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Quoted from arryarryarry

Exactly what I was thinking, I'm a fan when he plays well but it's not often enough for me, plus I reckon he is now seriously injury prone and will be an expensive player that hardly plays and we've had far too many of those.

We have far too many now - him , Wilson , Pyke and Arthur who are probably 4 of the higher earners they just have not spent enough time on the pitch .

Have we ever had a season where our numbers 9 and 10 have played fewer minutes? These presumably are generally the highest paid players? It's all very well looking at players stats but they need to be fit as well.

Quoted from Mappers

We have far too many now - him , Wilson , Pyke and Arthur who are probably 4 of the higher earners they just have not spent enough time on the pitch .

Yep a worrying fact - why were they signed in the first place as historically unfit.

Quoted from Heswall Mariner

Yep a worrying fact - why were they signed in the first place as historically unfit.

Because we never learn, either that or we are only paying the going rate for injury plagued players.

In the owners own words, they said something along the lines of us being flush thanks to the cup money, and regret doing so. So incoming targets were always wanting (or at least their agents were) a few more quid. They’ve admitted to their naïvety and that they are learning.

But, PH’s recruitment once again in the summer was shocking. Those that he brought in and those that were released. Letting orsi go and keeping khan was beyond words when it was obvious that orsi was that kind of player we needed. Conteh and Rose were exceptional bits of recruitment, but, having half the cast of the flying doctors on the books doesn’t help anyone at all.

With regards to the ongoing developments with the ground, it’s a really hard decision in all reality until we can get some stability on the pitch. Like it or not, the ground is at around the right capacity that is needed, for now. If, and that’s a massive IF, we do have some success, then am sure that it will be looked at in due course.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

In the owners own words, they said something along the lines of us being flush thanks to the cup money, and regret doing so. So incoming targets were always wanting (or at least their agents were) a few more quid. They’ve admitted to their naïvety and that they are learning.

But, PH’s recruitment once again in the summer was shocking. Those that he brought in and those that were released. Letting orsi go and keeping khan was beyond words when it was obvious that orsi was that kind of player we needed. Conteh and Rose were exceptional bits of recruitment, but, having half the cast of the flying doctors on the books doesn’t help anyone at all.

With regards to the ongoing developments with the ground, it’s a really hard decision in all reality until we can get some stability on the pitch. Like it or not, the ground is at around the right capacity that is needed, for now. If, and that’s a massive IF, we do have some success, then am sure that it will be looked at in due course.

I think JS said very recently about we signed players in the summer but seemingly with minimal planning as to how to use them....Hurst went through pre season playing one way and then changed as soon as the season started.

Has anybody got a link to this Stockwood interview?

I don't recall hearing it

Quoted from Gaffer58

So where’s the attraction for someone to invest, if they are to put say £1 million in as an “ investment “ how do they get their money back plus a return.

By progressing the club to a level where the business is worth what they have invested.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

With regards to the ongoing developments with the ground, it’s a really hard decision in all reality until we can get some stability on the pitch. Like it or not, the ground is at around the right capacity that is needed, for now. If, and that’s a massive IF, we do have some success, then am sure that it will be looked at in due course.

The discussion around the ground is much more nuanced than capacity. A new build ground will cost substantially less year on year to maintain when compared to BP. That will in and of itself make us more sustainable. Looks like we've spent north of 1.5m on basic backlog maintenance since the new owners came on board with much more to come. That's a lot of money on sticking plasters.

A new ground should also include facilities for 7 day income. It's not purely about capacity.

We could look to build a new 10k stadium allowing modular additions if we ever got to league 1. Even a new 8k new build might be sufficient for a short while.

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

The discussion around the ground is much more nuanced than capacity. A new build ground will cost substantially less year on year to maintain when compared to BP. That will in and of itself make us more sustainable. Looks like we've spent north of 1.5m on basic backlog maintenance since the new owners came on board with much more to come. That's a lot of money on sticking plasters.

A new ground should also include facilities for 7 day income. It's not purely about capacity.

We could look to build a new 10k stadium allowing modular additions if we ever got to league 1. Even a new 8k new build might be sufficient for a short while.

Other than getting planning permission, the hardest thing is raising the capital for a new stadium. Any new stadium would have a much lower maintenance cost and probably bring in more income streams. Fund a new stadium and our accounts would look completely different once it opened.