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Liked hearing that SP and BD have been to Man Utd’s training ground and that they’ve had ‘chats’ with Sir Alan.

I'm not sure what to make of that. The good news is that we may have secured a site for a new training ground but don't have the money to do anything with it. My advice would be to forget the new training ground in that case, and just make incremental improvements to Cheapside.

The Main Stand is being "updated" with less posts. Why bother?

We need to put all our efforts into the team. Unless we get moving upwards in terms of league position then all the stuff they would like to achieve is just a fantasy. They have created a better club, a more updated and modern club so personally I would leave it at that for now, as we need to get momentum on the field.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Thing I took away from tonight is the owners & Debbie care and are trying to be progressive, considerate and do the right thing for the long term betterment of the club.

In addition to this money is a bit tight despite and JS & AP are propping us up as expected.

One would have expected them to have done their due diligence, but the impression I get is that Blundell Park is a bigger financial drain than they anticipated.

Quoted from Maringer

Didn't listen, but I suspect that Stockwood is feeling under quite a bit of pressure, given our struggles in the league this season. With a decision still to be made on the new manager, that will only be more pressure, so you can perhaps understand if he's a bit less diplomatic than he might usually be?

Agreed: this is not the guy’s routine business. He will be as stressed as hell because he wants to make the right decision but knows that it is not a cert. Also agree with the sentiment that he has more support than he realises …. But that’s the point……. making a decision over a situation in which you fundamentally care is big jelly ….. whatever anyone tells you . Unless you are a psychopath

Quoted from Neilo83

“I’m trying not to sound like a politician “

You’re failing with that Jason!

The alternative is giving chapter and verse whilst still in a negotiation, which would be a strange thing to do.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

Hurst got the summer window so wrong, as we have maxed out the budget with a lack of depth in a couple of positions.

Only if you believe the answer, which I don’t. Think it’s clear from JS answer re what he said about FA Cup money, they’ve realised you advertise a fact, people ask for more…

found it quite dispiriting tbh. reality starts to bite would be my summing up. there is no overnight transformation either on or off the pitch. No outside investment, n it seems the FA cup windfall has ,at best, managed to keep us up with the rest.
It's going to be a long haul
my balloon of 1878 optimism has been spiked, I'm afraid to say!
however, I have to say , i would rather them than anyone else in charge of the club

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

Who are we going to sell in January if we need to raise funds ? Can’t think of anyone tbh ?!

It’s not generally about selling at this level. It’s more about another club taking a player and most/all of his wages on for the remainder of the season/contract, freeing up those wages to spend elsewhere.

Quoted from forza ivano

found it quite dispiriting tbh. reality starts to bite would be my summing up. there is no overnight transformation either on or off the pitch. No outside investment, n it seems the FA cup windfall has ,at best, managed to keep us up with the rest.
It's going to be a long haul
my balloon of 1878 optimism has been spiked, I'm afraid to say!
however, I have to say , i would rather them than anyone else in charge of the club

Don’t be dispirited. Your final paragraph is right. So many people sat back and never complained for years while the previous regime saw us slide down the leagues and neglected Blundell Park. We were a huge undertaking and it’s going to take time.

You’ve a new manager to look forward to and a club that is working hard to go in the right direction. UTM

Quoted from LH

My first and last fans forum in person tonight. The owners hands are tied by the previous owner’s welded wallet not investing in infrastructure, local businesses not having the cash to invest in difficult circumstances and facing other clubs with much bigger pots of money and short to medium term goals much more ambitious than us. The future is more assured but bloody hell it’s bleak being a supporter of a club living within it’s means isn’t it?

That said Shaun and Benji (hi Bob) are possibly long term candidates for the job. Good students of the game, locally based and sound to be pretty invested in the long term view.

I don't think Stockwood came over too badly , I think his frustration is probably because of most of the things you mention in the first paragragh - no chance of a new stadium , (good) people unwilling to invest and having to raise 6 million quid for a training ground of a loss making business - they knew what they were taking on , but I suspect they didn't quite grasp the capital required or how difficult it is to run a club , especially one you love which has most things against it.