The Five Year Plan!

[LinnersBee]

Afternoon all

Just wondering if there is a readily available plan (commercial, risk, resources etc) that is in place for the Club and also if anyone else has any serious suggestions of what will be of us in the near and distant future?

I know this season does not look promising but all it takes is a few wins on the bounce and all can change! So dont all be negative when answering the above!

You Reeeeeeeeeeeeddddddddddddddddddddsssssssssssssssssssssss

 

[hobbsy]

Yes we have a rolling five year plan that never actually starts.

 

[JBN]

A Holes five year plan is to have an empty Griffin Park, with every supporter banned.

 

[Deathstroke]

Yes we have a rolling five year plan that never actually starts.

We have five 5 year plan, but the five years in question are probably 2007,2014, 2020, 2027 and 2042

 

[LinnersBee]

Anyone have their own personal five year plan they see for the Bees? I think playing Championship football is obviously the ultimate dream however just rebuilding to be a top League One side and get back some glory at GP would be amazing!

 

[IverBee]

I think that Liverpool were "six years into a five year plan" when they ditched Houllier..... I think that we're forty odd years into ours.

 

[dbee3]

The five year plan is a joke.
Fickens wants us to be a competitive force in the CHAMPIONSHIP!
Average gates of 8,500 lol
Wants to be challenging for trophies. rofl

Dyke and the board can't sit on their arse*s for five years without putting any of their own money into the club and let the fans (who will get fed up i.e. Moore) pay for players in that time and then in 2011...BANG! Right lets go for it!

Firstly I doubt we will even be in the League. Secondly will Dyke even be here? Thirdly will Brentford even be here? :sad:

I know it is nowhere near ideal but perhaps selling the club is the best thing for us as fan run clubs don't and will not, whatever anyone says, work.

I know Noades' regime was awful and almost destroyed us but not every investor is that much of a greedy ******. I mean do you think Wigan Athletic fans were sitting there fifteen years ago thinking they would be in the Prem come 2005? No! Neither were Fulham and were those clubs any different to what we are now before their rise into the top flight?

Scrap the five year plan because it's just false hope from a false board.

Also does anyone really think that BU and Dyke would carry this club forward anyway debt or no debt?

 

[Claire]

Yes we have a rolling five year plan that never actually starts.

 

[Alan D]

Ah the mythical five year plan! Following the total mis-management of this season's affairs, starting with the appointment of Rosenior and now having to throw money all over the place in an effort to rectify the mistakes, I guess that the plan may start one or two years late.

However, it would be interesting to hear GD's version of where we stand after year one. After all he was the one who proudly stated that such a plan was in place. All I know is he claims that he is having fun being the chairman of Brentford. I'm glad someone is, because I, and probably most other supporters, certainly are not.

 

[dbee3]

'However, it would be interesting to hear GD's version of where we stand after year one. After all he was the one who proudly stated that such a plan was in place. All I know is he claims that he is having fun being the chairman of Brentford. I'am glad someone is, because I, and probably most other supporters certainly are not'

 

[LinnersBee]

Was this five year plan ever released? Obviously it would require some editing to protect the best interests of the club but surely it could be bullet pointed.

Did GD actually put the plan together or did he just put his name to it?

Whatever the plan was it couldnt bee anything like what is happening in reality now!

 

[West Wilts Bee]

The five year plan is a joke.
Fickens wants us to be a competitive force in the CHAMPIONSHIP!
Average gates of 8,500 lol
Wants to be challenging for trophies. rofl

Dyke and the board can't sit on their arse*s for five years without putting any of their own money into the club and let the fans (who will get fed up i.e. Moore) pay for players in that time and then in 2011...BANG! Right lets go for it!

Firstly I doubt we will even be in the League. Secondly will Dyke even be here? Thirdly will Brentford even be here? :sad:

I know it is nowhere near ideal but perhaps selling the club is the best thing for us as fan run clubs don't and will not, whatever anyone says, work.

I know Noades' regime was awful and almost destroyed us but not every investor is that much of a greedy ******. I mean do you think Wigan Athletic fans were sitting there fifteen years ago thinking they would be in the Prem come 2005? No! Neither were Fulham and were those clubs any different to what we are now before their rise into the top flight?

