Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Which is possibly the real puzzle - Peel are a large, rich (thank you Beefer, we've got it now!) bold operator/investor, yet while they haven't let the wheels fall off completely, it's not exactly full steam ahead either.
Peel took over in 2003 when pax were around 700k, they then went up to about 900k, they're now around 150k.
I can only think of Coventry and Blackpool in the "third tier" who have done worse - Newquay, Exeter, Bournemouth, Norwich, Humberside, Finningley, Southend have all done better.
"Is it me or is cautious optimist back under another username... again??"
Seems a similar pattern here with so called Robert... "The facts" man!!