QuoteThe Sixty-Thousand euro question.Originally Posted by Town Legend
There's a tiny vociferous group of UCD fans who hate the fact Sligo Rovers fans get an opportunity to put money into SRFC.
Is Cook on his way back to Sligo? Major fundraiser underway to get him back.
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Last edited by Town Legend; 01/02/2009 at 4:37 PM.
The Sixty-Thousand euro question.
There's a tiny vociferous group of UCD fans who hate the fact Sligo Rovers fans get an opportunity to put money into SRFC.
" I'll go right up to here,
it can't possibly hurt.
All they will find is my
beer and my shirt."
Was just on the Sligo page and they were saying 50000 was what was needed and now its 60000. Is the extra 10000 making its way to the chairmans back pocket?!!!
Only joking of course...........or am I????
Strange.
What happens if half the people that join up lose their jobs mid season and have to cancel etc. Theres a lot that could go wrong with it.
Theres a reason their budgets were rejected(which sligo fans dispute). If Cook can't work with the money they have then he's not the right man for the job. I get he wants more, but its not there. I understand the fans want to push on and challenge,do well in Europe etc but trust me its not worth risking the stability of your club for.
Especially for one man.
........ Paul Cook will remain Sligo Rovers' manager on the condition that sixty thousand euro is raised in the next two weeks to fund the income of two new players.
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If this money is raised before Valentine's Day, Sligo's budget will be increased by the FAI and only then will Cook retake the Sligo mangerial position.
Can the budget - as part of the Licence application - be adjusted at this late stage on Feb 14th? In another thread here it says the First Instance cmtee are meeting on Feb 15th (presumably to issue the licences)?
Is the full 60k to be used to pay the 2 players or just 65% of it?
Budgets are projections of income and expenditure so If more money comes in the yes you would be allowed spend more as long as you don't go over 65% of total income.
All clubs throughout the season have to send in monthly management accounts and explain anymore than a 10% difference to the FAI.
If they go to the Bit o' Red Supporters' Trust website, they can sign up and put money into Rovers too.
"Even if the wind stops to blow
Even if the sea ceases to flow
Even if the sun ceases to rise
The name of Sligo Rovers will shine and shine forever like the morning star glittering in the sky."
Was told this morning that Cooke was never leaving at all, as he has been in talks with Alan Keane from Galway for a while now, and he'll be signing for them on his return from Australia in 2 weeks time.
Fixed that for you.
it sounds like a scam devised by Toolan.
We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"
The Galway obsession continues...
Where was Cook gonna go anyway? Drogheda?? Doubt it.
"Are those my feet" Fr Jack Hackett
On the whole Valentines Day thing, whats gonna happen if the moneys not raised.
Trying to find a new manager and give him only 2 weeks before the season starts?
Makes no sense to me. If he's threatening to go, then let him go now, get someone new in and give him time to settle and get to know the squad., If the money does get raised then great, give it to the new guy to increase his squad.
Cook is good, but this stinks of desperation. Are Sligo fans not getting annoyed at the board with this rubbish? First it was raise 130k or we go under, and the fans did great but how does a club go from that close to going under to making a profit?
Now its raise 60k or lose the manager you love. Scaremongering much?
I have to say that I agree with all this.
It's one thing to beg for money when the club is threatened with extinction, but to try and raise 60,000 JUST to sign 2 players for the coming season? It's not going to go down well with the public. Sligo hasn't been that badly hit by job losses as yet, but that possibility is always there. I expect several retail outlets to close this year, and people aren't going to be foolish with their money when job security is low.
To hell with it, I say. Get a new manager in, get down to business with the 14 senior pros, and get some A-Team/U-20 players up to speed to fill the gaps. If the money isn't there, then it isn't there. We must move on.
14 players for 55 games. Are you for real?
Spending money you don't have. Are you for real?
You missed the a team/u20s comment.
Simple question for you from someone who's been there
Success on the pitch or putting your clubs existence in jeopardy. Which do you choose?
We haven't spent anything yet.
Also we must have sixty thousand by Valentine's Day in order to prove we aren't spending money we don't have. If it's raised, it'll be fantastic.
I don't understand this comment. If our budget, as it stands, has been accepted by the FAI then we're not spending money we don't have.
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