Mallan Mania

Not laughable at all. I don't find posting a loss five of the last six years or being dependent on a terminally ill gentleman at all a good situation to be in. Or how shockingly woeful we are at generating more money through our many possible revenue streams that are nowhere near reaching their full potential. They do have a point, especially after a seven figure loss in the last accounts despite one of our most successful seasons ever.

Sounds like our club as well because anyone decent will move on to bigger things somewhere else and so the quality in our squad falls.

 

We must have been reading different posts. I saw some mention they spend within their means and own their own ground. Whilst we are in debt and rent our ground. All points are true.

 

Explain to me why we are in debt. And tell me who owns the ground.

 

Reports North of the border have Stevie at Oakwell today having a tour of the facilities presumably with a medical to follow.
We agreed to sign him in January but apparently the move fell through.
St Mirren are said to have promised not to stand in his way if someone came back in for him at the end of the season.
Believe he scored nine goals in the last few games to preserve the Buddies status in the Scottish First Division.

 

Three pages about Barnsley being a shithole, think most of them have forgotten they live in Scotland.

 

I've posted on there as well, but no-one has commented on what I said. I've got 8 'likes' though.

 

We are in debt from 5/6 years losing money, spending above our means and owing our owner millions. The ground is part owned by the council. We should be able to run in the black every year without the need to weaken the team with player sales as the only way to manage that.

 

When you sit down with your Accountant at the end of the financial year a good one ( if he's worth his salt ) will ask you what you want your balance sheet to show. Acting within the law they then have financial tools/licence ( re- depreciation, over heads costs etc) to be "artistic " and either write down or increase your assets to reflect what you ultimately asked to be delivered to the bottom line. Big profits mean big payments to HMRC.

If you ask your money engineer to show a loss that's exactly what you'll get. Patrick is wealthy and as we know part owns the ground along with Barnsley MBC.
He has repeatedly stated he wants the Club to be financially self sufficient and his dearest wish eventually would be to hand the Club over to the fans for us to run.
Given we had to sell some of our best players in January and Patrick's unfortunate state of health I for one believe he is genuine in what he says and who knows could be working towards that aim.

 

I could turn all the above on its head. But I don't need to. Any reasonable onlooker will see things more clearly. I suppose it comes down to each individual outlook. It serves you and your outlook to describe the club as 'in debt' and 'not owning its own ground'. Each to their own.

 

Losing money and being in debt are 2 different things.

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Apparently we're showing them a "complete lack of respect".

 

I suppose it depends upon if you view "Conference standard" as a pejorative term rather than simply a descriptive one. Perhaps if you jump to the conclusion that it's an insult fans of clubs like Lincoln and Forest Green might feel disrespected in turn.

 

Thinking about it - I would say it's a compliment. There are some small clubs in the Conference such as North Ferriby who have been relegated, but there are clubs who I would say are bigger than our friends from St Johnstone - Wrexham, Tranmere, Leyton Orient etc

As someone said on Sunday, Forest Green have spent £10m getting into the football league (not saying that is a good thing at all!!) would anyone spend half that trying to get Dumbarton into the SPL? Can't see it.

 

Reported to have agreed a two year contract. I hope we are covering ourselves with the option of a third year if we want it like we had with Ryan Williams.

 

Where is this being reported?

 

Now you've gone and done it, you've confused them with St Johnstone

That said, twice on that thread they've confused us with Burnley.

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The Scottish Sun ran an updated story on him, this time with details of the transfer fee and contract length.

 

Just banter.