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  • #236439
    FerriteFerrite
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    Fan-owned club with a strong record of developing their own players promoted to League One. Living within its means and making a contribution in the community. Should be a model for dozens of similar clubs. Hell, it should be a model for all football clubs.

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    #236442
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    Accrington Stanley should also be admired.

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    #236444
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    The same Exeter City that Scunny fans have nothing to be envious of, according to uptheiron99? 🙂

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    Nothing wrong with a little overspending, or additional investment, if it’s executed professionally via a good owner, a good team of staff behind it, sound strategy, etc, but not overspending on the scale we did, with none of the other bits involved necessary to be successful, and some blind target of getting us in the Championship. We need some investment over and above a household economy type budget or we’re National League or worse for an indefinite period.

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    Depends what you call little, agree all clubs should try to live within their means but in reality not many can or do, Bristol city a bigger club than us but not that big a club losing £412,000 per week but all ok at the moment with their billionaire owner, all in the intention of just getting into that cash cow of the premiership, enabled by footy fans up and down the country paying for sky and BT.

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    Nothing wrong with a little overspending, or additional investment, if it’s executed professionally via a good owner, a good team of staff behind it, sound strategy, etc, but not overspending on the scale we did, with none of the other bits involved necessary to be successful, and some blind target of getting us in the Championship. We need some investment over and above a household economy type budget or we’re National League or worse for an indefinite period.

    I don’t entirely agree with that. I understand the need to sometimes speculate to accumulate but too often “investment” just means “buying players” in football which isn’t much of an investment at all. Investment is improving facilities, investment is creating an outstanding academy, investment is building bonds with your supporters and community to tide you through the bad times. Investment isn’t giving huge wages for players who you don’t even manage to sell on for a profit.

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    There is a big difference between investment and speculation.

    I suggest our absentee landlord did very little of the former and multi million pounds of the latter.

    The speculation was all based on a misplaced confidence in his own judgement but he would now like his money back.

    It’s not likely to end well for Mr Swann or for the Iron.

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    Exeter did OK out of Ollie Watkins. When was the last time we made any decent money from a sale. Certainly not from anybody scouted by the current set up.

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    #236459
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    Exeter did OK out of Ollie Watkins. When was the last time we made any decent money from a sale. Certainly not from anybody scouted by the current set up.

    We made £5m out of the sale of all our assets

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    Deereyme66Deereyme66
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    There is a big difference between investment and speculation.

    I suggest our absentee landlord did very little of the former and multi million pounds of the latter.

    The speculation was all based on a misplaced confidence in his own judgement but he would now like his money back.

    It’s not likely to end well for Mr Swann or for the Iron.

    That’s what I’m talking about 👍

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    Was expecting this post.

    They do say 10th time lucky don’t they?

    #236473
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    Exeter did OK out of Ollie Watkins. When was the last time we made any decent money from a sale. Certainly not from anybody scouted by the current set up.

    They also did well with the sale of Ampadu to Chelsea.

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    #236487
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    Was expecting this post.

    They do say 10th time lucky don’t they?

    Only taken us 3 seasons to get out of this division since rejoining.

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    Was expecting this post.

    They do say 10th time lucky don’t they?

    ‘Some’ do, and then add “two new stands built, as promised,to boot.” 🙂

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    Everytime refereePat O’Cake
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    Was expecting this post.

    They do say 10th time lucky don’t they?

    I would settle for one season of mid table obscurity, your messiah couldn’t even manage that!

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