Torquay United Fans Forum

Dave_Pougher wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm sure we paid for a few players when he built his team on arrival.

It was sarcasm Dave.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm sure we paid for a few players when he built his team on arrival.

SteveDeckchair wrote:And before you ask, Buckle kindly told the world we were extremely well compensated for his departure......

...which is ironically the only money there has been at the club since before his tenure. He was never given a penny to spend in 4 years.

And before you ask, Buckle kindly told the world we were extremely well compensated for his departure......

If they report 50k it means there is less pressure to spend it on new players.....

It will offset our low gates over the course of the season or go towards the grandstand next year. Simples.

Why would £50k be reported if it was nearer £100K, surley the correct pharse would be undisclosed.

It wasn't you that told me Dave! He he.

SteveDeckchair wrote:Been told by a friend of a director that it was the compensation that was sorted back along and the amount is more like £100k than the £50k reported. No reason to doubt him.

Good business if you ask me!

Funny you should say that............

SteveDeckchair wrote:Been told by a friend of a director that it was the compensation that was sorted back along and the amount is more like £100k than the £50k reported. No reason to doubt him.

Good business if you ask me!

If thats true then it's good buisness, even if that involves paymant in kind players ect.
To be honest I'm more concerned about their inaction now re players and manager just wish they were as active now as they were then.

Been told by a friend of a director that it was the compensation that was sorted back along and the amount is more like £100k than the £50k reported. No reason to doubt him.

Good business if you ask me!

I just hope the compensation issue did not extend to an agreement relating to certain players! The silence from Plainmoor over contracts is deafening.

Dave_Pougher wrote:
It's a thankless job that ultimately costs them a lot of money.

I'm not so sure of that mate, some of them seem to be tighter than a ducks arse if you ask me. You'd be surprised at how long it is since some of them put their hands in their pockets.

monkeyboy wrote:I know when someone is upset, and I spoke to the chairman after the game and he was genuinely gutted.

Well I'm glad to hear that, genuinely I am. I have nothing but respect for them all of them. It's a thankless job that ultimately costs them a lot of money.

I know when someone is upset, and I spoke to the chairman after the game and he was genuinely gutted.

OK, I accept that those of us that are not in buisness (because thats what we are at the end of the day) on a day to day basis are probably unaware of how these things are done. But I'm just not comfortable with our leader/chairman being complicit with a major competitor and the most crucial time of his tenure.

I dismissed the idea that the PO final result was what the club really wanted out of hand as ridiculous, but when you hear that events like this have taken place then it does make you wonder. Lots of supporters spent a lot of money to attend that fixture and you wonder whos side, on that day, our chairman was on.