Look what can be done in 10 years, with right management, team, attitude & investment.

Luton nicked John Still off Dagenham and Redbridge to get out of the National League. Now in the Premier League.

And likely relegated next season.k

Most definitely relegated unless they can find a dozen or so PL quality players. But who wouldn't want their club to do what they've done?

Sorry - I posted on the "Richest game..." thread. They may struggle to stay there, but they climbed the mountain (a bit higher than the pyramid) & I suspect there were the same low expectations of Brighton, Brentford & Bournemouth

if they finish rock bottom without a single point then the money for failure they,ll receive will keep em going for years if they do not blow it all away. its splashing out on players who might not come off that could kill them. we all know about being relegated with loads of mugs on the books we might have a problem to move on but still have to pay their wages.

The parachute payments the season after next should put them in a good place to be a regular Championship club.

We’s all want it, but in reality the odds are against them, hope they do stay up though.

the worst thing they can do is alter the style of their play and become a boring posession based side. they could upset a few with their present style giving em enough points to survive . if they do it could make match of the day more interesting.

Blackpool came from nowhere to sneak into the play offs and win to reach the First Division (named changed). They upset a few teams for a while but eventually got found out and slunk back down. But if you look at the differential of prize money alone between the champions and the team finishing bottom there is not a great deal of difference. The bottom team comes out of it quite well and of course get the parachute money on return to division two as it was and now (the championship). This puts them at an advantage over the others in the league but that's another story.

Luton Going up sets them up for years - even if it is a failed Prem stint, it really doesnt matter as they will establish themselves even further in the championship and you never know - join or become one of the recurring YoYo clubs like Norwich and West Brom.

The title new owners take note, does anyone seriously think there are any prospective buyers out there, no apologies for being the eternal pessimist but they weren’t exactly lining up on Clarence Road wanting to buy Pools.

From what i have heard and also been told (by members of certain Parties involved with Pools fan groups) - there is solid interest.

Now interest is neither there or out for me - but there has been meetings with certain individuals. Meetings with Raj to discuss takeover of the club from him. Its all postive atm.

a local consortium has come forwards also by all accounts

Even Jeff spoke locally at some event and mentioned there was serious interest from someone too.

fingers crossed - i am sure something will come out sooner rather than later... still very very early doors for all this

Aye right.

Ditto.
Sure Sir Jeff has contacts who will politely "talk the talk" with him about the monkey story on the after dinner circuit.
Always "interest"... until money needs to be put on the table.
But to be honest if Lineker is on a million plus a year, surely Sir Jeff has been on similar at Sky all these years.
What the f/k has he done with it all?
Just do it Sir Jeff ..buy the club yourself and be done with it.
You're a long time dead.

Do a bit of Googling, Stelling net worth is $3million no where near enough to buy Pools and run the club.

Heard it too and not just one group interested, good reliable source too

Google estimates of net worth are based on what exactly?
Complete shite probably.
Whats that..$3 million..so his total worth about £2.4 million?
The blokes gaff on its own will be worth more than that.
We know Lineker is on a million plus a year from the Beeb alone
Sir Jeff won't be too far behind.
25 years on Sky and all the advertising promotions he does on the side.
Then there's all his after dinner speaking monies to chuck in.
Unlike Lineker the bloke has talent, and is quite deservedly well and truly minted.
Lot more in the bank than Harry Hornsey had I bet.
And no doubt Mr Singh would give him a decent discount too.

I know for a fact that piles of camel shit have been spotted at regular intervals on Clarence road.
It's only a matter of time.

‘Unlike Lineker the bloke has talent, and is quite deservedly well and truly minted’

And he is not going to throw all the millions you says he has Pools believe me, he hasn’t got money to burn.

A Certain Matt Uggla whos name has been passed around here before and im sure of those that know - threw some cash at Yeovil too trying to take them over but failed. More than just a rumour but almost fact that hes sat down with Raj himself to discuss matters.

