lorenzo71 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 The fall out of the PL players shenanigans will be that it mayl halt temporarily our signing program as if Football is paused and/or crowds are not allowed into matches imagine the club trying to pay a wage bill of 18 players.Right now we are at 11 i think which is bad enough.It is very difficult to know what to do exactly.I hope it won't affect but all it might take is one more transgression. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 11 hours ago, lorenzo71 said: The fall out of the PL players shenanigans will be that it mayl halt temporarily our signing program as if Football is paused and/or crowds are not allowed into matches imagine the club trying to pay a wage bill of 18 players.Right now we are at 11 i think which is bad enough.It is very difficult to know what to do exactly.I hope it won't affect but all it might take is one more transgression. If football gets paused or cancelled the players become redundant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo71 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 4 hours ago, The Moonster said: If football gets paused or cancelled the players become redundant. If its cancelled aye ..but what if its paused? Do we free players then have no squad until football starts up again?If for example we don't start in October but it gets pencilled in for January.Then what happens? Do we release players or do we go back to furlough which i believe will be reduced to 50% by then.Its a really tricky call for a club like ours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 If its cancelled aye ..but what if its paused? Do we free players then have no squad until football starts up again?If for example we don't start in October but it gets pencilled in for January.Then what happens? Do we release players or do we go back to furlough which i believe will be reduced to 50% by then.Its a really tricky call for a club like ours.I'd imagine there would be a fresh crowdfunder if the start date was changed to January to cover the 50% the club would have to pay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 58 minutes ago, lorenzo71 said: If its cancelled aye ..but what if its paused? Do we free players then have no squad until football starts up again?If for example we don't start in October but it gets pencilled in for January.Then what happens? Do we release players or do we go back to furlough which i believe will be reduced to 50% by then.Its a really tricky call for a club like ours. We'll do whatever is necessary to stay alive. If an unfortunate consequence of that is that the players are made redundant then so be it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo71 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 I really feel for the board and JD.Its a really difficult situation to be in as nothing is set in stone yet there are fixtures to fulfill and a preseason to organise .I just hope there are no more faux-pas on behalf of those playing now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Think that's Karma proved, with @Dumbarton Rock winning a wedge in the Sons lottery this week. Congrats, fella. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 We've signed Scott Allardice on a one year deal. From what I can see he's very much a CM so likely to be a replacement for Trafford who ran around the middle of the pitch for us. What else can we expect from him based on his time loan with you guys? Cheers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Just now, RiG said: We've signed Scott Allardice on a one year deal. From what I can see he's very much a CM so likely to be a replacement for Trafford who ran around the middle of the pitch for us. What else can we expect from him based on his time loan with you guys? Cheers. Up until I saw that Tweet I couldn't have told you that Scott Allardice even played for us. He'd totally escaped my mind. From what I can remember he was alright on the ball but not very physical - especially for a guy we played in defence. He was in a rotten Sons side at the time to be fair, but I think most Dumbarton fans would struggle to remember one contribution he made. Good luck to him. I'm sure Stevie Aitken called him Sam once, which made me laugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, RiG said: We've signed Scott Allardice on a one year deal. From what I can see he's very much a CM so likely to be a replacement for Trafford who ran around the middle of the pitch for us. What else can we expect from him based on his time loan with you guys? Cheers. Not very much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said: I'm sure Stevie Aitken called him Sam once, which made me laugh. Cheers guys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbarton Rock Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 That was my first thought as well, cheers m8. [emoji106] Think that's Karma proved, with [mention=59039]Dumbarton Rock[/mention] winning a wedge in the Sons lottery this week. Congrats, fella. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo71 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 40 minutes ago, Dumbarton Rock said: That was my first thought as well, cheers m8. All the best Alan whatever your next project is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbarton Rock Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 (edited) 47 minutes ago, lorenzo71 said: All the best Alan whatever your next project is. I'm done m8, still got Rock BC to do during the summer that will do me. That should quash the he's off to EK rumours lol. Edited August 13, 2020 by Dumbarton Rock 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 3 hours ago, Dumbarton Rock said: I'm done m8, still got Rock BC to do during the summer that will do me. That should quash the he's off to EK rumours lol. ^^^signing for EK next week^^^ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 ^^^signing for EK next week^^^ Yep, and it looks like the Club Chaplain could be joining him. We need to get the pie stall attendants on contracts pronto. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 15 minutes ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: 16 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: ^^^signing for EK next week^^^ Yep, and it looks like the Club Chaplain could be joining him. We need to get the pie stall attendants on contracts pronto. Pity. With McKee gone we need someone who is good at crosses 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 hour ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: 17 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: ^^^signing for EK next week^^^ Yep, and it looks like the Club Chaplain could be joining him. We need to get the pie stall attendants on contracts pronto. Surely the club chaplain doesn't cost us any money? Robbing sky-fairy b*****d. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I genuinely didnt know that we had a club chaplain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWL Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 2 hours ago, BallochSonsFan said: I genuinely didnt know that we had a club chaplain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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