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Let’s be proud of our history and use it as motivation towards our future.

We’ve had a shit 5 years, but if we can stay up and consolidate as a solid championship team.

 

Then you have to say big investment will be inevitable.

 

There is a lot of clubs getting taken over at the moment, and we will need it to compete on the other side of the Championship.

Exactly we are too quick to dumb our club down it's a trait I find common with Bolton folk when we should be shouting our proud history and record as KA would say loud and proud. Self deprecation seems part of the Notlob psyche. ???? Edited by Mounts Kipper
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Exactly we are too quick to dumb our club down it's a trait I find common with Bolton folk 

 

It's not just Bolton fans though, it's most fans of most clubs - it's what football fans do

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Exactly we are too quick to dumb our club down it's a trait I find common with Bolton folk when we should be shouting our proud history and record as KA would say loud and proud. Self deprecation seems part of the Notlob psyche.

 

 

shout about history all you want

 

it wont get a buyer

 

we are where we are and an investor will make his decision based on head not heart

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and if players wont sign 'sensible contracts' that's when the fun begins

 

i do feel that there is so much money swilling about now, that clubs can make money

 

Then dont sign them. 

 

Go down take the tv money for a season, take the parachute payments, try go back up again

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Exactly we are too quick to dumb our club down it's a trait I find common with Bolton folk when we should be shouting our proud history and record as KA would say loud and proud. Self deprecation seems part of the Notlob psyche. ????

in a lovely world that would be ideal like people have said it means jack to an investor, there’s clubs in league one who have won more in recent years than us sadly history means nowt
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Surely if ancient history was such a big deal, Blackburn Rovers with 6 FA Cups would be top of the list of clubs you'd buy right now?

 

And a relatively recent Premier League

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I remember years ago, people said that they would be worried if we got taken over by foreign investors, as we could be in the shit if they got bored and dropped us..........it's better to have a "local lad" own the club who won't get bored...that ended well didn't it  :)

 

was about to post the same, doesn't matter where they are from, they will all get bored or decide to pack in at some point - KA may as well be from overseas, he's not from Bolton, so why should he care? same with Mike Ashley, couldn't really be less detached from Newcastle these days

 

that said, the likes of us, Wigan, Blackburn, Newcastle and Palace had their best days in recent history under the leadership of a local owner so there maybe something to be said, but other teams are doing perfectly well with foreigners in charge, and our local lad isn't as popular as he once was

 

in summary, doesn't really matter where they are from, if they've got cash and go for it - worry bout the rest later

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Silly boy, never going to get a bite on that comment.

 

it's true though

 

achieved much more than us in recent years and they will continue to do so

 

times change pal

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Blackburn attracted a foreign owner possibly due to the success they had under Jack Walker, they even paid £8 million for Jordan Rhodes as a second tier club

It's just that their managerial appointments have been about as successful as Eddie Davies's last 4.

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Blackburn attracted a foreign owner possibly due to the success they had under Jack Walker, they even paid £8 million for Jordan Rhodes as a second tier club

It's just that their managerial appointments have been about as successful as Eddie Davies's last 4.

I suspect the venkys knew jack shit, didn’t they think you couldn’t get relegated from the premier league
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I suspect the venkys knew jack shit, didn’t they think you couldn’t get relegated from the premier league

 

I suspect that's a bit of an urban myth

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I suspect the venkys knew jack shit, didn’t they think you couldn’t get relegated from the premier league

They can't be accused of not trying financially for the first few years anyway, its just yeah they seem to know jack shit.

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They can't be accused of not trying financially for the first few years anyway, its just yeah they seem to know jack shit.

 

think they bought em in 2010

 

2010-11 loss of 4 million on transfers

11-12  profit of 18

12-13  loss of 5

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Burton Albion possibly more attractive to investors than us.They posted a £1.35m profit for last season whilst maintaining championship status in front of sub 5k attendances

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Burton Albion possibly more attractive to investors than us.They posted a £1.35m profit for last season whilst maintaining championship status in front of sub 5k attendances

Doubt it would need new bigger stadium what would that cost?

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Doubt it would need new bigger stadium what would that cost?

That's a fair point, but maybe extending their current place would do.Bournemouth is only a small stadium. Burton is in a central location with Stoke the only premier club nearby. With investment they have quite a decent catchment area to support progression
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Derby County were the natural affiliation of Burtononians when Burton Albion were mickey mouse

 

I lived there for a while ,knew plenty Derby fans & no Albion fans.

 

Not far from Stoke though.

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