louise_a
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I an referring to the team I support Blackpool, t was less than 4 years ago that we won promotion to the Premier league and all the riches attached.
At Christmas in our first season we were in 8th place and "everyones 2nd club". A little sensible investment in the January window would have ensured we stayed in the league for another season, but all we bought were has beens and the result was we were relegated on the last day of the season.
We did invest in some better has beens in the summer and actually reached the play off finals again the following season where we were unlucky to lose to West Ham. It was also revealed in the accounts that our Owner was paid £11 million in "wages"
A good start to the next season but lack of investment meant our iconic manager left for pastures new and the replacement lasted a matter of weeks before leaving himself, we eventually appointed the father of our star player and narrowly survived relegation.
Sadly most of our players were out of contract and we started pre season with just 8 senior players. We added to the squad with a batch of lower league players and some over the hill strikers and amazingly had our best start ever with 16 points from our first 6 games. However the wheels came off and we went 18 games without a win. The manager was sacked and our captain was put in charge of the team.
We actually managed a couple of wins but apart from those results have not improve, culminating with getting beaten at home last Saturday by the bottom of the league leaving us just 3 points above the relegation places.
This brings me to the point of the thread, this week the official supporters group recognised by the club, as opposed to the independent group that arguably has more members, decided to write 3 letters, one to the Chairman, expressing disappointment n the way the club was being run, one to the fans saying that we were all in it together and to stop protesting at games and finally one to the players expressing the disappointment n the way they were playing. This last letter was read out to the players at training today. Only 2 of these players are contracted to the club for next season, the rest are either out of contract or are on loan from other clubs.
This is the final part of a complete shambles the club has become, and we still have a final years parachute payments to come next season.
This rant may not mean much to any of you but it was good to get it off my chest.
At Christmas in our first season we were in 8th place and "everyones 2nd club". A little sensible investment in the January window would have ensured we stayed in the league for another season, but all we bought were has beens and the result was we were relegated on the last day of the season.
We did invest in some better has beens in the summer and actually reached the play off finals again the following season where we were unlucky to lose to West Ham. It was also revealed in the accounts that our Owner was paid £11 million in "wages"
A good start to the next season but lack of investment meant our iconic manager left for pastures new and the replacement lasted a matter of weeks before leaving himself, we eventually appointed the father of our star player and narrowly survived relegation.
Sadly most of our players were out of contract and we started pre season with just 8 senior players. We added to the squad with a batch of lower league players and some over the hill strikers and amazingly had our best start ever with 16 points from our first 6 games. However the wheels came off and we went 18 games without a win. The manager was sacked and our captain was put in charge of the team.
We actually managed a couple of wins but apart from those results have not improve, culminating with getting beaten at home last Saturday by the bottom of the league leaving us just 3 points above the relegation places.
This brings me to the point of the thread, this week the official supporters group recognised by the club, as opposed to the independent group that arguably has more members, decided to write 3 letters, one to the Chairman, expressing disappointment n the way the club was being run, one to the fans saying that we were all in it together and to stop protesting at games and finally one to the players expressing the disappointment n the way they were playing. This last letter was read out to the players at training today. Only 2 of these players are contracted to the club for next season, the rest are either out of contract or are on loan from other clubs.
This is the final part of a complete shambles the club has become, and we still have a final years parachute payments to come next season.
This rant may not mean much to any of you but it was good to get it off my chest.
