question for Paul Casson

[walney rock]

Wonder how long till they say we will be going part time!

[Hadrian]

I spent 20 years as a project manager. Also an expert in project risk management. Can also cook a burger, but that's by the by.

What are you like at making pies ?

Suspect he'll be pretty good - and not just pies.

[spirit of 1990]

Wonder how long till they say we will be going part time!

I don’t think that’d be the worst outcome. If we had a top ten budget last year and it’s being halved, with the right manager that sort of money would get you top P/T players. If we were to remain F/T then we’d be competing with the likes of Salford and Fylde and we’d be losing out all the time, basically recruiting all the players without contracts at the end of July. I’d rather have a hungry P/T player than a F/T player dropping down the leagues.

[Ace]

I dont think going P/T is the answer. Football would not be the main priority for a P/T player. I dont believe we would attract the best P/T players. The best P/T players would rather play in the conference north than the national league because of all the extra travelling involved.

[McMark]

I dont think going P/T is the answer. Football would not be the main priority for a P/T player. I dont believe we would attract the best P/T players. The best P/T players would rather play in the conference north than the national league because of all the extra travelling involved.

Agree 100% that if we go down the part time route at this time that it's the beginning to an end at this level for me.
We are never going to be in position to compete with AFC Fylde and Salford City not in our wildest dreams. But there are other clubs in the National league and conference north that we have to put our heads above the parapet and box clever with.

[HenneysKnee]

Look at the signings Southport are making in the conference north, they’ll be better signings than we do

[barrowfan]

There are a lot of decent players around who for one reason or another don't want to play full-time.

They should be encouraged to come on board so that we have a mixture of FT and PT players which has served us well in the past.

Presumably it won't be as expensive for the club, and gives more scope for getting shot without much cost if things don't work out.

[geobarrovian]

Aren't there still a few part time clubs in the conference if I remember correctly?

[Hadrian]

There are a lot of decent players around who for one reason or another don't want to play full-time.

They should be encouraged to come on board so that we have a mixture of FT and PT players which has served us well in the past.

When was that?

[barrowaberdeen]

Undecided on part-time. One thing I do know is if we are still FT when you have little money, you really are scraping at the last minute for whoever is desperate enough to come in. It doesn't always work. We had some poor footballers at times in the Bayles years and remember we did the FA Cup and Trophy monies to keep up too.

[Jonty]

I cannot think of any positives from a footballing side, or growth of the club if we go Part Time. We are going full circle here with this talk.

[mulholland]

Suppose it comes down to what you call yourself at the end of the day. There's no way on this earth Bauress is a 'professional' footballer. He's not alone either, White, Harry Pants etc etc they all had a distinct look of semi-professionals to me. That's not disrespecting part-timers either it's just what they are or certainly should be. Plenty of decent players I imagine who don't want to go full-time so if that's what we're doing than we've just got to get an experienced, preferably northern-based manager in and get on with it. I (and I'm certainly not alone) wouldn't mind scraping a relegation dog-fight like this season, or a season or two in the Vanarama North if I could see a bit of progress elsewhere i.e. ground, shop, youth development but it's so disheartening to hear the crap that they come out with and to stand on a roofless terrace season after season knowing fine well what the ongoing problems are and being told to be grateful for all things boiler-related. FFS if you want to leave a lasting legacy build a decent ground where we can all watch what we've always watched in a 21st century stadium not a 19th century debacle of a ground.

[Sonofsam]

Agree with everything you say mulholland

[barrowfan]

There are a lot of decent players around who for one reason or another don't want to play full-time.

They should be encouraged to come on board so that we have a mixture of FT and PT players which has served us well in the past.

When was that?

When the Doc was full time and the others PT.

Think we also did it to some degree with Shez and Baylis but may be wrong. Worth a try anyway.

[cromwells ghost]

Owner should now walk away, set up a trust for the wellbeing of the club, didn't work out for you but you could leave the club now in a better place than you found it and that I will be eternally thankful for.