Re: The Shay. : Wed Feb 05, 2025 4:55 pm  

faxcar wrote:

Neither of the 2 clubs or the Council can continue with as things are, everybody is skint.

I was with ListenUp at the weekend and he was messaged from a source that they were hearing the club was on its booty again.

When gently prompted for a bit more info it was all a bit cryptic but with our history I wouldn’t be surprised.

Just makes you wonder where the rumoured consortium are though?

The conversation continued, the response wasn't as cryptic as first thought , basically whilst betfred will be sponsoring this weekends game from their side we are struggling to get a match day sponsor which is why it's been mentioned a few times on Facebook this week , the consequences of this means that the players will not receive a match day bonus for the catalan game win lose or draw. On top of that whilst we have obtained new sponsorship deals we have lost some. Also some players are yet to be fully sponsored and the admin are trying to encourage payments to be made . One of the frustrations behind the scenes is that some people are on healthy salaries that aren't necessarily needed but the cutbacks have been made in the playing budget. One positive is that kyle eastmond is having a positive effect on the squad and I've heard this from multiple sources . Hopefully I will be able to attend the fans forum and hope some of these issues are addressed.

Re: The Shay. : Wed Feb 05, 2025 6:10 pm  

I must admit, my own enthusiasm is at an all low and I'm just not interested in attending Saturdays match, especially at 22 quid.

I doubt if the club will be attracting any new fans for the coming season, so it's a question of how many existing fans will continue to keep the faith.

Re: The Shay. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:53 am  

Listenup94 wrote:

The conversation continued, the response wasn't as cryptic as first thought , basically whilst betfred will be sponsoring this weekends game from their side we are struggling to get a match day sponsor which is why it's been mentioned a few times on Facebook this week , the consequences of this means that the players will not receive a match day bonus for the catalan game win lose or draw. On top of that whilst we have obtained new sponsorship deals we have lost some. Also some players are yet to be fully sponsored and the admin are trying to encourage payments to be made . One of the frustrations behind the scenes is that some people are on healthy salaries that aren't necessarily needed but the cutbacks have been made in the playing budget. One positive is that kyle eastmond is having a positive effect on the squad and I've heard this from multiple sources . Hopefully I will be able to attend the fans forum and hope some of these issues are addressed.

Whatever's due to the players needs to be honoured timely and in full..that's a given and any shortfalls need to be addressed by directors at a later stage.What a shambles that Eastmond's good work can be immediately undone by something like this before season has even started in earnest..Not sure what a 50 point beating should attract in terms of financial reward anyway...?

Re: The Shay. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:14 pm  

According to the squad announcement every player has a named sponsor.

The club whilst being skint and have been appealing for people to get involved with multiple initiatives / pleas the call for players sponsorship stopped when it was filled a couple of weeks ago to my knowledge so something doesn’t add up if their not fully sponsored.

Also there was no suggestion that the players weren’t being payed in full as per their basic contracts just bonus related issues for the Cats game?