Scary Bear Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 5 hours ago, Wardy said: I calculated I could pay £6.13 a month. #tight I’ll only contribute £10 a month if it’s to sign the missing part of the McGlynn squad: the Spanish boy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostZapper Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 9 hours ago, JAR said: Need more of our punters to contribute to the Player Development Fund so that we can afford a better team. Your starter for £10PM. I've been a member of this for a while now, but its not as it was initially laid out - initially it was to contribute towards the youth/development team, which no longer exists. They are pretty much doing away with this are they not? As a current member I was sent a consultation paper on a rebranded version of this, in which some money might go towards wages of players and the rest will go to running costs of the club and stadium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 9 hours ago, raith1974 said: If someone came forward and organised a player fund rather than for the development team then I would contribute. 500 fans paying £10 a month could bring in a couple of players. This is pretty much what the club will be promoting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover the Moon Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 I've been a member of this for a while now, but its not as it was initially laid out - initially it was to contribute towards the youth/development team, which no longer exists. They are pretty much doing away with this are they not? As a current member I was sent a consultation paper on a rebranded version of this, in which some money might go towards wages of players and the rest will go to running costs of the club and stadium. Basically into Sim’s pockets then as he oversees the club’s decline. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Not necessarily. Firstly alloa and yourselves will probably pick up the best ones. Forfar as well. We may benefit from being more central. I dont know the two respective budgets so cant really comment.Goinf by the last two weeks we will be absolutely rotten thougjThink Airdrie would be up there with us and others when it came to part time deals if you were fully PT but with having to pay full time contracts on top of that it would push you further down the pecking order in regards to that surely?Raith will still have the advantage but if they were fully PT they'd be offering the best PT deals by a decent margin id imagine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy Marv Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 12 hours ago, sirscottyoung said: Dom Thomas and Blair Henderson signing on PT deals with you guys and Kallum Higginbotham on FT deal going to sign with you guys. Unbelievable signings! What a hero. The genius of picking 3 players that are not too far out to be ridiculous shouts, but just right enough to be eaten up by the rovers fans... Take a bow sir. Heard Marv and Mark Campbell are coming out of retirement to sort our defensive troubles out.. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 12 hours ago, sirscottyoung said: Seems like your running a much much smaller squad but the guys your having will be quality! Worked well for us last season... In all seriousness, If Dom Thomas spends another season in League 1 it will be a terrible waste of his talent (as was spending last season with us). I suspect you're talking shite though... 10 hours ago, sirscottyoung said: Look up his soccer school which is absolutely flying. He will make more off that than his current football deal... He does his Soccer School currently, whilst he's a full time footballer, so dropping to part time would make absolutely no sense in that regard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev23 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Jesus this is grim. Please announce someone, or bring 'frank conner' back to the thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Jesus this is grim. Please announce someone, or bring 'frank conner' back to the thread. Why? Has Frank been banned? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 It seems SirScottyoung has played a blinder, got me hook line and sinker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raith1974 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Only surprising thing here is that only 4 players so far have left. I would have thought several more would be away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 The longer it goes on, the more I fear we'll see an Iain Davidson contract extension despite it being clear we need wholesale changes in the defence. Something about being a great servant, local lad and a need of experience from McGlynn. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 9 minutes ago, Broken Algorithms said: The longer it goes on, the more I fear we'll see an Iain Davidson contract extension despite it being clear we need wholesale changes in the defence. Something about being a great servant, local lad and a need of experience from McGlynn. That would be a massive mistake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Both Davidson and JMcG know well enough that Davos body won't carry him through a full season (he only trained half a week towards the end of the season) and as such I'd doubt he'll be being considered as any sort of defensive mainstay. Next season we should be looking at McKay and Bene as our central defence, I think Murray will be off in any case and other than his occasional goal threat I wont miss him as he backs off attackers too often for my liking. So for me it's McKay and Bene as 1st choice with Davo and McDaid as the back ups. It'd be nice to keep/get another in (and IMO Munro of Stenny and ex Forfar is the right size for this league) but finances will probably rule that one out. Davo certainly has his failings but IMO he's not our worse defender in the last 2 seasons. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_p Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 13 hours ago, JAR said: Need more of our punters to contribute to the Player Development Fund so that we can afford a better team. Your starter for £10PM. I think the Board turned a lot of fans off from contributing anything to the player development fund. Why should we bother when the Management don't play them and if we get a decent player the Board let them go for free or for peanuts. Like many supporters I would probably contribute if there was a clear joined up approach to progressing player into our team. While we see our players leave and other teams youth players getting a chance ahead of our boys then the club won't attract contributions for this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildrover Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 12 minutes ago, graeme_p said: I think the Board turned a lot of fans off from contributing anything to the player development fund. Why should we bother when the Management don't play them and if we get a decent player the Board let them go for free or for peanuts. Like many supporters I would probably contribute if there was a clear joined up approach to progressing player into our team. While we see our players leave and other teams youth players getting a chance ahead of our boys then the club won't attract contributions for this. Perhaps a radical idea like getting the club shop properly run and stocked might make the club some money, agree with Graeme P about the lack of a coherent strategy and promotion from the club is typical. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank conner Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 1 hour ago, kev23 said: Jesus this is grim. Please announce someone, or bring 'frank conner' back to the thread. I'm just waiting on someone saying bring back Laurie Ellis. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 This is pretty much what the club will be promoting.Why can a fund as above be set up and this could be a separate fund for a player or two similar to a generous sponsor as we have had previous. Alas not allowing it to be used elsewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy Marv Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Scottydog said: Both Davidson and JMcG know well enough that Davos body won't carry him through a full season (he only trained half a week towards the end of the season) and as such I'd doubt he'll be being considered as any sort of defensive mainstay. Next season we should be looking at McKay and Bene as our central defence, I think Murray will be off in any case and other than his occasional goal threat I wont miss him as he backs off attackers too often for my liking. So for me it's McKay and Bene as 1st choice with Davo and McDaid as the back ups. It'd be nice to keep/get another in (and IMO Munro of Stenny and ex Forfar is the right size for this league) but finances will probably rule that one out. Davo certainly has his failings but IMO he's not our worse defender in the last 2 seasons. Davo was our best defender the season Ayr won the league by a country mile... Until the playoffs. Edited May 23, 2019 by Holy Marv 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Starko Rover Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 I think the Board turned a lot of fans off from contributing anything to the player development fund. Why should we bother when the Management don't play them and if we get a decent player the Board let them go for free or for peanuts. Like many supporters I would probably contribute if there was a clear joined up approach to progressing player into our team. While we see our players leave and other teams youth players getting a chance ahead of our boys then the club won't attract contributions for this. ThisWhat’s the point of contributing to a player development fund if when we actually manage to produce decent players good enough for a higher level like Callachan and Bain our board just give them away. When teams like Rangers and Hearts are interested in lower division players you screw every penny you can get out of them but can’t stand in their way of course at RRFC is the motto. Look at the former players we now have playing at higher levels, how much did we receive in transfer fees? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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