exilegull wrote:I hope Wycombe come down with us. Northampton and Bristol Rovers would likely have significant resources that makes a difference at conference level - with Luton going up, if we go down with Wycombe, there are unlikely to be any one club that has a significant advantage when it comes to resources.
Agreed.
As it stands, Wycombe are a supporters owned club who are currently up for sale it would appear. The investors who were thinking of buying them a few months back would appear to have got cold feet once they realised that they might well be buying a non league club and whilst there is talk of other bidders, I think their financial problems could see them struggling next season. Whilst the likes of Northampton and Bristol Rovers also seem to be carrying huge debts, they still seem to have owners prepared to continue to chuck more and more money at it and no doubt that would still be the case in the Conference.
Like I said, a couple of months back, next season in the Conference will represent far more of a level playing field for the likes of us as there aren't really any big hitters down there anymore and the closest to a Crawley/Fleetwood scenario is probably Forest Green Rovers ... and they haven't achieved anything of note this season despite having it would appear quite a bit of money chucked at them.
Hopefully we are going down on a relatively stable footing unlike some of the recently relegated League clubs ... although I imagine that will only remain the case so long as Thea Bristow remains supportive, which we were recently assured she was.
