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Originally Posted by londonred
Alright lad. Trust the lads who had ye raising 130k just to stay in business last year....
Maybe if the FAI had done this last year ye'd have avoided that completely.
But if you wanna believe theres no way these same fella could possibly get this years budget wrong then work away....
You mean you would rather go with the people who brought your club to financial ruin last year over the people who appointed Trappatoni.....Quote:
Originally Posted by londonred
only in Sligo...eh?...phhft
is that supposed to be a silent fart??Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
The world of Irish Football Comment doesn't revolve around this= or any other message board. You are unlucky.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
no, i let the air out of my balloon.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
Back up your post, or shut up. Plain and simple. Not the first time you've posted stuff like this and failed to provide a single link when asked.Quote:
Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce
They weren't running the league when Shels went ar.se over ti.t, you can't blame them for 'missing' the Cork thing, but - and heaven forgive me for saying this - give them credit for possibly preventing another 'Shels' by rejecting Sligo's budget.Quote:
Originally Posted by londonred
"Drama Queens" we are nowhere near Shels proportions I am hearing the FAI have given us a budget of 8k a week whereas we had already cut it back to 10k a week which we were comfortable with for the second part of last season i think it was in the region of 20k at the beginning of last season and there was a tax liability carried over which subsequently has been cleared.Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodquayBoy
I'd have thought you were unlikely to get the same level of sponsorship this season as you did last year with the economy the way it is. A reduction in budget from what you could raise last year doesn't seem unreasonable.Quote:
Originally Posted by londonred
ahh, my mistake! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
Also Id imagine most clubs will see attendances hit aswell. People wont have the money to bring the family every second Friday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schumi
Any club/fan who thinks their clubs income will be as high as last year is delusional. A recession will affect LOI clubs just like any other business.
Everyone should be cutting budgets to predict this
This will be really interesting Micls but people still have to live a little, i would have thought you may see the trips to the premier league games hit harder !Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
How many people go to PL games regularly though? For most its once or twice a yea.r Theyl just head to the pub instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers Maniac
You'll still get your regulars but if Im stuck for money I wont be bringing along my little brother and Id imagine a lot of other families will be in the same position.
Jeez go out to Dublin airport on a Saturday morning, its kaos with all the people heading away. I think the once or twice a year will have to cut down to once or not at all. Sponsorship will be a bigger issue in the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
But will those people come to LOI games instead? I doubt it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers Maniac
Either way I think its obvious income will drop and therefore expenditure must tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Rovers Maniac
Paul Cook:
Now there's an attitude the Eircom League's been lacking these last few years... :rolleyes:Quote:
Personally, at the end of the season, I think it would be more important to have a trophy in the cabinet than money in the bank.
Tell Cook to catch himself on- he's been given a budget, it's up to him to deal with it.
I agree.That was an awfull comment by cook.Quote:
Originally Posted by thischarmingman
What has Trappatoni acheived with Ireland?Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Lads Im on the outside looking in,Im not having a go but every year there seems to be some problem with managers and promises made to managers.If im wrong tell me,but could it not be anything to do with the chairman??? or board?Quote:
Originally Posted by brianw82
Of course your right, sure Paul Cook is a much more experienced and proven manager than Trappatoni.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiba
This whole thing stinks, Sligo fans came out and raised huge money last season to save their club.
Do Sligo fans really think Cook is going to leave? Where will he go?
I'd let him go, there is some quality managers around who would jump at a 9grand a week budget and do very well this season.
Take Paul Hegarty, he will make ye a Professional club.
what about the coleman money?
Wouldn't even cover the phone bill for calling England...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tis-smeee
So, what fundraising stunt have Sligo in mind for the '09 mid-season break?
You'll have to ask our management committee, they're the ones with the great ideas.Quote:
Originally Posted by eelmonster
Delighted he's back but it sickens me that our club would do something like this to the fans, absolutely sickening. Clearly planned out, over 40,000 off the target with 4 days still left to the deadline to raise the funds and he's returned.
F**k all involved.
Seems to be spot on. 2 weeks later, he comes back. Nowhere near the amount of money raised that Sligo said needed to be raisedQuote:
Originally Posted by Terry
Twice in 6/7 months Sligo crying Wolf?
I really don't know what to think...
Delighted Cook is back but just...hmmm.
To be fair, I think very few Rovers fans believed Cook was definitely gone. It was some scheme thought up in order to boost the account for the start of the season. I'm not happy with it but I do believe Cook is the right man in charge for this season so I'm glad he's back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Hopefully some signings will be announced soon, at the press conference tonight preferably.
Yeah, I should have said Sligo's board rather than imply it was Sligo fans.
As i've said adngerous game to play so soon after the last "plea"
Makes a joke of the FAI , they cut our budget so we would not be crying wolf so we cried wolf for a bigger budget which we have got from the FAI along with funds raised from the fans , reduction in player wages and most importantly Cook back in charge with a few new players coming in which isn't bad considering the alternative would of been a smaller budger small squad and a one way ticket back to the first division with a big financial crisis circa August. Cook cited his reasons for leaving and we tried to do something about it albeit 4 months too late the fundraising for this season should of started as soon in November all we had from the club was a plea to buy season tickets whcih is not good enough proper findraising comitee badly needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Does no such thing. Your budget wasn't realistic. No other reason to refuse it (as they did with other clubs)Quote:
Originally Posted by londonred
What it boils down to is opinions and as we seen this week how well you get on with the FAI hierarchy !Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
10,000 was not realistic a week for a club playing in over 50 games with a squad of 13-14 playersQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Maybe you're paying your players too much.
In all fairness a budget of 10k should be enough to see you competitive this year.
It is if you cant raise enough income to pay them.Quote:
Originally Posted by forza rovers
This 9 or 10 grand that keeps been quoted is the basic players wages it doesn't include PRSI, the day to day running of the club like ESB bills buses hotels etc, player bonuses which most of them are on.Quote:
Originally Posted by forza rovers
Anyway all these stories about it been a big scam is complete rubbish what happened happened its time to move on.
Your budget isn't based on what you need, its based on what you can raise.Quote:
Originally Posted by forza rovers
Is there any way this can be tattoed onto the forehead of every executive at every LOI club?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge