Next season

[Wintergreen]

Football clubs need rich boys like a hole in the head.

Bundesliga fan ownership is the best model.

Well yes but Bundesliga teams tend to have a lot more fans than National League teams.

Fans do run our club and they too have seen there hopes, ambitions and money dashed.

[LCBAFC40]

Just watched the highlights of all the games, ours conceded were poor esp the 3rd - no faul on our GK its just an awful attempt at a clearance "again"
When your lucks down its down, Crawley, Harrogate and esp Newport getting lucky bounces or opposition missing chances. 2 goals scored by Crawley and Newport at the end of the matches putting the nail in the coffin for us - what a different feeling next Saturday could have been if that hadn't happened yesterday

[SayitagainSam]

Relegation is the best thing that could have happened. Supporters will be much happier going home after a win (hopefully) than feeling disappointed, dejected and even angry after constant home losses, which has been the case for the past several seasons. We'll find our level in the National League and feel much better being at the top-end of the division (hopefully) rather than struggling at the bottom-end of League 2. Finances might possibly be more manageable too. Happy days will be back again, trust me. . Often times in life, it's what you don't want that turns out to be the best thing that could have happened. Who knows, we might get our act together and win promotion. Just one caveat, don't do a 'Morecambe'.

[Pedro]

I think next season we will see a totally different football club.
I expect some of the Board will go .It must be stressful investing in your club when the league is like a bottomless money pit.
After all that you then get abused .

When Deano went and Foley was appointed there was a stench of inevitably and relegation.
We will struggle in any of the higher non league due to the lack of money.
I am only disappointed that we went out on a whimper.
Imagine if you had put money into the club.

[Jonty]

Relegation is the best thing that could have happened. Supporters will be much happier going home after a win (hopefully) than feeling disappointed, dejected and even angry after constant home losses, which has been the case for the past several seasons. We'll find our level in the National League and feel much better being at the top-end of the division (hopefully) rather than struggling at the bottom-end of League 2. Finances might possibly be more manageable too. Happy days will be back again, trust me. . Often times in life, it's what you don't want that turns out to be the best thing that could have happened. Who knows, we might get our act together and win promotion. Just one caveat, don't do a 'Morecambe'.

Sorry Sam, in what scenario can relegation be the best thing that could have happened? No guaranteed Sky money, that’s £1.3m gone, no Carabao Cup money, lower attendances, less national / global exposure, all in a league with operational costs similar as being in the EFL. Relegation is not a disaster for the football club but it is most certainly not the best thing that could have happened.

Everyone looking for positives, “time for the reset, new direction, etc”, all this could have happened with the club in the EFL. There is nothing beneficial about relegation to a league that is notoriously difficult to get out of. Ive just watched Rochdale v York highlights and we are miles off these clubs, absolutely miles off. We are in for a massive shock next season.

[Cromwell58]

You can not have 6 managers and expect to run like a football team I was at Cambridge and it was quite toxic at the end of the game, we should have sorted ourselves out in January not the last 2 games. We all know on the pitch we have lacked a central figure and a goal scorer for the last couple of season's this needs to be addressed, I also believe it will not be 48 years before we are back in the league, lets have a clear out and try and get behind the club again.

[Toid]

John Rooney and the old gang back together

[blue nige]

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Jonty this is brilliant it's how we all should think next season I'm sick of being second best we have all got to keep positive believe!

[Hitthebar22]

I think many players under contract will be looking to leave. Coaching staff also. Probably best for all parties. I can’t think of many of current squad to build a squad around to compete at the top end in the National League and a complete squad rebuild is needed. Not sure what to expect and we don’t know yet the Board response from this relegation. We will know almost immediately on the season end
We will lose a lot of revenue - sponsorships, Sky revenue massively down. Attendances likely to be down. The club will likely restructure on and off the pitch. Not even sure if training location will be reconsidered. It hasn’t done us much good has it? We’ve picked up more injuries at training than I can ever remember which must raise questions about training and how we train.
Felt there was very little togetherness in this squad and lacked leaders.

The season has been shambolic and we got steadily worse and in the end couldn’t score and couldn’t keep clean sheets. That’s only going to end one way.

As for the rest of the field- Chesterfield looked good when they came here, MK Dons maybe. We were just rubbish throughout with the odd win. Never had any consistency at all.

The board may have had enough and ran out of steam. They may look at relegation as a time to move on. They may think they’ve took the club as far as they can and need new ideas and investment on board is needed.

We’ll see in the next couple of weeks

Be careful what you wish for.
If all directors pulled out, what happens next?
Who is waiting in the wings to take over a relegated club, with little or no possibility of a return for their money?
As a club and as fans we don’t have an entitlement to be funded.

[Hitthebar22]

Also Mark Hetherington pulled out in 2021, and as far as I’m aware hast been replaced

[Main Stand SeasonTct]

Also Mark Hetherington pulled out in 2021, and as far as I’m aware hast been replaced

He was no loss imo. Shearer I believe holds a 45% share of the club the Trust 10% and the rest split between Hornby and Wilkes

[bluessupporter]

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Should have this enlarged and put in the dressing room next week with a message saying 'This is what you should have been doing all season! You didn't and look where we are now!

[barrowaberdeen]

You can not have 6 managers and expect to run like a football team I was at Cambridge and it was quite toxic at the end of the game, we should have sorted ourselves out in January not the last 2 games. We all know on the pitch we have lacked a central figure and a goal scorer for the last couple of season's this needs to be addressed, I also believe it will not be 48 years before we are back in the league, lets have a clear out and try and get behind the club again.

Goodness knows. But I do agree that the whole landscape is so different to the last time it doesnt bear comparison.

Its much fairer we are down and the route back is much clearer and in a sense easier.

[barrowaberdeen]

Weve got to get some stability and a bit of enjoyment back in the place.

[barrowfan_chris]

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Jonty this is brilliant it's how we all should think next season I'm sick of being second best we have all got to keep positive believe!

Evatt had his faults but the way the board and some in our support treated him after he decided to manage Bolton was shocking.

I'm weary of Coleman because it feels like he's on the downward trend post Accrington but I can see the attraction in appointing him and wouldn't be against it not that it's my decision.