Iāve just been on phone to my son to say letās go to different grounds next year instead of renewing and putting up with the same rubbish and excuses every year. Wait a few weeks when the early birds are out and letās see what they try to con us with this time.
Clubās been dying for years, including the relationship between fans and board. This whole circus is yet another compelling reason not to bother, and I suspect a terminal one for many.
You just donāt get it, do you, Messrs Gamble, Mole et al? We pay your wages too. Without us, you wouldnāt have a job to consistently fail at time and again. Youād be forced out of the cosy Bonser Bunker and into a world of accountability, something you clearly arenāt comfortable with.
Personally Iāll do a couple more games this season because Iāve paid for them, but no more from me unless the whole lot of them are removed, root and stem. But even then, sadly, I still donāt know as Iāll be bothered. Too many years of this sort of thing has just kind of killed it for me now. And I havenāt even read the minutes.
If it wasnāt for Smith weād have been in this position probably a decade ago. The fact that all the key players remain (including Uncle Jeff is his capacity as landlord) is laughable
Iāve already said Iām not going to any home games again.To question a fan of 56 years about some sordid pre planned recording plot is shocking to say the least.They surely know the blokes genuine after him being with ISSA for years on end so Iām done now.
I think Taylor will end up walking. I to will be giving the club no more money until things change. I work hard for my money and have been home and away a lot this season as have a lot of fansā¦. No more right now!
There was a thread called cash flow the back end of last season. When there were talks of protests etc. The only way to get change is to impact cash flow
Still far to many Walsall fans think that this will hurt the club and shouldnāt be an optio.
No Avenue just be ruled out as an option if we want change
Hurt the cash flow, or, get hurt by your football club time and time again.
People need to wake up and smell the coffee on a lot of things. We are operating as a 1990 football club in a 2022 world, and it shows across the whole operation.
Anyone remember the Villa friendly thashing (first of many) that heralded the opening of the current ground? The last game at FP, our actual home, in fact our only home, involved a parade of āgreatsā that missed out Alan Buckley. Then we had the god-awful umbrella twizzeling american Orleans jazz people and band andā¦ Stanley Matthews? Now Iām sure both of those things have thier place somewhere on planet earth, but they have feck all to do with Walsall FC, or Walsall.
I detested Bescot that day, in fact I left at half-time, and clumped and tripped my way over the pathetically, cheaply quarter-finished car park. 32 years on, and its worse. Iām the first to admit weāve had some great times at Bescot, but they have been very few and far between for 32 years occupancy. Its a crumbling, unwelcoming, unfit for purpose cheap shitholeā¦and pretty much always has been, and moreās to the point, unlike FP its not OUR shithole. Thereās nothing AT ALL to like about it and I would love us to leave and start again in a stadium owned by the fans even if it meant some serious short or even medium term pain like a groundshare or a Rotherham type route. Ultimately we would be better for it as numerous examples clearly show.
I agree. I talked on another thread about Oxford unveiling plans for a new ground. A pro-active step by a board who donāt feel their ground is fit for purpose. A ground some seven years younger than ours which when I visited felt far more modern than ours. But location and rent seem to be the drivers for wanting a move.
The club narrative around Bescot is a bit āwell what can you do?ā. Thereās a lot you can do. I think thereās a break in the lease in six years time which gives us a decent run up in terms of seeking a viable alternative.
Probably because we need the money from the market, conferencing, adverts etc
Why do we need it ? To pay the rent and prop up the club
But do Barrow, Harrogate, Forest Green have to prop themselves up like this I donāt know
Iād love to understand how the finance behind a ground move (construction cost and then finances to pay it off) would be compare to the on going rent and future maintenance costs which on a 30+ year old stadium will now only increase
I guess theyād be higher ā¦. But worth the pain to be masters of our own destiny