Scrap the five year plan because it's just false hope from a false board.

Also does anyone really think that BU and Dyke would carry this club forward anyway debt or no debt?

Pity nobody wanted to buy it when Noades ****ed off then isn't it? IMO a fans run club has kept us at GP, and has also kept the club going financially. So without a fans run club this club would be history and I think we can take that as pretty much fact.

 

[abee]

Ah the mythical five year plan! Following the total mis-management of this season's affairs, starting with the appointment of Rosenior and now having to throw money all over the place in an effort to rectify the mistakes, I guess that the plan may start one or two years late.

However, it would be interesting to hear GD's version of where we stand after year one. After all he was the one who proudly stated that such a plan was in place. All I know is he claims that he is having fun being the chairman of Brentford. I'm glad someone is, because I, and probably most other supporters, certainly are not.

Hence my signature.

 

[abee]

Was this five year plan ever released? Obviously it would require some editing to protect the best interests of the club but surely it could be bullet pointed.

Did GD actually put the plan together or did he just put his name to it?

Whatever the plan was it couldnt bee anything like what is happening in reality now!

It doesn't exist.

I have asked both Bees United and my nominee on the BFC board if I (as an "investor") could have sight of a copy........no I couldn't........there isn't one.

 

[JTofBFC]

The five year plan is a joke.
Fickens wants us to be a competitive force in the CHAMPIONSHIP!
Average gates of 8,500 lol
Wants to be challenging for trophies. rofl

Dyke and the board can't sit on their arse*s for five years without putting any of their own money into the club and let the fans (who will get fed up i.e. Moore) pay for players in that time and then in 2011...BANG! Right lets go for it!

Firstly I doubt we will even be in the League. Secondly will Dyke even be here? Thirdly will Brentford even be here? :sad:

I know it is nowhere near ideal but perhaps selling the club is the best thing for us as fan run clubs don't and will not, whatever anyone says, work.

I know Noades' regime was awful and almost destroyed us but not every investor is that much of a greedy ******. I mean do you think Wigan Athletic fans were sitting there fifteen years ago thinking they would be in the Prem come 2005? No! Neither were Fulham and were those clubs any different to what we are now before their rise into the top flight?

Scrap the five year plan because it's just false hope from a false board.

Also does anyone really think that BU and Dyke would carry this club forward anyway debt or no debt?

 

[abee]

Pity nobody wanted to buy it when Noades ****ed off then isn't it.

Absolutely not correct.

Noades had a number of enquiries and there was interest in buying the club. This was confirmed by Brian Burgess. Bees United however had the "option" which they eventually exercised. I assume that the other interested parties were looking at a property play.

 

[dbee3]

Pity nobody wanted to buy it when Noades ****ed off then isn't it. IMO a fans run club has kept us at GP, and has also kept the club going financially. So without a fans run club this club would be history and i think we can take that as pretty much fact.

yes but how much longer can the fans put up cash to keep the club going?

 

[dbee3]

Why? Because I dare suggest the club is going tits up? Look at the other fans run clubs. Now tell me in 10 years where will all fan owned clubs be? In L2 or the conference and Brentford is a club that can't afford to be there.

 

[WILTSHIREBEE]

The five year plan is a joke.
Fickens wants us to be a competitive force in the CHAMPIONSHIP!
Average gates of 8,500 lol
Wants to be challenging for trophies. rofl

Dyke and the board can't sit on their arse*s for five years without putting any of their own money into the club and let the fans (who will get fed up i.e. Moore) pay for players in that time and then in 2011...BANG! Right lets go for it!

Firstly I doubt we will even be in the League. Secondly will Dyke even be here? Thirdly will Brentford even be here? :sad:

I know it is nowhere near ideal but perhaps selling the club is the best thing for us as fan run clubs don't and will not, whatever anyone says, work.

I know Noades' regime was awful and almost destroyed us but not every investor is that much of a greedy ******. I mean do you think Wigan Athletic fans were sitting there fifteen years ago thinking they would be in the Prem come 2005? No! Neither were Fulham and were those clubs any different to what we are now before their rise into the top flight?

Scrap the five year plan because it's just false hope from a false board.

