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Anyone looking at your bench will recognise nobody.Quote:
Originally Posted by redarmyfaction
Sligo may be short of a few quid at the moment, but as always, there supporters will rally around the club and see it good for the season. I don't think as many people know exactly how well embedded sligo rovers is in the community. This is their club and they wont let it sink, in fact I can see the club going from strength to strength now that for once they have hit the ground running at the start of the season.
You can have all the players you wanton the bench but you can still bring on Conor Powell with 5 minutes to go after watching "Killer the Bohs scum" getting a new aresehole torn for him.Seems to be Kenny's way of operating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonny
Is Powell not Bohs scum as well? Or Oman? Or Greene?
How sh1t do those boys have to play to get the full Shams experience?
If I were a Cork fan I'd be more worried about the League table than some other clubs fundraising activities!Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
I prefer to abuse them in advance in anticipation of them making an error.Quote:
Originally Posted by dong
Just seen this thread
The fans in general were not asked to make a donation
Only members of the club and 500 club members
Our members do not pay an annual subscription like other clubs (shams, Bohs ?)
So just like other years members are asked to pay a voluntary donation of €100.
Cant believe the mass hysteria and joy in posts from fans of other clubs.
Sorry to dissappoint you all with the facts
Well then with, the greatest respect, you're a moron. And the club you love is taking you and the rest of your fans for morons.Quote:
Originally Posted by poster
I can't understand why Sligo fans aren't up in arms over this. How many times in the last 5 years has the club done this? Not only are the fans not blind with rage, with once again being asked to stump up cash but most seem happy to hand it over. I genuinely find it hard to grasp.
Blind rage? Ah, now - seriously, is it that hard to grasp?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie
It's optional.
Thanks man. I have the greatest respect for you and yours too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hairy Bowsie
:cute:Quote:
I can't understand why Sligo fans aren't up in arms over this. How many times in the last 5 years has the club done this? Not only are the fans not blind with rage.
Example?
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by srfc1928
It answers all people need to know and shows why it isint really as big a deal.
Another daft thread that smells like it was born in the Always Ultras forum.
Can see where Sligo are coming from on this. The Co-op structure has the inherent disadvantage when compared to members clubs that the membership/ share payment is a one off, meaning that the members clubs have an advantage in terms of annual income. It can also have the disadvantage that a relatively large share price can be off-putting, meaning that people who have long since lost interest still have a say while people who'd like to be involved may not be able to pay the share price in one go. I think people at Harps have been looking at a transition towards an annual membership fee but legally it's a tricky one. Plus people signed up on the basis of permanent share ownership and may resent a change, especially if they can't now afford a subscription. I suspect a compromise very similar to Sligo's may be the end result- i.e. no legal change but a request for a voluntary annual payment.
On the other hand the press release makes links this to the summer break and therefore gives the impression of financial difficulty when really this early in the year there shouldn't be. Maybe that's no harm to get people motivated to pay. But obviously people are going to look at what was posted on the Sligo site and suspect there are problems afoot.
I'm going to stick with original guess that Sligo's board have been concerned about foot's traffic levels and therefore were deliberately somewhat vague in order to get a bit of buzz going.
we're a Co-op - we pay €120 membership every year.
This is a non issue for most Rovers fans, most are unaware of it, I only became aware of it on this site. I expect nothing but badness from Dale Farm, it being the default of the stupid, but the incipient gloating from some other clubs is disappointing.
Good post Mr.A. Somthing that ye might consider is what has recently been added to at Rovers. If youre a 500 club member for 3 years (from now on) you become a full member.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
How much do Shams 400 Club Members pay each year?
