Clubs need to work otgether to reduce costs

**Kildareman** · 31/07/2009, 3:16 PM

I would guess at a couple of grand. Nice to us but small to the likes of Derry City etc.
Our wage bill, at a guess, would be around €1200. It was as much an attempt at PR to the local area.

For us to get a more popular side from England the security cost for the Gardai would swallow up all profits. Its a tight balance.

Maybe if we could get the intelligence reports on all the cross channel sides we could make a more profitable friendly..

**christo** · 02/08/2009, 3:07 PM

The clubs shouldn't have to pay the officials in the first place, its the FAI that should be doing it in my opinion

**pineapple stu** · 02/08/2009, 5:48 PM

FFS. You want to play in this league, pay the officials to officiate.

If the FAI pay for the officials, then it'll end up coming out of the money available for clubs' prize money anyway.

**dcfcsteve** · 02/08/2009, 8:26 PM

Originally Posted by christo

The clubs shouldn't have to pay the officials in the first place, its the FAI that should be doing it in my opinion

Sure why not get the FAI to play the game for you as well, and then give your players a rub down at the end....

**peadar1987** · 03/08/2009, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

Sure why not get the FAI to play the game for you as well, and then give your players a rub down at the end....

The clubs could get together and bulk-buy the massage oil to save costs!

**Kildare Lad** · 03/08/2009, 1:25 PM

Originally Posted by Kildareman

I would guess at a couple of grand. Nice to us but small to the likes of Derry City etc.

Would you even say that much? I agree that I think the club organised these friendlies possibly even more so from the PR side of things, but I really dont know if it was worth their time. 4 Friendlies v Newry Town, Dundee United, Leyton Orient and a Sunderland XI, all bar the last one attracted fairly small crowds much like we would get at league games, I dont really see the point of organising these "glamour friendlies" when you're not playing sides much better than what we have here at home. We easily would have got a bigger crowd than the first 3 games if we had of been playing Shamrock Rovers or Bohs IMO.