Depends what you mean by flying.
We'll be in existence next season, but it's going to be a long season full of games where we get our butts kicked.
The pre-season is supposed to be a time of optimism and excitement, I'm already dreading what's to come over the next 10 months.

First priority for next season is to find players who can defend. The squad last season proved they weren't up for it so at least those re-signing and any new guys have a chance to prove they are. All we can ask for is that the team leave everything they have on the pitch every week.

Well by all accounts Lowe & Chalmers are flying over from NZ this weekend.

Goy me thinking its a bloody long way to come and a lot to give up just to run a part-time team.

It's a shame Moss isn't re-signing as he really is excellent and will continue to rip it up at hkr. But to be fair he's not been our player for a while now and I'm glad for him he's sorted, and if he was going to stay in the championship but not with us it's better he's gone to hkr who will be beating us three times with or without Moss rather than one of our relegation bottom 8 rivals. It's those teams we need to make sure we don't lose to with the points carrying over into the playoffs.

However, we now need a coach announced, which I'm guessing will be at the same press conference as the new owners.

is rlfans spazzing out for anyone else?

any page I'm on keeps jumping to the right and all the way down to the bottom. only started this aft. wondered if there's some new adverts the weasles want to force upon us.

Who says we are going to be part time?

KCNBABT

Only one poster but with only £150k central funding, a large chunk of ST money already spent, its going to need some deep pockets to fund FT.

I don't disagree with you. But are we on the guessing game again. No one knows the plan going forward.

Just wondering what charmers and Lowe have been doing that they can move half way round the world at a days notice? Surely there must be an English based element to this already here....will be an interesting few days.
COYB

How would he no when the players and staff don't even no what's going on.

It's just a guess, isn't it. Albeit a 'guess' based on some reasonable assumptions. As has been said, with just £150K of funding, and everything from ST and sponsorship gone down a Green-shaped hole, there will need to be a considerable amount of money spent just to pay for a part-time team, let alone a full time squad.

Ironically, it will probably be harder to put together a competitive part-time squad, than a full-time squad, at this point in time. Where on earth would anyone be able to find decent quality part-time Championship players that are not already signed up to our rivals? Whereas there are 20+ players hanging around Tong Street Costa who presumably want someone to offer them a full-time deal. Add in a few loans and a few people who might become available, and it wouldn't be [ithat[/i hard to build some sort of squad - albeit they'd need about £700K-£800K to do it.

I just hope Chalmers isn't working on the idea that he can offer all of our full-time players a shiny new part-time contract. I'd assume that anyone worth having would be off in a flash, leaving us with the people that no one else wants.