Owen Dale Loan Ends 10th January

[Wartman]

It would be interesting to hear your suggestions as to where this "massively increased wages and transfer budget" is going to come from. Our home fans number around 3500 and, when I last checked, there wasn't a queue of multi millionaires waiting to invest/donate theironey.

Well I will make a start with downgrading the academy we can no longer support as it comes at the expense of the first team drop it to cat 3 saving us approx £250000 per season and we will still be able to produce players for the first team which must continue.

Stop the mis guided illusion that we are a local club for local people, no we are not we are a business rather than filling the board with nice local people with deep pockets and very short arms get some people in with some money that they are prepared to spend.

I am not suggesting that we turn into Man City but being in league 1 with a poor league 2 budget is a joke.

[Timmy58]

Well I will make a start with downgrading the academy we can no longer support as it comes at the expense of the first team drop it to cat 3 saving us approx £250000 per season and we will still be able to produce players for the first team which must continue.

Stop the mis guided illusion that we are a local club for local people, no we are not we are a business rather than filling the board with nice local people with deep pockets and very short arms get some people in with some money that they are prepared to spend.

I am not suggesting that we turn into Man City but being in league 1 with a poor league 2 budget is a joke.

I think it is rather a liberty to expect the board to be "putting their hands in their pockets". Being a member of the board should not come with a clause that says you throw your own money at the club ad nauseum. They should be focusing on generating income and one way we have had of doing that (as well as being able to pay lower wages to first team players progressing from the Academy) is by virtue of being able to sell players at a profit. I certainly wouldn't be downgrading the Academy. If someone chooses to invest significant money in the club, well that is a different matter. And not always a good thing particularly if the get bored with their new toy and take their money back. I don't pretend to know the answers but I do know that probably isn't one of them

[out0lunch]

Well I will make a start with downgrading the academy we can no longer support as it comes at the expense of the first team drop it to cat 3 saving us approx £250000 per season and we will still be able to produce players for the first team which must continue.

Stop the mis guided illusion that we are a local club for local people, no we are not we are a business rather than filling the board with nice local people with deep pockets and very short arms get some people in with some money that they are prepared to spend.

I am not suggesting that we turn into Man City but being in league 1 with a poor league 2 budget is a joke.

I believe one of the directors has over time put money in, nearly half a million and is still owed it. Now that's not short arms

[Wartman]

I believe one of the directors has over time put money in, nearly half a million and is still owed it. Now that's not short arms

That’s playing at it we need somebody to pump in a few million, clubs in our league and the one below spend that kind of money in 1 go.