Terminal BoardomSvlad Cjelli Only if the objective is to try and compete in the football rat-race.
How about if the objective is to maintain a football club appropriate to the size of the town and the size of it's support, and let it grow it gradually, watching the competition crash and burn, waiting for the financial readjustment to come (for instance proper financial governance rules that forbid debt) and knowing that every now and then that a Coppell and continuity will build a team that will have some success.
It's only the supporters - and mainly the younger ones (often brought up on Soccer AM and Championship Manager and instant gratification) - who demand success and demand it NOW!!!!!
But the whole point is that we are not competitive.
Who exactly are we supposed to be competitive with? There are clubs in this division who pull 5000-10000 more fans a game than us. Over a season that's a £5 million or so gap, and that's not counting any extra cash their chairman might be throwing at the club. People talk as if we have a playing budget on par with Scunthorpe.
For those of you who think Madejski should be subsidising the club, how much should he be putting in?
You said your aren't going to put your money in if he's not doing the same, so what sort of investment would it take to get you to buy a season ticket?