Is Cook coming back?

**Town Legend** · 02/02/2009, 1:23 AM

And what if Sligo fans raise the 60000 and for some reason during the season or maybe next Cook will up and leave??? How will ye feel then?? Or if these 2 players he wants come in and are total flops, get injured in their first game or even if their brought in and after a couple of weeks realise they don't want to be with Sligo and are gone by the summer????? Fair enough he did well for ye and all but the manager is as bad as the club asking the fans to raise the transfer monies. Is it not good enough paying into every game and contributing to the clubs lotto not enough???? Rarely do you hear of faithful in football so think Sligo should just look for a new manager and move on with there 14 troops and A players.

**Mr A** · 02/02/2009, 8:42 AM

Most people just aren't going to buy a club complaining about the FAI limiting their budget within a few months of them saying they urgently needed funds or would go under. Of course they don't bloody trust you, you went into last season with a big outstanding tax bill that nearly had you out of football half way through the year! And you're an LOI club, very few of which can be trusted to mind their own house.

Not that Harps and others haven't tried, with some success also, to use the same sort of tactics to drum up funds. It's a dangerous and short-sighted game though. I would far rather see clubs identify some infrastructural upgrade say they won't get a license without it, and fundraise for that. At least you'd have something to show for it in a few years time.

**A face** · 02/02/2009, 9:17 AM

Originally Posted by Town Legend

And what if Sligo fans raise the 60000 and for some reason during the season or maybe next Cook will up and leave??? How will ye feel then?? Or if these 2 players he wants come in and are total flops, get injured in their first game or even if their brought in and after a couple of weeks realise they don't want to be with Sligo and are gone by the summer????? Fair enough he did well for ye and all but the manager is as bad as the club asking the fans to raise the transfer monies. Is it not good enough paying into every game and contributing to the clubs lotto not enough???? Rarely do you hear of faithful in football so think Sligo should just look for a new manager and move on with there 14 troops and A players.

Agree. And is this going to have to happen every year in Sligo. �60,000 ... i'd rather spend it on another CPO for three years and maybe get another �60,000 through the gates as a result.

**Claret Murph** · 02/02/2009, 9:50 AM

If this was the 1st of April we would all be laughting by now .
Really you would be hard pressed to make up better stories on Emmerdale .

Thia is in no way disrepectfull to our Sligo friends here .

**pineapple stu** · 02/02/2009, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce

There's a tiny vociferous group of UCD fans who hate the fact Sligo Rovers fans get an opportunity to put money into SRFC.

Can I suggest you show me posts backing that up, or shut up with the trolling?

**dublinred** · 02/02/2009, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by Claret Murph

If this was the 1st of April we would all be laughting by now .
Really you would be hard pressed to make up better stories on Emmerdale .

Thia is in no way disrepectfull to our Sligo friends here .

Hardly a laughing matter a significaltly reduced budget has twice been rejected by the FAI who have in turn given us a first divison budget for a club competing in 5 competitions , they have then come up with a new rule that if we put 60k cash upfront we they will approve our original scaled down budget.

**Dodge** · 02/02/2009, 11:11 AM

The FAI didn't give you any budget. Sligo showed their budget to the FAI and the FAI pointed out discrepencies and, probably, laughed at them

The rules are quite clear. You can spend 65% of what you bring in on players' salaries. If Sligo prove they can bring in �1 millio, they'd have been allowed spend �650,000 on wages. The rules are there for the good of al clubs.

Blaming the FAI, or anyone else, is ridiculous

**micls** · 02/02/2009, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by londonred

Hardly a laughing matter a significaltly reduced budget has twice been rejected by the FAI

Not at all. In fact it would make you wonder about the people putting together these budgets...the same people who got you into trouble last year?

Originally Posted by londonred

who have in turn given us a first divison budget for a club competing in 5 competitions ,

What division you are in, or how many competitions you are in is completely irrelevant.

If all you could afford is a team that would get you relegated then all you should get is a team that gets you relegated.

Originally Posted by londonred

they have then come up with a new rule that if we put 60k cash upfront we they will approve our original scaled down budget.

Id imagine what they've done is given ye an extension to try to raise the extra cash necessary to increase you budget...most would thank them for that Id imagine.

Did Sligo fans miss you financial meltdown last year? Are you seriously trying to tell us we should trust the lads that got ye into that mess over the FAI. Comon, Im not their biggest fan but they certainly dont want clubs going bust.

You screwed up royally last year which nearly led to you going out of existence(according to your board) now you are suffering the consequences of not being trusted to run yourselves in a proper manner. I'd say you are far from the only club being treated in this manner(Id expect us to be another).

I get you want success, to push on and do well in Europe, but if your budget is unrealistic then you need to be told so, because last year showed you cant be trusted to realise it yourselves.

**Rory H** · 02/02/2009, 11:17 AM

I think it's brilliant. Only we could put ourselves in the situation

If people want to give, they will. Some won't and I really doubt we'll make 60k . But might as well try. It would make a huge difference to the team....

