Quote: northernbloke "What about the next owner?
DH is not going to be around forever.'"
I would rather we had a club that was sustainable in its own right but we seem a long way from that now.
I seem to remember Lenegan saying at one point that break even would require an average gate of around 5,000. We were achieving that at the start of the SL era and had the potential of doing so towards the end of our time at Griffin Park and in the early years back at The Stoop.
Since then attendances have steadily declined and while costs in the Championship are less so is the income from away fans and TV.
Our attendance history suggests that being sustainable in London requires a competitive SL team. Clearly DH is no longer willing or able to make the sort of investment required for that and perhaps will only fund a part-time Championship side going forward.
In the absence of a new owner who could make the required investment (clearly at considerable risk) we will continue to rely DH and possibly decline further.
Having said all of that, I would rather watch a reasonably competitive Championship side than a poor SL team like we had during the later years at The Stoop and at The Hive.