1finny
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Spent the morning with the Chief Exec of Lincoln City today. Really interesting stuff.
The club were on their knees around 10 years ago and the business I currently work for recognised the community importance and bailed them out over a number of years. At one stage we were paying gas bills and players wages.
They are in good shape now but very careful on their outlook. No surprise - money talks.
The stats tell us the key indicator for success is money spent on players. Over any 5 year period teams will finish in the league relative to how much money they have spent (plus or minus 3 positions). So, if you are the 7th biggest spender you will finish between 10th and 4th - regardless of the capability of the manager.
Maybe we spend too much time worrying about our managers
Div 1 clubs lost between them lost 88m last year - Lincoln know they will have to sell their best player every season and want to be pushing for the championship next season.
30% of their fans live more than 50 miles away - sounds really high. Wonder what it’s like for us?
The club were on their knees around 10 years ago and the business I currently work for recognised the community importance and bailed them out over a number of years. At one stage we were paying gas bills and players wages.
They are in good shape now but very careful on their outlook. No surprise - money talks.
The stats tell us the key indicator for success is money spent on players. Over any 5 year period teams will finish in the league relative to how much money they have spent (plus or minus 3 positions). So, if you are the 7th biggest spender you will finish between 10th and 4th - regardless of the capability of the manager.
Maybe we spend too much time worrying about our managers
Div 1 clubs lost between them lost 88m last year - Lincoln know they will have to sell their best player every season and want to be pushing for the championship next season.
30% of their fans live more than 50 miles away - sounds really high. Wonder what it’s like for us?