Notts, the second worse club in EFL2 ... discuss

[Piethagoram 𝕏 @piethagoram]

One has to query the "inputs" especially where you see where they have placed Morecambe!

Notts will have lost a few points on financial transparency though.

The owners are maybe the best in my lifetime and the building of the club off the field is second to none. 

[Super_Danny_Allsopp]

I think it says more about fairgameuk than it does Notts. 

 

I'll be taking a mental note to disregard anything they say in the future, for or against Notts or otherwise.

[DangerousSausage]

I've just looked at their website. They look at clubs' financial statements, meaning that they refer to the 22/23 season at the latest. Financial sustainability is a key criterion.

The figures refer to our last season in the NL. A lot of our fans like to talk about sustainability, but there was nothing sustainable about how the club was run at that time as we were dependent on receiving a seven-figure sum from the brothers to cover costs. This was done in the form of loans, which will also have seen us marked down. As a sustainability index it might have some merit. 

None of this means we aren't a well-run club though, and equating the findings to this season for clickbait reasons is pointless. You're not comparing like for like. For example, Morecambe were two divisions higher than us in 22/23, which means they were receiving a lot of extra Football League and TV money. It's a lot easier to cover your costs with that coming in. 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

As far as I'm concerned, Notts are the best run club in League 2. The evidence is there right before us.

If people take a look at how the club is progressing regarding the playing & commercial side, I don't see any other side in this league, doing things better than the Reedtz brothers are doing right now.

[liampie]

is this not the same thing were we found out the people behind it have more credit to the clubs they support? one being a afc wimbledon? i dont know how that can come across as being fair. i did not find them to be very credible.

[menzinho]

Notts had been making big losses even before the Bros came in, didn’t Alan Hardy lose something like £3million the season we went down? You’re not going to be able to come in and instantly reduces the loses, especially when you’ve just been relegated out the football league too. The key thing for me is that our debts have slowly been reduced, and Joe Palmer has spoken a lot about the aim of getting the running cost to 0 in a few years and that it is achievable. So whilst we still might be making losing we have a plan to turn it around and we're on our way to achieving it.

I’d be interested to see why and how the likes of Chesterfield and Salford scored higher. Chesterfield were in the National League longer than we were and were pretty much run on loans whilst still spending comparatively large sums. And Salford are purely reliant on the money from the old Man Utd Boys and a billionaire! Their 1000 fans aren’t exactly covering much of the costs…

And I agree with others that finances aren't the defining feature of what makes a well run club. Carlisle who are second in that list are nose diving in to the National League and you'd struggle to find a Swindon fan that thinks their club is well run! The Bros have stated on numerous occasions this is long term for them and I’m certain when they leave the club it’ll be in the best place it’s been for years.