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It all feels -
to me like GTFC are assembling a competitive football team in League 2.
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On another note, I read today Lincoln are in bother, owners are making all the signings, and isn’t a happy camp at all, have pulled the funding owing to losses of £4m last financial year. Could we swap places with them? I think so.
Not sure where you've heard that as there have been up to 10 share allocations in the last year, the latest being £650k: https://twitter.com/KieranMaguire/status/1538840128428417026 |
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Not sure where you've heard that as there have been up to 10 share allocations in the last year, the latest being £650k: https://twitter.com/KieranMaguire/status/1538840128428417026
Yeah it really does show how competitive and demanding league 1 is now that lincoln with average crowds of what, 9k, are needing 100s of thousands (millions?) poured in a year by the board. |
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Yeah it really does show how competitive and demanding league 1 is now that lincoln with average crowds of what, 9k, are needing 100s of thousands (millions?) poured in a year by the board.
This is a good point. Players earn a fortune in L1. To be competitive you really need to be an Ipswich or Portsmouth nowadays, a Lincoln or Grimsby will struggle income-wise. Lincoln’s model has worked well so far, but ultimately their crowds of 9000 don’t sound enough, which is mad. |
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I'm not expecting to be promoted, it'd be lovely but I can only imagine we'd come straight back down or constantly fight off relegation because there's mega money in league 1.
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I'm not expecting to be promoted, it'd be lovely but I can only imagine we'd come straight back down or constantly fight off relegation because there's mega money in league 1.
Hence why the owners use the self sustaining title alot. The game has changed beyond recognition since we were last punching above our weight in the second and third tier. Back then you overspent a bit... but not to the degree that is needed nowadays. However Fleetwood, Accrington seem to do OK so would be interesting to see how their books look. |
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Hence why the owners use the self sustaining title alot. The game has changed beyond recognition since we were last punching above our weight in the second and third tier. Back then you overspent a bit... but not to the degree that is needed nowadays.
However Fleetwood, Accrington seem to do OK so would be interesting to see how their books look.
I’d imagine their books look similar to Lincoln, although Lincoln did try and push on for promotion, those you named haven’t ever really tried to do that. Perhaps that’s an issue. Wages in league 1 are bonkers in truth. There are players in league 1 earning top end championship money at bang average clubs. The season just gone is probably the first season that Lincoln fans will have experienced a ‘meh’ season since many have been following them (I’m aware this is tongue in cheek) and I know they’ve sold a huge amount of season tickets again but another nothing season May be alien and begin to affect them and the interest in the team. How much do shareholders want to shovel in? What’s their ambition. I’d imagine they fancy the championship but it’s not that easy and we know that the championship is littered with huge spenders and the levels of cash needed are huge unless you become Rotherham… |
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I’d imagine their books look similar to Lincoln, although Lincoln did try and push on for promotion, those you named haven’t ever really tried to do that. Perhaps that’s an issue.
Wages in league 1 are bonkers in truth. There are players in league 1 earning top end championship money at bang average clubs.
The season just gone is probably the first season that Lincoln fans will have experienced a ‘meh’ season since many have been following them (I’m aware this is tongue in cheek) and I know they’ve sold a huge amount of season tickets again but another nothing season May be alien and begin to affect them and the interest in the team. How much do shareholders want to shovel in? What’s their ambition. I’d imagine they fancy the championship but it’s not that easy and we know that the championship is littered with huge spenders and the levels of cash needed are huge unless you become Rotherham…
How many season tickets have Lincoln shifted this time? And is their upgrading of Sincil Bank still in the pipeline? |
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