Re: What did we do with that £750k? : Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:59 pm  

Ive said before, we only have about 5 players who would be willing to go full time in our squad, where do the other 20-25 players come from to go full time? Where does the extra money come from to sign the sort of quality of players that would be needed to make the top 4. Sheffield tried it and were simply left paying over the odds for players who are simply not good enough to be full time rugby league players. Look at Bradford this season, left trying to sign the dregs of the full time players and end up worse than last season as their money streams steadily drop.

Re: What did we do with that £750k? : Mon Jul 18, 2016 1:12 pm  

Not relevant now after losing our equivalent MPG yesterday.

Re: What did we do with that £750k? : Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:25 pm  

We didn't spend enough of it on the first team and this is ultimately where our season has failed.

Re: What did we do with that £750k? : Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:00 pm  

When did we receive the funding - don't think it was all in one go and some in mid season?

Maybe there is some left?

Also, it seems the structure of the clubs ownership has changed somewhat. Did we have to pay up directors loans or were shares created and sold?

Money from the middles 8s would have been handy, but, hey, Feathestone, Batley and London didn't get any last year and they've done well

Re: What did we do with that £750k? : Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:14 pm  

freddies wig wrote:

When did we receive the funding - don't think it was all in one go and some in mid season?

Maybe there is some left?

Also, it seems the structure of the clubs ownership has changed somewhat. Did we have to pay up directors loans or were shares created and sold?

Money from the middles 8s would have been handy, but, hey, Feathestone, Batley and London didn't get any last year and they've done well

There lies the conundrum though, none of the teams mentioned have even the slightest hope in hell of getting promoted. The question has to be other than some daft idiot burning money how do any teams in this league compete with firstly Leigh and then even more so with the teams in SL.

Re: What did we do with that £750k? : Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:17 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

There lies the conundrum though, none of the teams mentioned have even the slightest hope in hell of getting promoted. The question has to be other than some daft idiot burning money how do any teams in this league compete with firstly Leigh and then even more so with the teams in SL.

They won't. But the extra cash can allow your team to be run better and be stronger as a result of better infrastructure and less borrowing of cash. Which is what I thought we were doing...

Re: What did we do with that £750k? : Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:15 pm  

to answer the heading. investing in youth and a reserve team. unlike most SL sides.

Re: What did we do with that £750k? : Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:24 pm  

swifty62 wrote:

to answer the heading. investing in youth and a reserve team. unlike most SL sides.

...and if we thought that we'd have a team coming through in a couple of years or so that would spank the Championship, slide through the middle 8's without needing the MPG, spend a couple of seasons consolidating in SL, followed by a triumphant trip to Old Trafford then we would be very happy.

Fantasy land I know, but every club with ambition needs to have a target, and more importantly, a plan for how they're going to get there. The plan may fail, and they may need to rethink, but there needs to be the plan and final target/ambition in place to start with.

Fax don't seem to have a vision of the future never mind a plan to get there.

Re: What did we do with that £750k? : Tue Jul 19, 2016 10:48 am  

swifty62 wrote:

to answer the heading. investing in youth and a reserve team. unlike most SL sides.

I thought the Trust funded most of this?

But without any information from club on detail who knows?

Re: What did we do with that £750k? : Tue Jul 19, 2016 4:31 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Sheffield tried it and were simply left paying over the odds for players who are simply not good enough to be full time rugby league players.

I don't really think you would know how much Sheffield Eagles have paid out for the players.You may be aware that the investor stopped investing either before the season started,or shortly afterwards.The number 7 shirt has never been filled after the RFL prevented Beau Henry from joining.
The 2 loan players only arrived after the club captain wanted his contract to be ended.
The players you deem simply not good enough recently defeated Featherstone,ahem,and pushed a team costing considerably more,right to the death.