Re: Fans committee meeting : Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:54 pm  

They didn't answer one of the most important questions.

The club had its biggest ever playing budget what went wrong?

Re: Fans committee meeting : Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:29 pm  

GeoffRoebuck wrote:

They didn't answer one of the most important questions.

The club had its biggest ever playing budget what went wrong?

The club has chosen not to answer this question, or a similar one that I asked. It may be their prerogative not to answer the question but I fear it will prove to be a mistake. It will be a mistake because many people will not buy season tickets or support the club into next season.

It won't affect my decision. I will be getting my ticket for next year on Sunday but I fear many others won't. I'm sure a full and proper explanation would have helped some people to be prepared to give the club another chance. A missed opportunity by the club, I fear.

Re: Fans committee meeting : Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:13 pm  

As stated previously several times, money for signings was made available for Cooke at the start of the season and he chose not to make use of it,signing the likes of Kittrick and co. instead. There's your answer.

Re: Fans committee meeting : Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:30 pm  

So just to clarify,money was made available but was not used on player recruitment. Is that what you are saying Tatty Feeld? What happened to the money then, did it go back into the pot or was it used for something else?

Re: Fans committee meeting : Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:49 am  

Tatty Feeld wrote:

As stated previously several times, money for signings was made available for Cooke at the start of the season and he chose not to make use of it,signing the likes of Kittrick and co. instead. There's your answer.

If what you say is correct and money was available to sign new players at the start of the season but not used,after losing the first six games of the season and then on March 22nd losing by 40pts to 12pts in the Challenge Cup fourth round to Championship One team N.Wales Crusaders why didn't they use the money to strengthen the side as it was plainly obvious that some new players were required the writing was on the wall why didn't the clubs management react to the clubs disastrous start to the season?

Re: Fans committee meeting : Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:36 am  

Moonlight wrote:

So just to clarify,money was made available but was not used on player recruitment. Is that what you are saying Tatty Feeld? What happened to the money then, did it go back into the pot or was it used for something else?

Paul Cooke had sole responsibility for the signing of players and Carl Hall would sanction the signing. As far as I am aware,because the money wasn't used, the players were given a bonus for such a successful season last year.

Re: Fans committee meeting : Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:43 am  

GeoffRoebuck wrote:

If what you say is correct and money was available to sign new players at the start of the season but not used,after losing the first six games of the season and then on March 22nd losing by 40pts to 12pts in the Challenge Cup fourth round to Championship One team N.Wales Crusaders why didn't they use the money to strengthen the side as it was plainly obvious that some new players were required the writing was on the wall why didn't the clubs management react to the clubs disastrous start to the season?

As I have said to Moonlight Paul Cooke thought we didn't need new players and the youngsters would come good.As the season went on and went pear shaped Carl Hall got more involved and tried to make signings himself including Sammutt. Jordan Abdull was also lined up to come on season long loan but because of injuries at Hull the deal fell through.

Re: Fans committee meeting : Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:48 am  

Didn't they spend the money on upping the existing squad's wages?
That was a waste if they did.

There can't have been any appreciable amount left otherwise only lunatics would not have reacted and bought some quality.

As a measure of how much money was available, I was told from the horse's mouth after we were thrashed by Hunslet at home in the friendlies, that WE could have had Andy Kain, but that he wanted £40,000 and that was too much.
So at that stage we can't have had any money and/or any sense.

But where has the vast pot of win bonuses gone?
Don't tell me players are not entitled to win bonus at the Dons.
If the crowds were appreciably lower then I could see win bonus savings making up shortfalls in gate revenue.
But ironically in such a shoite season, crowds were good.

So something stinks!

Re: Fans committee meeting : Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:07 am  

And another thing.
I don't react well to calls that we have got to "all stick together at this difficult time"

This is not some kind of national disaster/crisis where of course that rallying call applies ... and people would rally together for the cause

This is a club that has demonstrated levels of incompetence that would result in sackings and resignations in other forms of business ... and after serving up that shoite for an entire season declares gliibly ..."time to move on and draw a line under it."

Professional sport, a business, has to produce or else people go elsewhere ... simples.

The Dons HAVE to produce first and people will come to watch. That's the way round it works.
It doesn't work that people first pay all their money UP FRONT, then sit down to watch the UNKNOWN!

We did that last season, and I am damned if I am going to be so stupid again.

I will wait and see ... thank you very much

Re: Fans committee meeting : Sat Sep 12, 2015 10:49 am  

Bang on those two previous post from SO. The club has a lot of ground to make up with the Dons fans who like myself are not going to be easily brought back by words and sound bites that have not put one single point on the scoreboard this year.

I was perhaps wrong about the Club Doncaster tie in with the finances I am struggling to get my head around the fact that a bloke with Gavin Baldwins financial acumen has allowed money to be spent in this way. Really really puzzled.