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Quoted from Gaffer58

I've been thinking about this and you wonder if they were not that bothered if it happened. They would save on wages, cheaper weekly wage in conference and they only get paid for the season. Parachute payment evidently same for first year as where we are now. A better chance of another Wembley visit, either FA Vase or playoff final. The downside would be lower  attendances but if we are winning they would recover back to 4000 plus, smaller  visiting numbers but the police bill would be lower, oh wait we don't pay for any police in the ground this year.

Don't see the board would be better off in or out of the FL. They don't put any money in either way

Quoted from Heisenberg

What a shambolic situation we find ourselves in!  The club were very much hanging all their hopes on that gap (was it 14 points?) being enough of a buffer, but a good deal of people on here could see this scenario coming and said so months ago.

A very similar situation the last season Buckley Mk3 was in charge. Both Luton and Rotherham had huge points deductions that season. To all intents and purposes it looked like we were just treading water and saving on recruitment because it looked like ( to the powers that be at the club anyway ) that we wouldn't be threatened with relegation that season. Rotherham made up their points loss, Luton almost did and I seem to recall it was a close thing for us at the end of the season. You think those " knowledgeable " people at the club would have learned from that !

Quoted from rancido

A very similar situation the last season Buckley Mk3 was in charge. Both Luton and Rotherham had huge points deductions that season. To all intents and purposes it looked like we were just treading water and saving on recruitment because it looked like ( to the powers that be at the club anyway ) that we wouldn't be threatened with relegation that season. Rotherham made up their points loss, Luton almost did and I seem to recall it was a close thing for us at the end of the season. You think those " knowledgeable " people at the club would have learned from that !

Didn’t Rotherham have something like a 15 point deduction and they caught us in October?!! The mind plays tricks after time, but I remember it was something embarrassing like that.

17 and yes!

There were 4 teams docked points that season and 3 of them overtook us. 30 points proving too much for Luton to make up.

Quoted from ginnywings

There were 4 teams docked points that season and 3 of them overtook us. 30 points proving too much for Luton to make up.

Were we docked 10 points halfway through that season if I remember rightly, if we'd had those 10 points - I am positive we'd have finished 4/5th  

Quoted from AndyDarloFC

Were we docked 10 points halfway through that season if I remember rightly, if we'd had those 10 points - I am positive we'd have finished 4/5th  

You lost 10 points in Jan, without which you would have finished 6th and a play off spot.

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Fraid so Swin, you could see then there was no real pace or guile in the team and the lack of good football and regular positive results backed it up.
I really hope Jolly can keep us up; so does the wife whos a Vale fan but fed up of my permanent Saturday grumpiness.

Don't know if was you, but I remember a couple of people posting words to that effect early in the season. Results were decent but there wasn't the confidence inducing performance behind them. Shades of 2001-02 I think someone said.

Well let's hope the outcome is the same. Mind you, look what happened in the next two years