Also does anyone really think that BU and Dyke would carry this club forward anyway debt or no debt?

Imho the "five year plan" hasn't been made public and it never will.

At the end of the four years Dyke has left to achieve his and BU's aims we will be lucky to bee playing conference football.

 

[dbee3]

Imho the "five year plan" hasn't been made public and it never will.

At the end of the four years dyke has left to achieve his and bu's aims we will be lucky to bee playing conference football.

I know but I was talking about Keith Fickens' laughable goals and aims section in the programme and was just guessing at what Dykes aims are.

If he has any aims other than power blasting us down the divisions.

 

[West Wilts Bee]

yes but how much longer can the fans put up cash to keep the club going?

That is something i can't answer. I can only speak from my point of veiw.(which aint a lot) I chip in cos I want to see this club survive. I personally feel BU is not as well supported as it should be. More members and a couple of quid a week (the price of a pint) would help the cause. I know noades ****ed it all up. Sorry I do not know the ins and outs of who wanted to invest in the club, I just look at how the situation stands at this present moment.

 

[JTofBFC]

Why? Because I dare suggest the club is going tits up? Look at the other fans run clubs. Now tell me in 10 years where will all fan owned clubs be? In L2 or the conference and Brentford is a club that can't afford to be there.

Calm down dbee2.

The smillie commonly means "I agree with you" !!

I believe that Dickens/Dyke/the club/BU etc have a set of objectives they would like to reach in 5 years starting from any given point you care to mention but they have no actual strategy to get there .

 

[SpiderBee]

I have a 5 POINT plan!

1. Clear out all the mumpers, hangers on and ponces ASAP!
2. Take relegation on the chin now but plan ahead for next season!
3. Sell the club to the highest bidder!
4. Sell GP to the highest bidder!
5. Implement 5 year plan!rofl

I thank you

 

[Holysmit]

Will the club in line with Stalinist policy be producing their own statistics to meet their criteria?

 

[VTG]

That is something i can't answer. I can only speak from my point of veiw.(which aint a lot) I chip in cos I want to see this club survive. I personally feel BU is not as well supported as it should be. More members and a couple of quid a week (the price of a pint) would help the cause. I know noades ****ed it all up. Sorry I do not know the ins and outs of who wanted to invest in the club, I just look at how the situation stands at this present moment.

Yeh well what really pisses me off about the whole caper is walking down Hamilton Road and seeing all the Chelsea posters in the windows which definitely weren't there five years ago and seeing all these little kids running around in front gardens in full Chelsea kits at 245pm! They're not even being taken to the bloody Chelsea games and there's a perfectly good football club ON THAT SODDING ROAD yet the parents give us all manner of dirty looks when we go past because heaven forbid someone should make three hours of noise a fortnight near their house in the name of passion and love for a football club. How about instead of spunking lots of cash on kids kits that they'll grow out of in five minutes, you actually bring them to a few matches and get them really interested? ****ing disgraceful.

 

[ladbroke]

The kids that play around in Chelski, Manc and Arse shirts, are they just following their friends (who are following the league table) or are being made to follow them from family members who did support them before they became big.

 

[VTG]

Of course some of them are, but there's a big glory-grabbing Chelsea factor in that area that definitely wasn't there 5 or 6 years ago. If you live right next to a football stadium and your kids are interested in football, surely the minimal travel distance and tickets that cost far less than a Prem side has to be some sort of incentive to give them a try?

Has the club tried in recent times a leaflet drop in a 2 mile radius, saying that we need local support, outlining the debt, asking for nothing more than people to turn up and bring family and friends, rather than the donation-based campaigns, for example? I'm sure a few people on here (me included) would happily volunteer a few hours one evening to go around and post them into letterboxes. Campaigns in local papers don't really work, hardly anyone reads the stories, let alone the adverts.

In order to attract support, the club needs to be aggressively marketed on a low budget which is why I suggest a local leaflet drop to residential addresses. Teams like Chelsea don't need to spend money marketing to attract supporters, media coverage does that for them. With Brentford, you say you support them and the person you're talking to 99 times out of 100 will say "Ah yes, I know so-and-so who supports them, what league are they in again?". It seems that everyone knows someone who is a lapsed supporter, so where are all these stayaways?