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Timperley The Best

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The path towards full time football
« on: August 21, 2018, 09:50:55 PM »

Article on the main website
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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2018, 10:15:07 PM »

What a complete load of bollocks by Waterson.  ::) ::) ::)

It will never happen in our present state.
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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2018, 10:18:21 PM »

But isn't the whole point that they are trying to change our present state?

Personally, I believe f/t football at Moss lane is a long way off, but at least the board are showing ambition.
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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2018, 11:01:20 PM »

This statement of intent is positive and ambitious, but (sensibly) also contains a healthy dose of pragmatism. We can't go full-time (and thus compete at a higher level) without the resources and infrastucture to sustain this.
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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2018, 11:12:12 PM »

It’s a very positive step that we are thinking about it and releasing statements outlining this. Suspect to be fair that Parky has had a hand in pushing this too.

However, with our current support levels (decent as they are for this level) and accompanying turnover, I’d say without a significant outside cash injection we could not be viable as a FT club. I don’t know how much of a % of our income is generated by events in the CSH but suspect we are still dependant to a large extent on our match day income which I’d imagine we’d want an average of say 1500+ to begin thinking seriously about FT.

All those romantic stories about the likes of Macc & Accrington, as we all know they are propped up by the largesse of a benefactor. I do hope we can move towards a viable FT model as we all dream of one day Alty taking a place in the FL & it has been so frustrating watching all these clubs go past us but not sure with our current set up as to how we could achieve this.
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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2018, 11:15:41 PM »

What a complete load of bollocks by Waterson.  ::) ::) ::)

It will never happen in our present state.

What a ridiculous post.
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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2018, 06:28:39 AM »

What a complete load of bollocks by Waterson.  ::) ::) ::)

It will never happen in our present state.

Which is the whole point of the statement, to investigate what state we would need to be in to go full time. Sounds reasonable enough to me.

Agree with the other posts about needing a cash injection or somebody to underwrite the losses for it to be realistic in the first place.
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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2018, 07:56:39 AM »

good article, much appreciated being kept in the loop as to the current thinking in the club
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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2018, 08:02:00 AM »

What a complete load of bollocks by Waterson.  ::) ::) ::)

It will never happen in our present state.

Do me a favour and point to the part where it states we’re making a transition tomorrow.
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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2018, 08:26:06 AM »

Very much appreciate the update. I think it's important that we decide what we want to be as a club and then (hopefully) work towards it if it is viable. Speaking to other clubs seems vety sensible too. We don't want to be going into this with our eyes closed.

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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2018, 09:40:26 AM »

Good to see we have ambition still and will proceed cautiously.

One day hopefully in my lifetime we will make it to the football league, we have knocked on the door several times I can remember, but times have changed and being part time makes it near enough impossible these days.
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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2018, 09:41:23 AM »

What a complete load of bollocks by Waterson.  ::) ::) ::)

It will never happen in our present state.

I think that's a bit of an unfair reaction VoD to be fair.

It was only a statement to say that the club is dipping it's toe into the water to assess the future possibility of going FT.

I don't think we will be paying 20 quid at the turnstiles next Monday. Nor do I think that Dawn Abbot will be knocking out Prawn Sarnies anytime soon.
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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2018, 10:52:01 AM »

If it was to happen for next season I'm not sure many of the current squad would go full time .Have we got more than three or four players who could play at conference national level?
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« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2018, 12:49:46 PM »

I appreciate it only says we are talking about how we could get to full-time status, rather than implementing it tomorrow, it 100% has to be the long term aim, and perhaps there are better ways of expressing concern than VoD managed above. But if that same statement was issued by another club in our current position then, based on previous reactions, I’m sure there would be plenty on here rushing to borrow Ian Foden’s high horse to point fingers and ridicule.

We are going to go from a mid-table part-time regional side, with no money to strengthen in the summer, to a full-time side with Football League aspirations? As positive as that sounds, it’s quite a jump, and little wonder it would cause nervousness for some (alongside excitement for others) given that we STILL haven’t even achieved the cash-injection to make us an affluent/competitive part-time side yet.

Bit surprised it wasn’t accompanied by an update regarding the majority shareholding (The Shares That Will Not Be Spoken Of) that is supposedly available for sale, or an update on the latest plan from the board to push this publicly? Because this is what is needed for us to move to a successful full-time model.



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Re: The path towards full time football
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2018, 05:56:35 PM »

Bill Waterson on BBC Radio Mcr 18:50.
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