Originally Posted by
Sonny
Okay there is a lot going on here.
Firstly, my original observation is based on a quick browse of the Dundalk forum, and to a lesser extent posters here, who generally seem less cautious than you do about the coming season, and in particular seem very confident about a lot of the signings. I'm simply saying that this is very surprising to me, and if roles were reversed I am 100% sure Rovers fans would be very unhappy with the recruitment and be far less optimistic about the potential to make up 22 points on last season. We'll find out soon enough whether the optimism is warranted. To me it looks like your recruitment strategy is very risky and haphazard, and comes across as throwing **** at a wall hoping enough of it sticks.
Your owner publicly stated in an interview about 6 months ago that your budget was double that of Rovers', and any public financial information from the last few years seems to support that. Dundalk's staffing costs are astronomical in LOI terms.
And finally, 30 was slightly hyperbolic, but not that far off. You have at least 26 first team players!! Not winning the league is a massive, massive failure for Dundalk given the resources available.