It's one thing if that's the structure from the start.. it's harder to change an existing structure. Personally I'd like to see membership fees come in at around the €100 a year mark and also agree with redobit's idea- I know this has been suggested previously.Quote:
Originally Posted by El-Pietro
400 club doesn't exist anymore...it is now Rovers' members' club.Quote:
Originally Posted by A face
€50 per month, with no further 'donations' when money is down and lack of home games are...wait for it...budgeted for. :tremble:
Madness!!Quote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
€600 a year to be a member :sweat:Quote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
No wonder Mo'N wanted more more more...
€50 a month? Ouch!
Haha. €50 a month. And them with all their money.
Can you imagine what the Shams fans would be saying if it was us: Their diluded paying that. Pulling the wool over their own fans eyes. Robbing their fans, blah blah blah.
Ah, it really is true what they say about people in glasshouses, ye really shouldn't throw stones.
Balls to that. This is the League of Ireland.
People in glass houses should not only throw stones, but also grenades and if possible the enraged participants from monkey knife fights.
And often this should be vertically upwards.
So thats €600 per member every year for Shams members and Sligo Rovers are asking their members who pay nothing to make a €100 donation and they are the bad ones??? What gives??? I really dont think Shams fans can criticise here to be honest. City trust members pay €120 a year and i think that is fair enough, and i'd advocate that all LOI clubs should be doing something similar, people will and do disagree with that and thats perfectly fine, i can see their point as well but i think Sligo Rovers appealing to members in this way is perfectly fine, they probably forecast how much they'll get and thats fine. Shams depending on €600 per annum is more worrying imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
What the **** is worrying about a steady income stream?Quote:
Originally Posted by A face
In fairness, its always been that price for Rovers. So anyone signed up knows what they have to pay.Quote:
Originally Posted by A face
The Sligo press release sounded like they were pleading with fans to give extra to cover a shortfall in the summer. It was Sligo themselves that mentioned shortfall, 5weeks without a home game etc etc
Now some sligo lads have come out and clarified its just an annual donation thingy and they all seem happy with it., but the press release reads like them being a bit desperate
Loads of clubs have annual/monthly fees/donations/patronage so most clubs' fans are against the basic idea of fans contributing. In fact most realise its by far the safest bet in terms of fundraising
Umbrellas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Yeah, it's not about the amount being asked for by Sligo. It's that they're asking, beit 10c or €100, perhaps they haven't budgeted correctly. If they have enough to get through the year, they don't need to ask.Quote:
Originally Posted by A face
Absolutely nothing. But that said I dont think any club would like to be dependng on geting €600 from each member every year with the way the economy is in this country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonny
The economy has been this way for some time now and membership numbers have remained steady. The membership also includes a season ticket so the actual cost is €400. It's absolutely baffling that people can't differentiate between a clear pricing structure which delivers a dependable, regular revenue stream and asking for an ad hoc donation.Quote:
Originally Posted by redobit
At what point are Rovers depending on anything?
We set the price, people pay it, we know what we have to spend, we add in attendance figures, we add in sponsorship, we add in season ticket sales, we add in player sales and all income streams and we budget before the season, beit one home game or three home games in the Summer and beit €10 or €50 a month. It's not some mystery. That's not what Sligo are doing by this annual donation nonsense.
Do ye get much for the 600 bucks?
It was said on your forum before it got deleted that membership is down 30% this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonny
Why do you keep mentioning not budgeting correctly? Let it go man.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfx-
The obsession with all things Sligo Rovers amongst the Shams support is both embarrassing and hilarious. I thought we were the obsessed ones?
OK pal;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sean South
2 league championships, all ireland cup and europa group stage football. Well worth it ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by dong
about 0.96c to the euro? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dong
Deluded! why would we be obsessed by a less successful club Sappy?Quote:
Originally Posted by ARooney28
Sligo and Shamrock Rovers fans on the internet tend to be ludicrously obsessed with one another's club. The other 99% of each side's fanbases are far more reasonable.
Well put, nothing resembling an abject generalisation:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I think my use of the word 'tend' was a fairly clear indication that I was making a generalisation. Obviously I wasn't including myself.