cheshiregreen":38wmanu7 said:
Interesting thinking BUT
1.how can we fund signing on fees?
2.how much gate revenue do you think will come in for our friendlies in July?
3.don't forget we have to pay the other staff too and other expenditure involved in running the team - remember our HMRC dues etc
4.we still have fletch, arnason, walton and damien johnson probably on salaries c£5-7k a week
5.what do you think the average home crowd will be in League 2 especially given the "ownership fiasco we are going through?
1. Ridsdale & Reid will know there is no budget for this & will make this abundantly clear in any negations. A lot of players might be swayed by the size of our club or the location/pace of life if they are after a more settled family environment.
2. Most likely not a lot but when combined with other matchday income, it will all help.
3. Shirt sponsorship, match sponsors, match ball sponsors, replica kit sales....all these things will be in place & help to pay cost of running the club.
4. We do have a few high earners but they might have been asked to agree to a reduced wage. I would hazard a guess that Fletch has done this when he exercised the 12 month extension. Also, all the players you mentioned still could leave the club....I would expect most of our players to have at least one club sniffing around to get a bargain player....Bolasie to Bristol City could just be the start of things to come.
5. That's all guess work but I'd like to think despite the "fiasco", we'd still manage to shift around 3000-3500 season tickets with gates of around 5000-5500 to start with...IF we managed to compete near the top of the league, I can't see any reason why gates would be too much different from last seasons or even higher.
There is always another way things could pan out.......the takeover could actually be completed by July, Ridsdale is given a budget, Peter Reid signs players without any worries, the taxman & all other bills are paid, we are in the top 3 come Christmas & getting average crowds of 9000 :wink:
