenure has to do with my opinion on anything with the club currently, I've lived stateside my whole life (and supported this club since 2010) so I guess I've never been physically around 😂 but I don't think it takes someone living in Blackpool to see how much better shape the club is in now as opposed to when the O's were around.

Cheers mate.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
...go into meltdown every time something remotely negative happens? Let's have some ** perspective.

Jerry has been our best striker in a decade and a fan favorite so losing him hurts, but it isn't the end of the world.

We will have made more than 10x what we bought him for and will now have money to bring in quality players to replace his production. In fact, I'm glad this is happening now so that we can sort out the replacement in time for the upcoming season.

We don't know what the fee is and we probably never will as it will be undisclosed. However, having already rejected 2.5m in June, I feel confident that the number is higher than that. We managed to get 4m (with add-ons) for Bowler when he had less than 9 months left on his contract so I am certain we will have gotten as close as possible to the most for Jerry.

Last season we invested our money poorly and were relegated because of it, but the business we have done so far is more than enough to make me believe we will reinvest wisely. The recruitment team is also much stronger now with Critchley and Downes.

Seen some say that this bottles our chance at promotion, which is absurd. You don't go up on the back of one player, especially one that wasn't favored by the current manager when we comfortably finished mid table in the Championship.

The spine of our team is still incredibly good and I am more than confident that this board and recruitment team will put the money to good use to make the team even stronger.

The sky isn't falling, our chances this season haven't dropped off a cliff, take a deep breath and look at the big picture here.

Have some faith and don't immediately look at the glass as half empty, because this season is stil going be great. UTMP. 🍊
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Very good post. It's good to have someone on here with reasoned arguments. Given the importance of this transfer to the fans, I'm wondering whether the club might publish some information to provide reassurance. Perhaps the fee could be made public on this occasion, or at least a statement confirming that the deal is a favourable one financially, and the process of reinvesting is already well under way.
 
Murciaseasider said:
Very good post. It's good to have someone on here with reasoned arguments. Given the importance of this transfer to the fans, I'm wondering whether the club might publish some information to provide reassurance. Perhaps the fee could be made public on this occasion, or at least a statement confirming that the deal is a favourable one financially, and the process of reinvesting is already well under way.
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Can't see the club publishing the fee as it will only do us harm in pursuing our future targets, but I think the club will absolutely include in their statement that they felt the fee was acceptable and representative of the value that Jerry has to us, which is more than good enough for me.
 
Macseasider said:
To be fair you are a very patronising.

People will react as they want to. That's why this message board exists.

You weren't around when the Oyson's were yet you seem to portray this hug ely unwarranted overconfidence in advising others how and what they should think.
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He makes some great points though.
If the tea lady left this board would go in to meltdown.
It's as though because of what went on before with that horrendous family happened, it's now happening all again.
It's like mass anxiety.
Our club, due to the numbers through the gate, has to be very carefully financially managed .
A portion of JYs fee will almost certainly go on running costs.
How much income was lost due to relegation?
Does everyone on here think SS should bail us out?
All a lot of the moaners on here wanted was a reduction in ST prices. It just doesn't stack up financially.
Costs are rising in every aspect of life, food, energy costs, fuel, the list goes on yet people think BFC should be reducing prices. Its the same for them!!.for all we know, selling JY might have saved the club.
The NC and JB money would also have been used wisely, probably to offset part of the financial chasm caused by COVID....people have very short memories for things like that.
All the nay sayers saying they won't renew don't help. I said it about Appleton (I did renew btw last season) because it was obvious it was a wrong move, but I believe had we not had that awful run of injuries he would have kept us up.
Ultimately SS has learned some very harsh lessons in a very short space of time.
He is 100% the correct custodian of our club at this moment in time.
People need to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Yes we can get emotional about our club but people need to gain some perspective.
Players will be signed, others may leave.
We will win games, we will lose games, it's an emotive sport but people need to stop catastrophising every perceived negative the club does.
Rant over.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
...go into meltdown every time something remotely negative happens? Let's have some ** perspective.

Jerry has been our best striker in a decade and a fan favorite so losing him hurts, but it isn't the end of the world.

We will have made more than 10x what we bought him for and will now have money to bring in quality players to replace his production. In fact, I'm glad this is happening now so that we can sort out the replacement in time for the upcoming season.

We don't know what the fee is and we probably never will as it will be undisclosed. However, having already rejected 2.5m in June, I feel confident that the number is higher than that. We managed to get 4m (with add-ons) for Bowler when he had less than 9 months left on his contract so I am certain we will have gotten as close as possible to the most for Jerry.

Last season we invested our money poorly and were relegated because of it, but the business we have done so far is more than enough to make me believe we will reinvest wisely. The recruitment team is also much stronger now with Critchley and Downes.

Seen some say that this bottles our chance at promotion, which is absurd. You don't go up on the back of one player, especially one that wasn't favored by the current manager when we comfortably finished mid table in the Championship.

The spine of our team is still incredibly good and I am more than confident that this board and recruitment team will put the money to good use to make the team even stronger.

The sky isn't falling, our chances this season haven't dropped off a cliff, take a deep breath and look at the big picture here.

Have some faith and don't immediately look at the glass as half empty, because this season is stil going be great. UTMP. 🍊
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Very well said. It won’t appease the bedwetters though.
 
Ginge said:
He makes some great points though.
If the tea lady left this board would go in to meltdown.
It's as though because of what went on before with that horrendous family happened, it's now happening all again.
It's like mass anxiety.
Our club, due to the numbers through the gate, has to be very carefully financially managed .
A portion of JYs fee will almost certainly go on running costs.
How much income was lost due to relegation?
Does everyone on here think SS should bail us out?
All a lot of the moaners on here wanted was a reduction in ST prices. It just doesn't stack up financially.
Costs are rising in every aspect of life, food, energy costs, fuel, the list goes on yet people think BFC should be reducing prices. Its the same for them!!.for all we know, selling JY might have saved the club.
The NC and JB money would also have been used wisely, probably to offset part of the financial chasm caused by COVID....people have very short memories for things like that.
All the nay sayers saying they won't renew don't help. I said it about Appleton (I did renew btw last season) because it was obvious it was a wrong move, but I believe had we not had that awful run of injuries he would have kept us up.
Ultimately SS has learned some very harsh lessons in a very short space of time.
He is 100% the correct custodian of our club at this moment in time.
People need to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Yes we can get emotional about our club but people need to gain some perspective.
Players will be signed, others may leave.
We will win games, we will lose games, it's an emotive sport but people need to stop catastrophising every perceived negative the club does.
Rant over.
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Great post
 
BfcRob27 said:
Agreed the meltdown is over the top but think it is because there is such little trust amongst the fans that the money will be reinvested, we have just sold most of our goals (even though it was expected he would go). None of our other strikers are proven at this level.

I do think Lavery could do well in league 1, Beesley is an unknown quantity as he has been injured for large periods of his time here but I think we can all agree we need at least one quality striker bringing in as well as a couple of wingers if we want to be aiming for promotion.

Goals win games and atm it does look like we have a severe lack of them in our ‘best 11’ with not much to come from the bench either. Big 2 months ahead with the recruitment, we need to get this right as we dont want to end up stuck in league 1 again (I do think we will still get top 6 although if we fail to sign a striker then I will start to worry).
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Understand why at times it may seem like we don't invest/reinvest, but I don't think that notion is quite true.

Since Sadler has came here we've spent fees on several players each season.

2020: Jerry Yates, Bez Lubala, Daniel Gretarsson, CJ Hamilton

2021: Sonny Carey, Jordan Gabriel, Owen Dale, Jake Beesley, Olliver Casey, Doug Tharme

2022: Dom Thompson, Andy Lyons, Callum Wright

2023: Oliver Norburn, ????, ????

I'll be the first person to say that not all those transfer have panned out or were money well spent, but it's clear to see that Sadler does indeed spend money, and that's not including the increased wage budget that the club has now to bring in quality free agents or even the budget that the academy now has to sign youth players from other club.

Finances aren't as simple as simple as getting a transfer fee and immediately putting it into the "spend on transfer pile".

Think because the Bowler (which wasn't received all up front) and Critchley money wasn't all spent on immediate quality people jumped to the conclusion that it had been hoarded, but in reality our spending has been consistent which is why I have no doubt that whatever fee we get for Jerry will be reinvested.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
Understand why at times it may seem like we don't invest/reinvest, but I don't think that notion is quite true.

Since Sadler has came here we've spent fees on several players each season.

2020: Jerry Yates, Bez Lubala, Daniel Gretarsson, CJ Hamilton

2021: Sonny Carey, Jordan Gabriel, Owen Dale, Jake Beesley, Olliver Casey, Doug Tharme

2022: Dom Thompson, Andy Lyons, Callum Wright

2023: Oliver Norburn, ????, ????