I don’t see how anybody can possibly know how much he’s worth even if it’s on Google….. unless they have full access to his accounts it’s fanciful speculation that can’t be verified.

For 110 years we have had owners so why isn't their people out there who want us? Matt ugla has basically hinted he is interested in us, Jeff has even said quite a few want us.

Followed the Matt Uggla Yeovil take over attempt for a while, Seems he got his fingers burnt to the sum of around £430,000. ( 0r his dad did )

Shortly after he stopped one twitter account, And opened another which he then locked.

old account https://twitter.com/matt_uggla

new account https://twitter.com/MattUgglaNew

You never know, At the time some Yeovil fans said he was looking up north and some suggested Pools and he started likeing pools tweets.

Believe you?
So who are you exactly?
Sir Jeff's accountant?
Has Mr Singh thrown all his millions away?
Suppose you know that as well?

For 110 years there have been a lot of opportunists and some near extinction much ‘feted saviours’ that have nearly driven the club onto the rocks.
Owner wise it’s been a god awful hand to mouth existence for most of those years apart from, …..IOR, Hornsey and oddly Gibson, who at least brought us a decent team and promotion before crashing and burning.
There is no reason anyone will come along to save us these days, it’s just taken for granted someone will, which is a poor way to run any business.

I know one thing for sure no one will buy Pools unless they have money to burn, judging by the ‘quality’ signings we have made Singh hasn’t thrown any of his millions away.
IOR,watch the Switch of Play video and Hodcroft admitted Pools were used as a tax write off, they were registered in the Virgin Islands. They ‘subsidised’ Pools to the tune of a million pounds a season that’s over ten million whilst they owned the club.
I doubt very much Singh or Stelling have the funds to do that. When Larsen Oil and Gas withdrew their backing IOR could not sustain the annual losses so sold Pools.
Before spouting of can you produce some facts and figures re Singh and Stellings wealth ?

possibly he could buy pools and just about be able to tick it over without any real extra investment that is required. both could be fine inside say a 4 man consortium but only if they all sang the same tune from the hymn book all the time. it would be hard to find 4 fans who thought the same never mind all in a consortium spending their own money.

Singh will be splashing the cash very shortly, like he does every pre season once the season ticket money rolls in.

Must be a ST boycott.
No one here saying they got one yet.
Normally get a few.
They mite pop up now.

Imagine well under 2000 for this seasons Promotion ST ticket.

So now you "doubt" knowing Sir Jeff's bank balance when you were claiming some kind of inside knowledge before?
"Believe me" this and that?
Give over mate...and clearly you're not an accountant.
So Mr Singh in the 5 years he's had pools has lost 5 million out of his back pocket at a million pounds every year?
Cos the video said so did it ?
Right.

Even if Pools sold 4000 season tickets they would still be scraping the bottom of the barrel for players, Singh ain’t going to spend any of his money and we don’t have any money from cup runs left I wouldn’t imagine.

It's crazy to buy a season ticket until we know what the hell is happening? Everyone could buy one raj takes all the money and a new owner starts with nothing.

I am thinking of going to a few Hartlepool FC games next year.

unless you never miss a home game and are prepared to watch any old crap on the pitch its crazy to buy one anyway. you do not know what the squad will finally be, who may or may not own the club and anything about the season to come. its as crazy as booking a theatre ticket before you know who is going to perform. can never get the numbers that do buy em and i book my ticket and can get the same seat every game on a match to match basis so that reason aint that valid.

Well lets everybody not buy ST and the club will not be able to pay wages during close season and we go bust!! Let’s be honest booking a ticket without knowing who is going to perform happens most seasons at clubs like Pools. Well I’m 83 pointless getting a ticket then,I might not see the season through!
To be honest the people who sat around me and others who I know have virtually all said they are renewing their tickets. Only downside re ST in my opinion is the early bird reductions which do not exactly encourage early purchase.

Just an afterthought. Look at our friends up the road (Darlo) for the third season running their fans have had a Boost the Budget fund to be spent on players only. Each season they have passed their target and at present stands at over £150K. Remember their gates are only around the 1200 mark. Hats off to them.

