We want conway out....

That is the problem with long term contracts, great when players are performing and in demand but a mill stone round the club’s neck when the opposite occurs. Just hope there are relegation clauses in contracts to soften the blow.

 

All this about getting new buyers in. I wish it was so simple. Patrick had no takers prior to this lot. The ground is not owned by this lot. And there are too many obstacles in the way in my view.
A buy out of the club by James being the only solution. If he could attract other investors to join him. All well and good.
Can't see the council investing in the club side. It would enrage the ratepayers. The ground is held in protection by them and James. As an investment to the people of Barnsley.
This earlier talk about moving away and then building a new ground is bu11shit. No logic in it.
Moving away may reduce running costs. But the loss in revenue from fans would obliterate it.

 

For some reason, when an english football club has been up for sale, there have often been numerous buyers interested in taking it on. Often despite tens of millions of pounds of debt to the deal.

The notion that BFC is an unsellable asset is for the birds frankly. The asking price these current owners will want may perhaps be a stumbling block (i'd be very surprised if they did anything else but hold it until they generate sizeable profit) but its still an attractive proposition with the will to make a success of it and more commercial acumen than this current bunch.

In 1995/6, BFC was on a target list of a UK plc for acquisition. It wasn't the only target, there were about a dozen others for consideration, though none actually went ahead.

Just because people don't specifically know of an organisation, consortium or individual looking to take over a championship club (and frankly, why would they know such a thing?), it doesn't mean that they don't exist and we aren't being considered as a target again.