I'll be the first person to say that not all those transfer have panned out or were money well spent, but it's clear to see that Sadler does indeed spend money, and that's not including the increased wage budget that the club has now to bring in quality free agents or even the budget that the academy now has to sign youth players from other club.

Finances aren't as simple as simple as getting a transfer fee and immediately putting it into the "spend on transfer pile".

Think because the Bowler (which wasn't received all up front) and Critchley money wasn't all spent on immediate quality people jumped to the conclusion that it had been hoarded, but in reality our spending has been consistent which is why I have no doubt that whatever fee we get for Jerry will be reinvested.
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I hope you are right, and as had been mentioned there are other costs that us fans don't even think about when running a football club but we definitely need a few attackers through the door as our current attacking options wont fill anyone with much confidence. I’ll give them time though, so for we have gone about our business quietly and effectively and have bought players that improve our squad and should all be competing for starting 11 spots (with the exception of the back up keeper) so for all we know we have already got his replacement lined up and ready to sign
 
I want to know why someone like the OP who doesn't live in Blackpool or even go to Blackpool matches with absolutely no connection to the town thinks it's ok to consistently criticise fans who live sleep and breath Blackpool FC

As a fanbase we are probably more involved in the politics and financial side of the club due to how the club has been run previously

I have no problem with that

People are quite rightly upset that we have sold the heartbeat of the team for such a low fee
 
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I’m upset, I loved Jerry (not in that way you understand) I loved his energy, commitment, effort and no little skill. £2.5 million seems very low to me, but we don’t know if that’s true of course, so let’s wait and see.
 
Sadler is a hedge fund manager. His whole working life has been geared to maximising returns on investment over a long term period and he's been highly successful. More than anybody else he would have wanted to maximise the return on Jerry. Im sure he has done, taking into account all the circumstances, some of which are unknown to us.
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
I want to know why someone like the OP has doesn't live in Blackpool or even go to Blackpool matches thinks it's ok to consistently criticise fans who live sleep and breath Blackpool FC

As a fanbase we are probably more involved in the politics and financial side of the club due to how the club has been run previously

I have no problem with that

People are quite rightly upset that we have sold the heartbeat of the team for such a low fee
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The only thing I would say Phil at this stage is that this is being done relatively early and not at the end of August.

And if we're getting Kyle Joseph in return which I'd hope we are, then we have a really good decent replacement in situ.

Hoolahan
Adam
Scott Taylor
Brett Ormerod
Peter Clarke

Have all come and gone, Jerry is a big loss but we have time to replace him and re-invest which Simon simply has to do.
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
I want to know why someone like the OP has doesn't live in Blackpool or even go to Blackpool matches thinks it's ok to consistently criticise fans who live sleep and breath Blackpool FC

As a fanbase we are probably more involved in the politics and financial side of the club due to how the club has been run previously

I have no problem with that

People are quite rightly upset that we have sold the heartbeat of the team for such a low fee.
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We don't know the fee.
 
SeasideKurt said:
The only thing I would say Phil at this stage is that this is being done relatively early and not at the end of August.

And if we're getting Kyle Joseph in return which I'd hope we are, then we have a really good decent replacement in situ.

Hoolahan
Adam
Scott Taylor
Brett Ormerod
Peter Clarke

Have all come and gone, Jerry is a big loss but we have time to replace him and re-invest which Simon simply has to do.
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I haven't seen anything anywhere to suggest we are getting Joseph mate
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
I want to know why someone like the OP has doesn't live in Blackpool or even go to Blackpool matches thinks it's ok to consistently criticise fans who live sleep and breath Blackpool FC

As a fanbase we are probably more involved in the politics and financial side of the club due to how the club has been run previously

I have no problem with that

People are quite rightly upset that we have sold the heartbeat of the team for such a low fee
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You don't live in Blackpool and criticise fans!
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
I want to know why someone like the OP has doesn't live in Blackpool or even go to Blackpool matches thinks it's ok to consistently criticise fans who live sleep and breath Blackpool FC

As a fanbase we are probably more involved in the politics and financial side of the club due to how the club has been run previously

I have no problem with that

People are quite rightly upset that we have sold the heartbeat of the team for such a low fee
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I want to know why you think it’s acceptable to make personal jibes at people who share the same passion as you? Who gives a f**k if he goes to matches or not, last I heard you weren’t going to renew your season ticket.
 
