Personally, I won't invest a brass farthing into any scheme based on the statement on that site.
I would need to see a plan that identified where we would look to be based, what management structures would be required, what support we would get from the RFL (if any) and a set of key goals with timescales attached.
You're working on the premise that the club would continue to need a million a year....I would rather pare back the finances and see if we could save that Million before I looked at "investing".
1 x Office Manager was essentially running the day-to-day business of the club up until Gus arrived. I see no need for anyone else, other than a CEO who is responsible for the high level discussions with the RFL and suppliers. The Suppliers would include a marketing agency engaged on a small retainer, but with a high level of reward available based on increased attendances.
If needs be, an assistant to the office manager can be engaged, but that's it for the non playing staff at the club to start with.
The Luxury of age group teams would need to be seriously considered.....the main focus on the park has to be a competitive and well looked after first team squad and training group. Rooster Booster would be better placed to identify these key roles.....but a playing group of 30 with 5 coaches would be about it to begin with.
The thorny issue of where we play would need to be addressed quickly. If we are realistic, we will be in the middle 8 section of this new scheme....the Hive might just be OK for the first 5 years of our existence with the aim of averaging 5k by the 3rd year of existence.
Income would be based purely on SKY/RFL grants and whatever we can raise ourselves....I see no benefit from continuing to plough cash into a failing model. If we are on 650k a year from SKY and we can retain 1,500 at 20 quid each in ticketing, we have a budget of 1.1 million based on 11 league games with 4 home play-off ties.
That's all we should be looking to spend! If we need to field a team of Londoners and journeymen to start with, then so be it....trying to buy a winning team has cost David Hughes an estimated 7 million over the last 5 years.....not a chance of me investing 5k going down the same route. Sorry.
I would suggest submissions on ideas as to a business plan would be a good place to start. Contacting the club and letting them know what the fans are trying to achieve, asking for as much info as they are prepared to release, permission to contact Brentford, Barnet, Orient etc...get an idea of what is causing the club to continually fail
If 1,000 people just donated 1,000 all you have is a million quid, but no plan as to how to make it work.....you'll never get 1,000 people to agree on how to spend their money after they've donated it, so better to have a plan first for people to buy into!
