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No they (used to) play at Odsal.

 

And then have a look how far Barnsley were ahead of us when we played and it shows you the distance to go just to even try and compete at the lower end of the championship.

 

Profit

 

I think you're wasting your time, he thinks we have a money tree, he's the Jeremy Corbyn of Bantam Talk.

 

Eh? He's always been at least joint owner.

 

Rupp bought into the idea of being a football club owner as it would give him prestige and also would bring him a profit by following the Rahic plan. Unfortunately he was so gullible to believe this without taking proper advice and by letting Rahic have a free hand in running the club. Now it would appear that he is willing to sell the club providing he receives what his initial outlay was, and maybe a little more if he can get it. In the meantime he is only prepared to put in what Fordy describes as enough "to keep it ticking over". So that's it in a nutshell. As I see it, the only way forward is to have people in place running the various aspects of the club (commercial/hospitality/income streams etc) who are super efficient at their job and bring in revenue to the club. This revenue can then be used to take the club forward. Until this happens we just stand treading water.

 

Meanwhile, we have @Fordy117 coming over as a spoilt brat with his "I WANT" attitude.

Sorry Fordy ..... But if there WAS any serious investment heading our way, I'm sure we'd all have heard about it by now. So "I WANT" will get us nowhere. As things stand, there are NO takers ......... So we're left with what we have. We need and have to work with the resources available to us. To progress (albeit slowly), the fixed/set cheap ST's need to stop. An annual increase of at least 10% should be employed, for starters. Even in 10 years time that would still make BCAFC good 'value for money' from a Spectators point of view.
We need to exploit ALL possible means of commercialism, and use our stadium. I know current BCUDC (The Council) are impeding this - but let's grow a real big pair and Challenge these fools who purport to be pushing the City of Bradford in a forward and positive direction.
We ALL WANT - Yet there is SO much more we CAN do, with a bigger pair of balls, and a will to actually do something rather than just moot a bloody notion.
Herr Rupp may not have City in his heart .......But the very Senior members of his key staff do. Here's hoping some can come up with a few viable plans to keep us more than just treading water. If SR was duped by a charleton like Rahic, then surely his 'trusted' staff can influence him, positively ?

 

Bottom line is that we were 1 or 2 games away from promotion to the championship a few years ago. If we go up this year, and keep momentum, we could challenge for promotion to the championship again in the near future. There wouldn’t need to be a significant change in the spending/budget to do that.

The championship is a different beast though and that is when we would be seriously needing investment. However, if we could survive a season up there then the revenue would start to come in and we would then look like a much more tempting club for someone to buy. A few million investment and a lucky season (eg Huddersfield, Blackpool, Cardiff) and we could hit the jackpot of the premier league. All pie in the sky at the moment but for me, until we are in the championship, we aren’t getting sold to anyone with any money.

 

Nothing to disagree about. I agree with you. Even enhances my statement even more about him asking too much. People coming in expecting to lose money, don't want to pay over the odds.

 

There's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to support a progressive club though is there? Those previous chairmen you've mentioned should make us all want better. I think the general consensus is, that we're a decent club that definitely could be springboarded with the correct owner in charge. Unfortunately, we've seem to have a mixed bag. BFG - heart and wallet in the right place, mind and realistic expectations , sadly not. Lawn - heart in the right place, wallet sadly not big enough for some. Current owners - one complete muppet (departed), one we don't know about.
Definitely not expecting anything (happy to have a club to support and all that), but definitely would like something to happen which propels us in the right direction.

 

Yes most said at the start of this season we need to be challenging for promotion, I'd say where we presently are in the league with whats gone on injury wise etc promotion has got to be the goal.