Like we signed the Unmentionable One? One player to transform us from mediocrity into a top 4 club? Come on!

And how much do you think he would cost anyway? REAL cost?

I've no idea what the real cost of signing the Waterhouses, Pryce's are but I can fairly guess at the cost of not signing them. I think we have to be bolder - the pledge was a bold idea but trust is being stretched tio breaking point if we don't back that up with at least 2 signings in the 'quality' bracket. I think the fan base need to hear something genuinely impressive or the argument about the board will be pointless as nobody will able to get in the boardroom for boxes of season tickets.

Indeed.

But we are still no further forward - it is easy to point to what appears to be wrong, a lot harder to come up with a practicable solution, especially if the playing field is far from level. Your solution is to go and find the money - quite possibly from sources outside of the salary cap - to sign up a couple of marquee players. Only the club will know the extent to which that is practicable, and the extent to which they have already tried or are trying.

And no, I don't have any easy solutions either. That is no excuse to give up. Unfortunately, I suspect much of the answer in the short term lies in hard graft on the park. Until the growing success starts to breed on itself as it has at certain other clubs. As it did here at the start of SL.

Edited for accuracy.

Think you might have missed the thread title. The one you need to start should go something like, 'somewhere between 11th and 14th next year, 7k crowds and administration'. That real enough for you?

Disagree entirely. IF (and it's a big "if"icon_wink.gif the team played with the same level of desire, skill, committment, attitude and sheer mongrel for the rest of the season as they did against Wigan, we'd have no problem whatsoever if we decided to do a Pledge II. We've got players to come back in, we've got young lads with promise about the place gradually learning what SL is about, and I for one would be delighted with that, if not with some of the shambolic efforts that we've again had to endure. There's a lot of season left yet, and how the fans end up feeling is still in the players' own hands. Let's hope they respect possession.

Especially at home. The shambles vs Hudds & Salford away didn't do as much damage as the joke which was the performance vs Wire

If that's aimed at me, it's neither real enough nor not real enough.

This is a message board. Whether 'real' or 'not real', people place their opinions on it and others respond. There is, more often than not, some 'message creep' within the actual thread titles, which most posters manage to cope well with, though I would expect that a thread about "looking positive" would attract both the unrealistically positive and doom monger alike and it goes without saying that both are entitled to their views, along with every shade in between.

If you can't cope with posters who disagree with you, that's fine, it's your problem and it certainly doesn't bother me (there are plenty on here who don't like [imy[/i opinions ) but if I were you I'd cut the sarcasm, it doesn't make you look good.

I suspect there are relatively few on here who take violent exception to Bulliac's opinions? And fewer again who nevertheless do not respect them, and his right to voice them?

He didn't express an opinion. He censored mine and we've gone toe to toe on here enough times on here for you to know that my reactions to to other peoples opinions are neither violent or disrespectful.

No I didn't censor your post. You and the mods have that capability, I do not. What I did do was use a clearly edited version of your post within mine. If you go back you will find yours is still there (unless you have taken it down).
If I may say so, for someone so vehement in attacking others views you do seem a touch thin skinned?

No, not vehement attacks or thin skin. Just well argued discussion, the type of which you can have with adults.

Does it matter - get over it !!!