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Looks like scales will be the right wing back. He played right back at farsley before signing for us.
They said they will use the loan market to cover injuries and suspensions.
Should score plenty from set pieces with the extra height in the team and Nicholson having a long throw.1 user thanked author for this post.
Are the current directors not fans?
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Listening to that podcast made me proud to be a Scunny fan. The work Michelle and the board have done is inspiring. Crucially they give the club credibility, that encouraged those 3 individuals to donate 100k each and the council to spend millions of government cash on buying the ground to ultimately save the club.
Much rather have what we now have than owners with no connection to the club, totting up unaffordable debts for short term glory and their ego.9 users thanked author for this post.
Attacking this forum and spouting drivel is an interesting tactic to persuade north lincs voters on here to vote for him and his labour mates.
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Don’t think being a CIC should prevent ground sponsorship. The rule is any surplus generated should be reinvested, rather than shareholders receiving a dividend.
Can’t think of a better way to spend the substantial government cash for regenerating Scunny than saving our club and investing in future income streams.
Massive thank you to everyone who has made this happen.2 users thanked author for this post.
Agree, players will have to depart and or agree to pay cuts for the club to survive. Finding other clubs who want and are prepared to match current players salaries won’t be easy as some are on big wages for non league. Therefore losing our better players seems more likely.
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Suspect given the dire financial position they will be looking at selling naming rights for the ground.
Think this new community interest company being set up is another example of how hard Michelle and co are working to save the club.2 users thanked author for this post.
I think most things in this update fans should be concerned about.
Hilton said previously he saw the debts when purchasing the club, so he knew what mess he was taking on. The tax bill was paid but it seems the other creditors haven’t. These will include small independent businesses that depend on the cash.
Is this why there is a new kit supplier, new arrangements for booking the away travel because those companies were not paid?
Didn’t see any reference to the pensions, are they now being paid?
I think the academy decision is very sad. Those young scholars that were taken on and are now being released have had their education and football dreams damaged. Local kids will no longer have a pathway to become a pro footballer at their local club.
The academy has started to produce some decent players recently, with 6 members of the current squad being academy products, plus a few more sold.
No other owner has had an issue with ground safety. Some of the safety measures you need to have in place will be regardless of the level of football and the number of fans. Others will be based on the number of people watching, some based on the likelihood of trouble. The gates so far are higher than some games when we were in league 2, so hard to see why being in NLN would justify a significant reduction in stewarding costs, other than less away fans and no more weekly protests.
Hilton is hoping the club doing well on the pitch will keep the fans quiet. That strategy unravelled under Swann and will do so much quicker this time I suspect unless he finds money to pay the debts.3 users thanked author for this post.
Shame about the academy closing given it was just starting to produce a number of players with potential and some local lads have now established themselves like Wilson.
Even if it costs more this year to close it down this year, presumably we will only get further funding after next year when we are back in the EFL, which could be some time.
Shame about how this seems to have been communicated.
Always felt a combination of not being patient enough and problems with the previous regime have prevented us getting the best out of the better academy players (on the pitch / financially) we’ve produced in recent years like Wooton, Godden, Dawson, Sutton etc1 user thanked author for this post.
Wren kitchens are in better financial health than the steel works. Be a drop in the ocean with their marketing budget.
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Bring some other non family members onto the board, preferably iron fans
Let the football dept select the players to sign and pick the team
Don’t employ a family member as chief scout.
End the cycle of paying 3 managers at the same time.
Continue to invest in the academy and pathways into the first team. Much prefer giving our lads a chance rather than developing players for other clubs.
If venturing to a casino, be careful who you talk to.
Avoid building a 5* hotel in Blackpool.Feels a gamble given Nelson is getting the best out of a squad with a lot of limitations and giving us a chance of beating the drop.
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Can’t believe Peter had told us the price was agreed and that would turn out not to be the case. Struggling to think of any other instances when this sort of thing has happened.
I’m hoping he needs the cash from the sale to pay for the hotel build, which still isn’t wasn’t open last time I checked.1 user thanked author for this post.
Buying a house can take time when solicitors are involved, suspect a football club is more complex. I expect this to take months rather than weeks. Hope I’m wrong.
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If they learn from the mistakes of the swann era they will do great. They don’t interfere in team selection, they let the manager have control of recruitment, don’t jeopardize the future of the club by running up huge losses and they want to focus on us feeling like a community club again.
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Why come out of hiding if everything with the sale is progressing well?
Why make so many references to being prepared to carry on if a deal is agreed?
still hard to believe a word that comes out of his mouth, especially when defending his financial management and refusing to risk the existence of the club after all his spending and subsequent interest payments to Coolsilk.4 users thanked author for this post.
