If JB thinks that the 25% drop in attendances is due entirely to the economic situation, then he must also be living in cloud cuckoo land.

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all we can do is dream about any transfer activity.because thats exactly what it ends up just a dream somtimes a nightmare.this is just jeff letting us know he wont be spending a bean in jan.tell us somthing we dont already know jeff.you bore me to death.

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Jeff, once again, proves that he has completely lost touch with reality. If he thinks that the 25% loss in gates this season is as a result of the economic situation, then he is sadly mistaken.
While the credit crunch is part of the answer, it cannot explain why we have lost so many more fans than other similar clubs.
I’m afraid that it also doesn’t explain why so many of the missing fans are those that have been going twenty years or more. No, the real reason they are missing is that they are finally fed up with broken promises and over £350,000 a year ground rent going out of the club. They are fed up with 400,000 profits, while the club’s debts rise by half a million (but we’re still “well run”, apparantly). They are fed up with any young talent being sold cheaply (Dann and Fryatt were worth more) and no attempt being made to bring in adequate replacements.
In short, Jeff, it’s you they are fed up of.

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There WILL be significant transfer activity:

Deeney to Chester – £0
Nicholls to Hereford – £0
Weston to Scunthorpe – £10
Boertien to Colchester – £5
Bradley to Rochdale – £0
Ishmel to Leeds – £3

Danny Sonner to Walsall – £Waste
Tony Bedeau to Walsall – £Laughable
Unknown Foreign Goalkeeper who later plays on the wing – £WHO?

For the record. I have the money and I want to spend it on “entertainment” but won’t get value for money at Walsall.

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Jeff no body is expecting a spending spree in January, theres more chance of Saddam Hussein coming in as goalkeeping coach.

PEOPLE ARE STAYING AWAY BECAUSE OF YOU JEFF. YOU. Not the economic climate, not global warming, not the migration patterns of northern european geese, YOU.

Just sell the club, you’ve done enough damage. Good riddance.

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Success brings in crowds – it has been proven for many years. Irrespective of turbulent times and cash shortages, people have always found money to go to the game because it’s in our blood. As a season ticket holder i’ve become disillusioned and depressed. I paid for the game on Saturday in the belief that we will turn the corner, but frankly i’m now of the opinion that whilst Mullen is in charge we will never do any good. I just wish I could get a refund on the remaining matches as I no longer want to go to the matches. Shame really as I believe that we have one of the best squads we have had for a number of years.

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Presumably as property prices plummett, and there is less money around in football we can fully expect the “market rent” that the football club is charged by Mister Bonser’s pension fund to reflect said market and drop accordingly?

Whoops, just passed a sign that said “welcome to cloud cookoo land”.

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Note to subs: cloud-cuckoo-land should be hyphenated.

Note to Jeff: good to see you employ a few more clichés to sum up the mental state of dissenting fans at Walsall. However, haven’t we had “taken leave of their senses” before? What about “if Walsall fans think there will be significant transfer activity in January they are crazy like a fox”.

Come on Jeff, you can do better.

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Walsall not having a spending spree in January??? Whats that in comparison to? The three or four cheap loan signings that we get with no intention of ever signing.

Jeff you have shot yourself in the foot, by continuing to pocket the money that we all work so hard to get- to spend on our beloved team (which is being ripped apart by yourself and the car dealer).

Never mind Jeff- sell Gerrard and Taundry in January like you had planned, then blame the “current 18/19 year olds that dont love you” and in the process “we will go and support Luton, Rotherham or Bournemouth”

Just turn the light off once you have killed the club Mr B.

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This guy is laughable! I have been going down the Walsall for 26 years in which I have had a season ticket every year. I used to go away as much as I did home, hence I did not miss a game.

I am totally saddened by the state of affairs down there. This season I have found myself actually missing a Saturday afternoon game, even though I have a season ticket!! This would be going against the ‘religion’ that was Walsall FC back in the day!

The reasons or should I say reason for this are quite simple- Jeff Bonser. This man has, make no illusions about it, made an absolute fortune out of this club and continues to do so. He will eventually bleed the club for all its got if he hasn’t already!! The ambition and the friendly faces I used to see down both Fellows Park and the Bescot (‘Banks’??!) stadium have already been driven away.

If you are reading this Jeff, which I doubt you are as you do not have the courtesy to reply even to letters, then please PUT THE CLUB UP FOR SALE, with the GROUND, at a price that would reflect the current economic climate.

You can then get on your fantastic helicopter and jet off to your sunny retirement home in Cyprus and Walsall FC can start repairing the damage that YOU have slowly been destroying over the years.

P.S – E & S – have a look around the fans websites and you will see the real reasons people are staying away!!

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Jeffery, Jeffery, Jeffery, Jeffery… 20 comments, and each one states YOU and only YOU as the reason they’re not happy!

You’re the one in cloud cuckoo land obviously!

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Can anyone name anybody they hate more than Bonser. Compared to him, Tony Butler is my best mate. I would rather listen to Mr Attitude Paul Franks and Dingle Daz Hales on WM than be at the Bonser’s Piggy Bank on a Saturday afternoon. Perhaps there is Gordon Brown ….

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