TangerineTom said:
I want to know why you think it’s acceptable to make personal jibes at people who share the same passion as you? Who gives a f**k if he goes to matches or not, last I heard you weren’t going to renew your season ticket.
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What does that matter if I have a season ticket or not

Even without a season ticket you can still go to matches you know
 
SeasideKurt said:
The only thing I would say Phil at this stage is that this is being done relatively early and not at the end of August.

And if we're getting Kyle Joseph in return which I'd hope we are, then we have a really good decent replacement in situ.

Hoolahan
Adam
Scott Taylor
Brett Ormerod
Peter Clarke

Have all come and gone, Jerry is a big loss but we have time to replace him and re-invest which Simon simply has to do.
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It never ceases to amaze how Poster A speculates on something and it suddenly becomes a fact.
That happened last night initially on £3m for Jerry and likewise on Kyle Joseph as part of the deal.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
...go into meltdown every time something remotely negative happens? Let's have some ** perspective.

Jerry has been our best striker in a decade and a fan favorite so losing him hurts, but it isn't the end of the world.

We will have made more than 10x what we bought him for and will now have money to bring in quality players to replace his production. In fact, I'm glad this is happening now so that we can sort out the replacement in time for the upcoming season.

We don't know what the fee is and we probably never will as it will be undisclosed. However, having already rejected 2.5m in June, I feel confident that the number is higher than that. We managed to get 4m (with add-ons) for Bowler when he had less than 9 months left on his contract so I am certain we will have gotten as close as possible to the most for Jerry.

Last season we invested our money poorly and were relegated because of it, but the business we have done so far is more than enough to make me believe we will reinvest wisely. The recruitment team is also much stronger now with Critchley and Downes.

Seen some say that this bottles our chance at promotion, which is absurd. You don't go up on the back of one player, especially one that wasn't favored by the current manager when we comfortably finished mid table in the Championship.

The spine of our team is still incredibly good and I am more than confident that this board and recruitment team will put the money to good use to make the team even stronger.

The sky isn't falling, our chances this season haven't dropped off a cliff, take a deep breath and look at the big picture here.

Have some faith and don't immediately look at the glass as half empty, because this season is stil going be great. UTMP. 🍊
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SS needs to show us what he is made of. Permanent signings are the answer. We had too many loans last season, if we go up go down they will not face a pay cut.
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
What does that matter if I have a season ticket or not

Even without a season ticket you can still go to matches you know
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And what does it matter if he has been to a game or not? As a fan of the club you do more harm than good with spreading divisive and often incorrect views on how the club is run. I’d much rather listen to American Tangerines opinion than yours.
 
TangerineTom said:
And what does it matter if he has been to a game or not? As a fan of the club you do more harm than good with spreading divisive and often incorrect views on how the club is run. I’d much rather listen to American Tangerines opinion than yours.
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It matters a lot if you actually read what I posted in terms of how involved we are as a fanbase
 
SeasideKurt said:
Hoolahan
Adam
Scott Taylor
Brett Ormerod
Peter Clarke
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The combined cost of those was probably under a million. Virtually every great player we have ever had cost us little or nothing. The trick is to scout well. Andy Lyons 300k. Jerry 250k. Marv free. Etc.

Then spend our income on good contracts to keep those players until we get big offers that enable us to bring more players in for £0 to £500k.
 
Whilst I understand the OP sentiments, does he think that Blackpool fans are someone different to the rest of human society?

It's human nature to be more animated about a negative event than a positive one. A positive event leaves you content and the only real noises are you purring, whist a negative one leaves you with your blood boiling and wanting to express your disgust at it.

Always has been, always will.

On the positive event is there anything worse than people taking positives from nothing to do with the job in hand? Like McCarthorse 'speaking well' and a new signing is going to be good because he says the right things.

I now think because the OP has over 50 likes, that we're going up as Champs.
 
