royalgull wrote:We had a full house today, so other than possible TV money we made a fair amount out of today and the prize money for getting to the 4th round.
There must be a loan or someone we can get in that fits in our budget.
Again though it depends what we want to be this year. There's a chance for us to finish 6th/7th if we add. if we don't we'll finish somewhere near where we are now. Which is no disgrace at all but 3 right additions could make all the difference. Bucks is ambitious I'm sure he'll be talking to the powers that be.
I think you only get 4th round money if you win that round. Thats how i read it on the FA website.
I think he's suggesting that we've made money already, from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd round prize money (112.5k), none of which was budgeted for, and therefore in theory should be extra money to the club to re-invest. But I think with the big losses we've made in the last two years (about 1.3m), then we should ensure we at least break even this season (excluding transfers) before we start increasing our playing budget.
Gulliball wrote:I think he's suggesting that we've made money already, from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd round prize money (112.5k), none of which was budgeted for, and therefore in theory should be extra money to the club to re-invest. But I think with the big losses we've made in the last two years (about 1.3m), then we should ensure we at least break even this season (excluding transfers) before we start increasing our playing budget.
Indeed, plus the money from the full house yesterday.
As long as we could get in a decent cover, wouldn't be too sad to see him leave, he's looked far from amazing of late, as shown yesterday with Branston, perhaps the talk of a transfer and people putting a price on him has affected his game, but i've not been impressed by him of late, Robertson on the otherhand I feel has really stepped up in his game, pushing forward, covering central defence etc..
I was told by a pretty good source that we turned down a £60k bid from Rochdale and the club are holding out for £100k. I guess the tomorrow we'll find out how costly that defeat yesterday was.....
Am I the only person that thinks £100k for Ellis, who if I'm not mistaken is contracted beyond the end of the season (unlike Benyon) is utterly ridiculous? There seems to be a new wave of slightly silly money going round the lower leagues at the moment, and whilst I accept that defenders always go for less than strikers, it still seems very, very low to me. Surely we should be looking for more like £200-250k? Am I imagining it or do other L2 teams always seem to get much better deals for their young stars? For the first time in years we've actually got a promising crop of youngsters, it'd be such a shame to see Ellis, O'Kane and Benyon go for a combined fee of like £300k, and then having to start all over again with a new spine of the team. Forgive the rambling rant, but I'm really bloody fed up with football after this nightmarish (if not totally unexpected) weekend. It'd just top it all off if Ellis leaves in the next couple of days for some pathetic sub-£100k fee. Aaarrrghhh. That is all.
robc wrote:Am I the only person that thinks £100k for Ellis, who if I'm not mistaken is contracted beyond the end of the season (unlike Benyon) is utterly ridiculous? There seems to be a new wave of slightly silly money going round the lower leagues at the moment, and whilst I accept that defenders always go for less than strikers, it still seems very, very low to me. Surely we should be looking for more like £200-250k? Am I imagining it or do other L2 teams always seem to get much better deals for their young stars? For the first time in years we've actually got a promising crop of youngsters, it'd be such a shame to see Ellis, O'Kane and Benyon go for a combined fee of like £300k, and then having to start all over again with a new spine of the team. Forgive the rambling rant, but I'm really bloody fed up with football after this nightmarish (if not totally unexpected) weekend. It'd just top it all off if Ellis leaves in the next couple of days for some pathetic sub-£100k fee. Aaarrrghhh. That is all.
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