**micls** · 02/02/2009, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Rory H

I think it's brilliant. Only we could put ourselves in the situation

If people want to give, they will. Some won't and I really doubt we'll make 60k . But might as well try. It would make a huge difference to the team....

Yeah its not the fundraising itself that's strange, just think its a bit of a risk to wait around that long without a set manager.

Times are tough though and trying to get that kind of money out of people for non-essentials wont be easy.

It was different for Drogs, people will make the sacrifice to save your club from extinction but people might find it a bit cheeky to be asked for it to bring in a few players given the economic climate, especially given the fundraising down last year.

**dublinred** · 02/02/2009, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

The FAI didn't give you any budget. Sligo showed their budget to the FAI and the FAI pointed out discrepencies and, probably, laughed at them

The rules are quite clear. You can spend 65% of what you bring in on players' salaries. If Sligo prove they can bring in €1 millio, they'd have been allowed spend €650,000 on wages. The rules are there for the good of al clubs.

Blaming the FAI, or anyone else, is ridiculous

The FAI do not have the ability to spot a discrepancy this is the same organsiation that reckon they will have no problem flogging premium tickets for Lansdowne road , called Galway United a model club and didn't see the Shels , Cork or Drogheda situations coming.

From what i am hearing they looked at the budget and then knocked a random % off it.

**micls** · 02/02/2009, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by londonred

The FAI do not have the ability to spot a discrepancy this is the same organsiation that reckon they will have no porblem flogging premium tickets for Lansdowne road , called Galway United a model club and didn't see the Shels , Cork or Drogheda .

From what i am hearing they looked at the budget and then knocked a random % off it.

As opposed to your board of genius'? I know who Im more likely to believe

**Mr A** · 02/02/2009, 11:43 AM

F.A.I statement

Football Association of Ireland

February 2nd, 2009

FAI Statement

Further to Sligo Rovers’ statement of Sunday February 1, the FAI wishes to clarify that it rejected two budgets from the management committee of Sligo Rovers only because they were unsustainable and would have led to financial difficulties for the club.

Sadly, it has been necessary this close season for the FAI to take a stronger stance on budgets if clubs are unwilling to act prudently themselves. This is in the interests of a sustainable and financially viable League of Ireland and applies to all clubs in the League. While we will continue with this policy, it remains the obligation of the directors and management committees of clubs to run their affairs in a responsible manner.

The FAI also feels obliged to clarify that under the Salary Cost Protocol adopted by all League of Ireland clubs under the participation agreement, no more than 65% of relevant income may be spent on players.

ENDS

**dublinred** · 02/02/2009, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by micls

As opposed to your board of genius'? I know who Im more likely to believe

No brainer , I would go with the people who appointed Paul Cook over the muppets who appointed a world class manager called em Steve Staunton.....

garyderry · 02/02/2009, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by londonred

The FAI do not have the ability to spot a discrepancy this is the same organsiation that reckon they will have no problem flogging premium tickets for Lansdowne road , called Galway United a model club and didn't see the Shels , Cork or Drogheda situations coming.

From what i am hearing they looked at the budget and then knocked a random % off it.

They had nothing to do with the league when $hel$ went bust, cant blame them for that. Also its pretty clear they could see a disaster coming corks way, they asked for guarentees from the owner, it turned out not enough and rather useless, but it was clear at the start of last season they foreseen the mess cork could have gotten into. its early days for the FAI, but they seem to be learning fast, given the rejected budgets this season.

**Dodge** · 02/02/2009, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by londonred

The FAI do not have the ability to spot a discrepancy this is the same organsiation that reckon they will have no problem flogging premium tickets for Lansdowne road , called Galway United a model club and didn't see the Shels , Cork or Drogheda situations coming.

Imagine how bad your budget was when even the (above noted) FAI could spot how much of a joke it was

From what i am hearing they looked at the budget and then knocked a random % off it.

Aye, that'll be what happened

**passerrby** · 02/02/2009, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by londonred

Hardly a laughing matter a significaltly reduced budget has twice been rejected by the FAI who have in turn given us a first divison budget for a club competing in 5 competitions , they have then come up with a new rule that if we put 60k cash upfront we they will approve our original scaled down budget.

I would suspect that the fai reluctance to grant you your first budget was based on your spending/income from last season. and while i have no idea what this budget was i dearly hope sligo where not attempting to repeat the mistakes of last season.
my biggest fear is that some clubs have learned nothing from the last few seasons disasters and are still chasing the holy grail

**pineapple stu** · 02/02/2009, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by passerrby

my biggest fear is that some clubs have learned nothing from the last few seasons disasters and are still chasing the holy grail

Agreed; quite ridiculous.

For all the FAI's failings in the past (and there are many), they deserve credit here for finally doing what so many people had suggested they do.

**gufct** · 02/02/2009, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by londonred

Hardly a laughing matter a significaltly reduced budget has twice been rejected by the FAI who have in turn given us a first divison budget for a club competing in 5 competitions , they have then come up with a new rule that if we put 60k cash upfront we they will approve our original scaled down budget.

Its not a new rule .There is always a chance for a club to up their budget if they get extra income they havent allowed for in their original Budget. Sligo are getting �60k from Everton where is this going?