Think we all might be going to watch them, If pools gets any quieter.

If I do renew it'll be at the end of the early bird offer not the beginning, as usual. There should be half an idea of comings and goings by 30th June.

Not that anybody else in the NL is stealing a march just yet - unless you count Solihull Moors getting 4 in from the likes of Chorley, Havant & Waterlooville and Halifax.

the early bird should be the price everyone pays no matter when they buy one.

York City fans reckon Uggla is buying them - did Raj chase him? Could we lose JA if this is true?

Listening to a few Yeovil fans They are pleased he didn,t get them.
Hillier bought them i believe.

Looks like people are doing exactly what your doing judging by the sales so far just 1000 sold.

A York City fan asked a Yeovil fan what happend with Uggla when he tried to take over them.
Below his he,s reply i,ve copied over from another site.


"I'll try but it could take days. Him and Paul Sackey rode in like white knights, proclaimed themselves as stewards of the club, spent £400k and brought in players the manager didn't want while vetoing ones he did want, Uggla kept turning up (allegedly the worse for wear) in the dressing room before and during matches, bigged everything up on twitter while having the odd weird rant and telling rival clubs (mainly Weymouth) they were shit, then got blown out of the water by pissing off the person they were trying to by the club from and lost out on everything."

I'm still hanging fire. I don't expect all JA's transfer business to be completed before 30th June, but I'd like the incentive of a few more signings before coughing up any cash

Not taking any notice of rumours like last week's supposed 3 signings - when was the last time any rumour about a Pools signing actually came off? The only one I can think of is Matty Dolan - sure that came from family members in the town.

Because people take notice to rumours is the reason other people make them up in the first place.
Managers don't publish their targets for obvious reasons.
I appreciate it is frustrating when it appears nothing is happening but I would hazard a guess Askey is working his bollocks off trying to do deals.

will what he has be much more than raj has. It may just be a case of someone else holfing the purse strings in the same way

the last bit is totally true but it does not help fans who either have an agenda or have no patience. anyone looking for a marquee type signing might have a long wait as i doubt JA is the type of manager to sign one even if he had the money to do so.

About time we were updated on this front, Way too quiet at the moment.

Speaking for myself, if I owned a football club I don't thing I would even consider pandering to people with no patience.
I agree about JA, he doesn't seem the type to me either.
Putting myself in Raj's shoes and looking to sell the club, I would look to keeping the club ticking over with a squad able to hold their own. I wouldn't even consider building a promotion outfit as I would consider that onus to be firmly down to the new owners.
I suppose we have to consider the possibility that nobody buys the club, not at the moment anyway. At that point Raj has a big decision to make. Does he carry on regardless until someone turns up at a later date or does he walk away.
I think this is an important point in the proceedings as I can imagine it could put players off from coming here, especially if they have options. Nobody likes uncertainty.

Speaking for myself, if I owned a football club I don't thing I would even consider pandering to people with no patience.
I agree about JA, he doesn't seem the type to me either.
Putting myself in Raj's shoes and looking to sell the club, I would look to keeping the club ticking over with a squad able to hold their own. I wouldn't even consider building a promotion outfit as I would consider that onus to be firmly down to the new owners.
I suppose we have to consider the possibility that nobody buys the club, not at the moment anyway. At that point Raj has a big decision to make. Does he carry on regardless until someone turns up at a later date or does he walk away.
I think this is an important point in the proceedings as I can imagine it could put players off from coming here, especially if they have options. Nobody likes uncertainty.[/quote]
again its just guess work and putting ourselves in raj,s place and doing what we would do. for me selling anything its the best to sell it in the best condition you can put it even if it means throwing time and money at it. you will never get the asking price for a club that looks getting close to its death bed in the same way as selling a car where the back looks like a dog kennel. possibly askey knows about the full intentions of raj which could be either tying his hands or really be able to sell the club to prospective players. again a fan of yeovil will have as much idea of whats happening at pools as we do.