Fans are always going to put a higher value on their favourite player . The fact of the matter is as with any commodity in the end it is only worth what you can get for it (what someone is prepared to pay) . The club obviously thinks its a worthwhile deal otherwise they wouldn't have done it Id rather trust the club than a load of fans on here whose thought processes change with the wind .
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
I want to know why someone like the OP who doesn't live in Blackpool or even go to Blackpool matches with absolutely no connection to the town thinks it's ok to consistently criticise fans who live sleep and breath Blackpool FC

As a fanbase we are probably more involved in the politics and financial side of the club due to how the club has been run previously

I have no problem with that

People are quite rightly upset that we have sold the heartbeat of the team for such a low fee
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I think losing JY will be an issue but I think the op is alluding more to the absolutely ridiculous knee jerk reaction to anything even slightly negative.
Who knows who the club have lined up to replace him. A few names have been bandied about but if course the reaction will be mixed with plenty saying whoever it is is shite...... typical of many in our fan base....😎
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
I want to know why someone like the OP who doesn't live in Blackpool or even go to Blackpool matches with absolutely no connection to the town thinks it's ok to consistently criticise fans who live sleep and breath Blackpool FC

As a fanbase we are probably more involved in the politics and financial side of the club due to how the club has been run previously

I have no problem with that

People are quite rightly upset that we have sold the heartbeat of the team for such a low fee
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Freedom of speech. The OP supports Blackpool which, unless anyone can explain differently, qualifies him for an opinion on this Board. Lord knows, we all get into verbal scraps with each other but we don't start questioning each other's entitlement to post.
 
great original post. Losing Jerry is not ideal - but let's face it, he was going anyway. There are plenty more good players out there. Let's not forget he also had his off games too and a long goal drought in the season just gone.

I will miss him, but at the end of the day we need to move on.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
...go into meltdown every time something remotely negative happens? Let's have some ** perspective.

Jerry has been our best striker in a decade and a fan favorite so losing him hurts, but it isn't the end of the world.

We will have made more than 10x what we bought him for and will now have money to bring in quality players to replace his production. In fact, I'm glad this is happening now so that we can sort out the replacement in time for the upcoming season.

We don't know what the fee is and we probably never will as it will be undisclosed. However, having already rejected 2.5m in June, I feel confident that the number is higher than that. We managed to get 4m (with add-ons) for Bowler when he had less than 9 months left on his contract so I am certain we will have gotten as close as possible to the most for Jerry.

Last season we invested our money poorly and were relegated because of it, but the business we have done so far is more than enough to make me believe we will reinvest wisely. The recruitment team is also much stronger now with Critchley and Downes.

Seen some say that this bottles our chance at promotion, which is absurd. You don't go up on the back of one player, especially one that wasn't favored by the current manager when we comfortably finished mid table in the Championship.

The spine of our team is still incredibly good and I am more than confident that this board and recruitment team will put the money to good use to make the team even stronger.

The sky isn't falling, our chances this season haven't dropped off a cliff, take a deep breath and look at the big picture here.

Have some faith and don't immediately look at the glass as half empty, because this season is stil going be great. UTMP. 🍊
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A top post providing some welcome sanity in the madhouse 👍
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
Too many 'just happy to have a club' fans on this site who have little or no ambition

Got fcuk all to do with knowing how a business works
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I think most have ambition to be honest ....

However, very few have a sensible view on how a business works in terms off managing a budget, and a balance sheet.

Why would they I guess?? Like a lot in this country they think the 'Magic Money Tree' will always deliver.
 
Voice of Reason said:
I think most have ambition to be honest ....

However, very few have a sensible view on how a business works in terms off managing a budget, and a balance sheet.

Why would they I guess?? Like a lot in this country they think the 'Magic Money Tree' will always deliver.
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If someone has bought a football club as a business to make money then I would question their sanity

It's not a corner shop
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
I want to know why someone like the OP who doesn't live in Blackpool or even go to Blackpool matches with absolutely no connection to the town thinks it's ok to consistently criticise fans who live sleep and breath Blackpool FC

As a fanbase we are probably more involved in the politics and financial side of the club due to how the club has been run previously

I have no problem with that

People are quite rightly upset that we have sold the heartbeat of the team for such a low fee
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I don't live in Blackpool or go to matches but that doesn't take away at all from what I say, not surprised you've resorted to a character attack when criticizing my post since you've got nothing else of substance to say.

I pay £170 a year to watch the watches from America and pay money with the North American Tangerine Army to sponsor Marvin as well, I'm as invested and breath this football club as much as anyone else.

I "think it's ok to criticize certain fans" because it is obvious to see that the negativity (that goes far beyond simple criticizing the club for its fuckups) from a certain section of fans is incredibly detrimental.

"People are quite rightly upset that we have sold the heartbeat of the team for such a low fee"

This is my point, we don't know what the fee is (and will probably never know) and the transfer hasn't even been confirmed so jumping to the most negative conclusion possible does no good at all.
 
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