www.altyfans.co.uk

Quote from: Wilmslow Alty on August 28, 2023, 10:25:45 PM

Quote from: Ukrainian Alty on August 28, 2023, 10:14:54 PM

Quote from: CRT Butty on August 28, 2023, 09:42:19 PM

York like to sack managers on a regular basis.

Yes. Their Owner/Chairman seems to have "Peter Swales" Syndrome.

TBF there didn't seem to be much love for him among the fans.

Swales sacked no less than 11 Managers during his 20 year reign at City and if you discount Tony Book and John Bond who managed almost 8 years between them an appointment as City Manager was like the kiss of death with very few, if in fact any, lasting a full season in charge.

Given that Bond, McNeill and Kendall all quit, who are the 11 that he sacked?

Dream on! With the club's requirement to maximise profit margin you'd be looking at a 20 for a £ banger from Costco or worse.

Is trying to bring more money in really such a bad thing? What would make you buy from our snack bars that isn't there right now?

Why is it so important that we know this right now? There are still matches to be played, the season isn't even officially over yet...

Quote from: Alty Bri on April 29, 2023, 09:37:27 PM

I think it was a reasonable assessment of the situation in general. I really do think though that we need to stop talking about the play offs. Without serious investment in the playing personnel, this is just a pipedream unfortunately.

Ok, let's take a look at the other clubs from Woking down to us. Any supplementary information welcome:

4th) Woking - decent crowds but no big investment that I've heard of;
5th) Barnet - poor crowds. Do they have an investor?
6th) Boreham Wood - poor crowds but a lot of investment to geet them this far;
7th) Bromley -  decent crowds and some success in recent seasons but no big investment;
8th) Southend - a big club who should be too strong for us if they get thingssorted off the pitch;
9th) Eastleigh - not much bigger crowds than us and no big investment I've heard of (they even had to take seats out of their stand);
10th) Dagenham And Redbriidge - poor crowds but an investor, last I heard;
11th) FC Halifax Town - similar crowds to us and no big investor, and managed fourth place recently;
12th) Oldham Athletic - a big club who should challenge for promotion;
13th) Wealdstone - poor crowds and no big investor;
14th) Gateshead - small crowds and no big investment;
15th) Solihull Moors - small crowds but substantial investment;
16th) Dorking Wanderers - small crowds and no big investor (even if it won't feel like that for their founder);

Certainly top 7 will be very difficult, but we can definitely make the top half, and there isn't that much of a gap between 12th and 7th, and who knows how things might change in the future? Having got to mid-table, the play offs certainly long term is an obvious target.

If by investors you mean owners and directors who underwrite big losses with share issues or loans, then I'd say only Dorking, Halifax and Wealdstone wouldn't be on that list. Aldershot would probably sneak into that class too.

Incidentally, York and (to a lesser degree) Maidenhead are heavily bankrolled, as are Fylde and Ebbsfleet who have been promoted.

£100k is chicken feed in this league. You need millions to compete at the very top.

Or option 4. Suggest to a hard working volunteer who generally does a difficult job very well that one or two minor tweaks might improve things a bit.

And I don't get this notion that keeps floating around that we can't be more professional or slick without losing the friendliness or family atmosphere.

Biggest highlight for me overall was the way we continue to grow as a support base and engage with the town and beyond. Some tremendous crowds this season, and we cannot afford to let that slip. I also think the way we are commercially and media wise is so much more modern and sharper than a few years ago. No, things are not perfect (repeat, things are not perfect) but the whole cheap and cheerful, tinpot image is slipping away in lots of ways and we are better for it.

On the flip side the stadium and stewarding issues remain and they are a big negative. The popular side in particular is a disgrace and the manner of fencing and segregation on it needs to be clearly and unequivocally addressed by the club. It has remained an issue for god knows how long yet never seems to change.